U.S. Political Issues

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Political Issue			Latest Content
Business & Economy	6439	1016	why Trump won't release his tax forms
Labor	1565	213	Minimum wage.
Jobs	1231	178	Minimum wage.
Minimum Wage	228	50	Minimum wage.
Offshoring	32	6	Rich man and can man in the light of the lamp
Unemployment Rate	83	24	Unemployment rate falls below 4%
Labor Unions	297	31	Capitalists Power
Macroeconomics	2684	547	why Trump won't release his tax forms
Free Trade	212	26	Trump's negotiation team
Monetary Policy	183	61	The case for Janet Yellen as Fed Chair
Federal Reserve	63	45	The case for Janet Yellen as Fed Chair
Gold Standard	27	1	Is America Rich?
Inflation & Deflation	34	2	Paul Krugman on Bubbles and Secular Stagflation
Taxes	1666	401	why Trump won't release his tax forms
Corporate Taxes	78	32	The result of the tax cuts
Offshore Tax Shelters	5	9	mitt's taxes
Tax Shelters	41	16	Merger between Pfizer and Astrazeneca
U.S. Debt & Deficits	793	63	Trumps ignorance of everything.
Debt Ceiling	185	35	Debt ceiling/ Government budget etc.
Regulation	314	90	Derivatives and nuclear weapons.
Financial Regulation	270	76	Derivatives and nuclear weapons.

Civil & Human Rights	6938	1111	Poisoned Minds and Their Poisoners: Anti-Abortion Killers
Individual Rights & Freedoms	2166	590	Poisoned Minds and Their Poisoners: Anti-Abortion Killers
Freedom of Press	14	6	Free press no more?
Freedom of Religion	408	40	Today versus 2021
Freedom of Speech	235	25	How much more nuttier?
Gay Rights	1210	392	Gay Marriage Bans Are Getting Struck Down, state by state by state
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)	92	22	Texas Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down
Gay Adoption	8	4	New Study Debunks Conservative Talking Points on Gay Adoption
Gay Marriage	744	168	Gay Marriage Bans Are Getting Struck Down, state by state by state
Gays in Military	43	20	Jeh Johnson Nominated for Homeland Security Secretary
Don't Ask Don't Tell	29	15	Jeh Johnson Nominated for Homeland Security Secretary
Right to Privacy	50	15	Invasion of privacy.A
Right to Vote	118	58	Voting Rights & Civics Test
Women's Rights	295	77	Poisoned Minds and Their Poisoners: Anti-Abortion Killers
Abortion	462	130	Poisoned Minds and Their Poisoners: Anti-Abortion Killers
Discrimination	211	67	American flag is racist
Affirmative Action	27	11	Michigan's Affirmative Action Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Profiling	81	11	Muhammad Ali Jr. Detained at Airport for being Muslim
Gambling	5	7	Point blank perspective???? Guns/prostitutes/drugs/booze/rock and roll/theater/cards/
Gun Control	2927	107	Will gun control be different this time ?
Human Trafficking	110	3	Human Slavery, Prostitution and America's denial of a rising problem
Legalization of Drugs	599	148	CBD Benefits
Legalizing Marijuana	497	134	CBD Benefits
Medical Marijuana	47	30	CBD Benefits
Racial Politics	1687	378	Unless you're black
Racism	1043	223	White supremacists
Torture	177	55	Torture as Trump sees it.

Education	812	124	An Interesting Progressive Cause
Abstinence Only Education	46	14	CDC Announces All Time Low Birth Rate. Teen Pregnancy Is Down 17% from 2007
Charter Schools	1	3	Charter School Lottery
Head Start Program	5	21	The Senate's Budget Vote-a-rama
Higher Education	35	15	Sen Brian Schatz: Don't play the "pay-for" game
Homeschooling	4	1	Unschooling... an option that works or doesn't?
Pell Grants	1	7	Pell Grants: Is Obama losing the battle on higher education?
Sex Education	50	3	condoms and politics
Teachers	39	13	why Arizona teachers are walking out
Teachers Pay	1	3	Teacher's Average Pay for Texas
Teachers Unions	14	4	Teacher's Tenure Laws Struck Down by California Judge

Environment	1775	338	Gasoline Price Collusion
Endangered Species	0	4
Energy	757	125	Gasoline Price Collusion
Energy Independence	48	4	regarding "energy independence"
Fossil Fuels	205	30	Gasoline Price Collusion
Fracking	34	10	TX Gov. George Abbott overturns local fracking ban in Denton
Gasoline Prices	87	7	Gasoline Price Collusion
Offshore Drilling	11	7	Is it worth it?
Nuclear Energy	21	30	Nuclear situation in Missouri
Yucca Mountain	7	1	Is Yucca Mountain a good idea?
Renewable Energy	415	33	Electric cars again.
Biofuels	1	1	Upcoming forms of biofuel
Geothermal Energy	1	0	Pros and Cons of Geothermal Energy
Hydropower	3	0	Are we ignoring Hydropower?
Solar Power	280	11	A solar "wall?
Wind Power	10	9	Don Quichotte
Global Warming	717	195	another nail biter in Congress
Recycling	1	0	Recycling

Foreign Policy	9918	2111	Jamal Khasoggi
International Relations	1101	279	Jamal Khasoggi
Immigration	0	107
Military & Defense	1930	153	let's rain on this parade
Guantanamo Bay	200	13	Again the issue of closing Guantanamo.
The Draft	69	0	Was ending the draft a mistake?
Weapons	634	95	The Syrian stupidity
Combat Drones	197	11	Expendable Lives
Joint Strike Fighter (F-35)	0	10
Biological Weapons	0	1
Chemical Weapons	153	14	The Syrian stupidity
Nuclear Weapons	200	35	Derivatives and nuclear weapons.
Weapons of Mass Destruction	353	50	The Syrian stupidity
Treaties & Agreements	341	87	going it alone
Kyoto Protocol	4	3	Is quota transfer a good idea?
NAFTA	66	0	Automotive Tariffs and the New Economy in USA
NATO	114	21	Europe's view of the US right now.
Nuclear Proliferation	28	17	Trump's proposed nuclear reduction deal with Russia
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty	7	1	Iran and Nuclear Weapons
START Treaties	6	2	Trump's proposed nuclear reduction deal with Russia
United Nations	72	45	going it alone
Wars & Conflicts	3699	854	Trumps ignorance of everything.
1991 Persian Gulf War	2	0	Oil Spills as War Tactics in the Gulf War
2001 Afghanistan War	325	47	trump's Afghanistan Speech
Taliban	108	8	ISIS and Taliban Have Announced Jihad on Each Other
2003 Iraq War	406	94	Deja Vu
Darfur Conflict	3	2	MSNBC Promo Trivializes Genocide
Israel vs Palestinians	359	110	Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capitol
North Korea vs South Korea	253	3	Trumps ignorance of everything.
Somali Civil War	1	2	Why is there piracy?
Sri Lankan Civil War	1	3	Sri Lanka investigating itself for human rights violations
Terrorism	1207	373	Domestic Terrorist Organizations
Al-Qaeda	142	54	Father of dead Navy Seal in botched Yemen raid seeks answers
Hezbollah	9	0	The Syrian Uprising & Bashar al-Assad
Islamic State (ISIS)	669	195	Time is up. ISIS under control ?
Joseph Kony	0	0
Lord's Resistance Army	0	0
Pakistani Taliban	18	14	Pakistani Taliban Attack Military School, Killing At Least 135 Children

Health & Welfare	1975	432	Funding Universities
Government Benefits	902	374	Funding Universities
Disability Benefits	0	5
FHA Loans	0	0
Food Stamp Program	90	23	Cost Of Food Stamps
Government Health Benefits	338	181	The Middle Class versus the Poor
Children's Health Insurance Progra...	19	20	The "Poverty Threshold" for Obamacare
Medicaid	64	110	Medicaid and Annuity
Medicare	139	54	Paul Ryan wants to get rid of Medicare
Medicare & Medicaid	334	171	Entitlement programs.
Student Loans	37	33	Funding Universities
Housing Assistance	28	20	Foreclosure Alternative.
Public Housing	12	2	Why My Opinions of FDR Have Changed Over Time
Section 8 Housing	0	19
Social Security	383	45	Entitlement programs.
Unemployment Benefits	78	28	Unemployment Birthers See New Conspiracy
Veterans Benefits	16	25	the G.I. bill - a lesson from the past
GI Bill	9	6	the G.I. bill - a lesson from the past
Welfare Program	36	28	Trump signs Executive Order Targeting Welfare Programs

Laws & Crime	2664	514	why Trump won't release his tax forms
Campaign Finance Reform	53	25	107 million
Capital Punishment	69	27	My Expectations this year
Hate Crimes	111	12	the KKK
Pardons	6	4	Presidential Pardoning Powers
Police Abuse	1434	252	Unless you're black
Police Brutality	1319	215	Unless you're black
Prisons	179	35	Is Sanders promise to reduce incarcerations doable?
Sentencing	0	5
Mandatory Minimum Sentences	0	1
Three Strikes Laws	0	0
Tort Reform	1	1	Tort Reform is Putting the Seventh Amendment Under Siege

Religion	6785	263	An "pastor" freed, for what?
Faith Based Initiatives	44	5	Cardinal Dolan's empty threat
Intelligent Design	115	19	Proof of Intelligent Design
School Prayer	11	3	Illinois Moment of Silence to return
Separation of Church & State	423	49	Is there such a thing as a "Christian Caliphate?"

Science & Technology	1315	171	The War on Google
Genetically Engineered Foods	7	2	March Against Monsanto
High Speed Rail	10	4	Inouye secures $1.5 billion for high speed rail project
Internet Neutrality	20	35	No More Net Nutraility
Scientific Discoveries	8	17	Dinosaur with one finger
Stem Cell Research	7	2	New source for STEM CELLS -- for important research.