Author: AliceDem

The other NH vote

DC Vote In their quest to secure voting rights for Washington residents – long stymied by Republicans in Congress – DC politicos are taking their show on the road, as the Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel reports....

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Shell Oil outsources IT jobs

Shell expected to slash 3,200 IT jobs Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has told its staff that it plans to make more than 3,000 job cuts. According to a leaked memo to its staff from Shell’s vice president of IT infrastructure...

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Vapor voting and the Iowa caucuses

BlackBox Voting Investigates: The Party Caucus In Iowa, neither party has been releasing the precinct results that provide the underlying verification for the totals they announce — a procedure so top-heavy it should come...

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Putting Iowa into perspective

River Cities Reader George McGovern finished second in 1972 – the year the modern caucus process started – and still won the Democratic nod. When Jimmy Carter won the presidency in 1976, he finished second in the...

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American business in China

China’s second-tier cities a prime target for U.S. businesses U.S. manufacturers may find better incentive packages for building plants in second-tier cities because Beijing and Shanghai have become much more selective in...

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