It's not just conservatives who want to ensure money isn't wasted. Taxpayers on the ground need to be involved in picking projects that get the most bang for every buck.
By Angela Glover Blackwell Mar 2, 2009
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It's two years later, I've been to rehab, but what do I say in the job interview?
By Cary Tennis
May 7, 2009
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Happy days are here again. Stock market investors haven't been so giddy since the depths of the worst economic contraction in U.S. history!
By Andrew Leonard
April 2, 2009
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Let Republicans act clueless while Obama rallies the country around school construction and aid to locals, and wins back higher ground.
By Joan Walsh
February 11, 2009
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I gave up everything to take care of my spouse after he suffered a brain injury. But would I also lose myself?
By Alix Kates Shulman
September 17, 2008
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My friend used to be brilliant and troubled. Now she's fine and ... dull.
By Cary Tennis
March 19, 2009
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The stimulus package includes $8 billion for high speed rail, thanks in part to the Senator from Nevada, Harry Reid
By Andrew Leonard
February 12, 2009
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The Obama economic advisor points out that Republicans don't have much authority to lecture on history. The RNC chairman immediately proves Summers' point.
By Andrew Leonard
February 9, 2009
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A budget expert argues Obama will be able to boost spending on his recovery plan in the near future, regardless of Republican opposition. But is his team really that smart?
By Andrew Leonard
February 9, 2009
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We're both in recovery and we have a daughter -- I wish we could be closer.
By Cary Tennis
January 30, 2009
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Shouldn't I be further along by now? Shouldn't I be out of survival mode?
By Cary Tennis
January 22, 2009
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Having lost his job, my best friend needs to hear the truth.
By Cary Tennis
January 7, 2009
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I left the U.S. when I got married and now, with three grown children at home, I feel torn.
By Cary Tennis
September 5, 2008
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What can I do? Should I leave?
By Cary Tennis
August 21, 2008
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We are now in a crisis of sorts, and his lack of self-regard is dragging both of us down.
By Cary Tennis
August 14, 2008
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I can stay sober for a few weeks, but then have another attack. I'm starting to be truly afraid.
By Cary Tennis
July 10, 2008
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I may be crazy but I like that next-day feeling, as if I'm getting a fresh new start.
By Cary Tennis
March 4, 2008
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David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 1, 2008
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I had no clue she had a problem, but now that she's in rehab I'm feeling strangely relieved!
By Cary Tennis
January 2, 2008
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Why did Ruby Rippey-Tourk confess her affair with the San Francisco mayor to her husband? What good would that do?
By Cary Tennis
February 9, 2007
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I'd give him an ultimatum, but what if he sobered up and I still wanted to leave?
By Cary Tennis
January 30, 2007
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Should I drink and get high in front of him? And why won't he talk about the meetings he attends?
By Cary Tennis
March 22, 2006
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Her latest pick -- James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" -- is bad news for her viewers and her show.
By Hillary Frey
October 11, 2005
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Jerry Stahl, the cult author of "Permanent Midnight" and "I, Fatty," faces sudden respectability, and ponders the drug rumors swirling around Ann Coulter and George W. Bush.
By Christopher Dreher
December 6, 2004
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Get the women and children off the streets -- the recovery is coming!
By Joyce McGreevy
May 3, 2004
Making every stimulus dollar work
I got canned for being drunk
Let's party like it's 1933
Party on, GOP
My husband, the invalid
My beautiful, drug-addicted boy
What is my role in my boyfriend's recovery?
Oprah's book flub
"All my heroes were dope fiends"
War Room
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald