July 2012
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Jul 27th
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WatchWatch
It’s time for a history lesson! The video above, produced by the Works Progress Administration, shows a day in the life of the capital in 1936, a city that the narrator says had “again become a war capital,” fighting ”a battle to put men to work.” It’s a concern not so different from the debates of Washington today.
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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“The thoughts and prayers of all Members of Congress are with Coloradans this...”
– House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Read more responses from Congress to Colorado shootings
Jul 20th
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“As we do when confronted by moments of darkness and challenge, we must now come...”
– President Obama Obama to speak at 11:20am EST.
Jul 20th
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“I was shown how fragile life was on Saturday. I saw the terror on bystanders’...”
– Jessica Redfield was shot and killed last night at a midnight screening of ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ along with 11 others when a gunman opened fire in a theater. The above is from her blog, written in June, after she narrowly escaped another senseless shooting at a mall in Toronto. (via newsweek)
Jul 20th
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Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 11th
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Subject Search: Student Debt & Stress
Hello fellow Tumblrs! I (your curator) am writing a story about student debt. I’m looking into the psychological effects of having student debt after graduation. So if you are either recently graduated or graduated within the past two years, send me a message. Tell me how your student debt has affected your life, affected life decisions, made you move back in with your parents, etc....
Jul 11th
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Jul 10th
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