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The GOP and the Tea Party after the Big Win in Delaware
Tea-Party candidates, many backed by Sarah Palin, have toppled Party-establishment favorites in Republican primaries this year. But veteran operatives have an ace in the hole: big money. Also, America's highest poverty level in a half century, and the American reporter who recently interviewed long-time Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenTea-Party candidates, many backed by Sarah Palin, have toppled Party-establishment favorites in Republican primaries this year. But veteran operatives have an ace in the hole: big money. Also, America's highest poverty level in a half century, and a conversation with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg about his visit with Fidel Castro. How did he look? What did he say about Cuba, the US and the prospect of nuclear war?
Banner image: US Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell speaks to her supporters after she won the Delaware US Senate primary against Rep. Mike Castle on September 14, 2010 in Dover, Delaware. Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images
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3 storiesPoverty Level Highest in Half Century, Census Shows
Some 43.6 million Americans now live in poverty and the poverty rate is now 14.3% -- the highest since 1994. That's according to the Census Bureau's annual report , released today in Washington. Economist Elise Gould of the progressive Economic Policy Institute has more.
Read the story7 minWill Big Money Save a Divided Republican Party?
In Alaska, Utah, Nevada and now New Hampshire, Tea Party-backed candidates for the US Senate have defeated party stalwarts in this year's Republican primaries. But the poster child may be Christine O'Donnell .
Read the story34 minConversations with Fidel
In a recent for The Atlantic magazine, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote about the prospect of war between Iran, Israel and the United States. One of his readers was Fidel Castro, who then invited Goldberg to Cuba for three days of lengthy conversations.
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