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Gillibrand and Booker Meet With Families About New Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Legislation
Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) today joined New York and New Jersey families who would benefit from the new bipartisan bill to allow patients in states …
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We Need More President Borens
University of Oklahoma President David Boren has shown how to truly take a stand in simply doing one's job.
No Second Chances When It Comes to Housing
Advocates are organizing against what they say is an overlooked civil rights issue: the exclusion of ex-offenders from public housing.
Will New Mexico Double Down on Dirty Energy?
The future of energy development in New Mexico's Four Corners region is at a crossroads.
Will Food Sovereignty Starve the Poor and Punish the Planet?
Promoting self-sufficiency and food sovereignty does not compromise global food security and environmental quality.
The New Face of Republican Women in Congress
These Republican women owe their rise to the money men at the top of the party, not the activist, anti-abortion base.
Can Democracy Survive Aggressive Global Capitalism?
Inequality and the environment are going to be massive in Indian politics.
Scott Horton: How to Rein in a Secretive Shadow Government Is Our National Security Crisis
When voters are left in the dark about public policy, democracy is undercut, says journalist Scott Horton.
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Greece’s Syriza Government: Meet the New Sheriff – Same as the Old Sheriff
Syriza was elected on the hope that it would represent a break from Greece's old politics, austerity and neoliberal doctrine. Not so.
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Australia’s Tea Party Crashes and Burns
Angry voters have hit back at the Australian Liberal Party's doctrinaire adoption of brutal right-wing policies.