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G20 and Beyond: The Future Is Watching You
The G20 summit meeting has two levels: the overt grandstanding that politicians love, and a far more sinister agenda.
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The 2014 Midterm Elections, Incorporated
In Washington, it doesn't matter if you are a Republican, Democrat or independent: Money reigns supreme.
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Community Corrections: Profiteering, Corruption and Widening the Net
How is it that so-called reform measures, marketed as reducing prison populations, will ultimately widen the net?
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Black Community Crisis: Police Violence in Brazil
For a group of black mothers in Brazil, this year's Black Consciousness Day action will focus on the crisis of lethal racial profiling by police.
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We Need to Act Now to Save the Post Office
One of those less-well-known but incredibly important priorities for Congress is saving the US Post Service.
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Gettysburg Address: Government at the Expense of Some People
The sanctification of ground at Gettysburg, where 50,000 men were ruthlessly killed by a war machine, was a farce.
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Plutocrats’ Pay Off: Why Keystone Tops Agenda of New “Koch Congress”
Even if you are aware of the Koch brothers, here are a few facts rarely connected for Americans that drive today's big debates, the dimensions of which are different …
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Senate Narrowly Rejects Keystone XL Amidst Protests by Climate Activists
The Keystone XL pipeline is a political football in Washington, but activists say it would make a devastating contribution to climate change.
Public Citizen Calls on FEC to Close Absurd Corporate Loophole
Contractors now can both give contributions and receive contracts through separately incorporated divisions of same company.
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Oil Company VP/Ex-Halliburton Fracking Lobbyist Assaults EnviroNews Chief Outside Public Meeting
After EnviroNews Editor-in-Chief Emerson Urry began videotaping a conversation between Joe Morton, of Emmett, and industry attorney John Peiserich, the Vice President and general counsel of Alta Mesa Idaho, …