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CAF Endorses Warren Bill Easing Tuition Burden On Students
The Campaign for Americau2019s Future has thrown its support behind the student loan relief bill introduced on Tuesday by Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Uruguay Releases Regulations for World’s First National Legal Marijuana Market
Consumers Must Choose Between 3 Forms of Access: Domestic Cultivation, Membership Clubs, or Licensed Sales in Pharmacies.
ICYMI: US Ambassador to Malaysia Says Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations Won’t Conclude Until January 2017
Negotiations to bring the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to fruition are expected to come to an end by January 2017, with all 12 countries involved signaling an interest Monday to …
Kraft Foods Faces Pressure to Keep Money Out of Politics
During its annual meeting of shareholders today, Kraft Foods Group, Inc. will face a resolution filed by the Green Century Equity Fund urging the company to refrain from using …
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Since the Supreme Court Upheld Legislative Prayer, Is the Separation of Church and State Over?
The highest judicial body has stated that public, governmental support of Judeo-Christian prayer is just fine, setting a precedent that could have serious repercussions on future cases.
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Undocumented Students in US Stuck in Limbo
Every year, 65,000 undocumented youth graduate from US high schools. Brought to the country as children, and with immigration reform stalled in Washington, they are caught in limbo.
Economists Slam Draconian Drug Laws
A report released Tuesday by the London School of Economics depicts drug prohibition as a massive failure, a financial drain on economies and a violation of the basic human …
Who’s Fighting for Public Workers?
Somehow the right has managed to stigmatize public-sector jobs so effectively that only politicians of rare and admirable courage are willing to defend them.
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A Primer: Just What Is Net Neutrality, and Why All the Fuss?
The battle over Net neutrality is once again heating up. But not everyone has followed this somewhat complicated issue.
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Privacy Tools: Encrypt What You Can
Ever since Edward Snowden revealed the inner secrets of the NSA, he has been urging Americans to use encryption to protect themselves from rampant spying.