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New York Fracking Decision Delayed by Cuomo Administration, Too Early to Pop Champagne Bottles
New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration announced it won't achieve the late-Feb. deadline it set to green light fracking in New York State.
What’s Next For the Voting Rights Movement?
While much has been said about gay rights and gun control, what has happened to the conversation about voting rights and race in this country.
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Do Companies Lay People off Because of Taxes or a Minimum Wage Rise?
Opponents of Obama's proposal to increase minimum wage are using job-scare to fight it.
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States Cut Prison Budgets but Not Prison Populations
State prisons play musical chairs with inmate populations and come up short.
The Bureau and the Journalist: Victor Riesel’s Secret Relationship With the FBI
The ghost of this arrangement lives on in the way right-wing media took aim at the Occupy movement.
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EU Steers Adult Ed Toward Training, Away From Learning
The EU Agenda for Adult Learning, conceived within the context of its master concept of Lifelong Learning, is all about employability and not much about
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The Obama Administration’s Dick Cheney Moment
The administration's rational for their drone program is reminiscent of Cheney's “1 percent doctrine.”
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Immigrants Head to Washington to Make Their Voices Heard
Hopes for immigration reform included protections for organizing workers, an end to deportations and a path to citizenship for all.
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Marco Rubio and the Republican Ibogaine Problem
Republicans: Even the really crazy things, like Reaganomics, transvaginal probes, and Wayne LaPierre, will go away when you get some help for your medical condition.
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Good News: Obama Recommits to Clean Energy. Terrible News: Obama Recommits to Dirty Energy
Investing in energy efficiency and renewables is the only realistic option before us.