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The Iraq Retrospective We Deserve
On this 10-year anniversary, that dialogue is needed more than ever if there's to be any hope of limiting wars of aggression in the future.
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Heroes Not Saints: Dreier’s Greatest Americans
Peter Dreier's ‘The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame’ forces reflection on greatness, the vast progress and reaction of 20th century history …
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Wave of “Ag Gag” Bills Threaten Food Safety and Freedom of the Press
‘Ag gag’ bills seek to prevent the documentation and exposure of safety violations and atrocities in animal industries by criminalizing them and labeling them ‘obstruction.’
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Remembering Jancita Eagle Deer
Jancita's story reminds us why the Violence Against Women Act deserves passage.
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Free Market Mythologies and the Future of Public Ownership
In the wake of the most crippling economic downturn in 70 years, free market mythology is reaching its limits.
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Conservatives Benefit From Instant Runoff Voting, Too
We need more voices and more choices in our elections; instant runoff voting (IRV) is used in more than 300 communities across the country, but we need to take …
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Cyprus Passes Parts of Bailout Bill, but Delays Vote on Tax
Lawmakers faced strong signals that the plan would not pass muster with international lenders.
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Senate Passes $3.7 Trillion Budget, Its First in Four Years
If the negotiations prove fruitless, the next budget crisis looms this summer when Congress must again raise the government's statutory borrowing limit or risk defaulting on the federal debt.
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Thousands of Gallons of Pollution Recovered From Oil and Gas Spill in Colorado
Cleanup continues at the site of an underground spill of thousands of gallons of pollution related to the oil and gas industry in the heart of Colorado's fracking country.
Stupidest Budget Cuts Ever – or, Why Cutting Contraception Is Not Conservative
The sequester's 86 million dollars in cuts to family planning is especially stupid when we already have the tools to make most unintended pregnancy and abortion obsolete.