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Monsanto Trumps Food Safety and Democracy (Again)
Monsanto successfully intimidated the state legislature from voting on a bill that would have required GMO labelling.
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Magic and the Machine
What once was sorcery maybe now is science, but the wonders technological of which I find myself in full possession, among them indoor plumbing and electric light, I incline …
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Albert Einstein: Radical Citizen and Scientist
Time picked Einstein as its Person of the Century because he changed forever the way the rest of us saw the heavens and ourselves. But Einstein also represented science's …
Philadelphia City Council Says Stop Funding the War Machine
Philadelphia City Council, by a vote of 15-2, passed today a resolution
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Yes, Barack Obama Thinks We’re Stupid (Immigration Edition)
Recently, Barack Obama announced a laudable new policy position on immigration. His administration will no longer deport undocumented immigrants who were brought to this country as children by …
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Coinstar: Or, Why the Poor Gamble
But June 2, a month later u2014 with gas prices and all u2014 it would be only enough for mac u2018nu2019 cheese and a quart of Old Mil. …
A Biblical Threat to National Security
Can a Bible be a u201cthreat to national securityu201d? For years, the government has employed the risk of u201cnational securityu201d excuse to infringe on a wide range of …
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Ten Leaders Building a New LGBT Politics in the South and Midwest
The movement for LGBT rights and community has expanded well beyond the once-dominant circles of Washington, D.C., New York and California. Today, leaders in the South and Midwest are …
Muslim Brotherhood Wins Egyptian Presidential Election
Election regulators named Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood the winner of Egyptu2019s first competitive presidential elections, handing the Islamist group a symbolic triumph and a new weapon in …
Suppressing Democracy 101
Both major political parties have been guilty in the past of rejecting democratic values in order to give their partyu2019s candidates an advantage. Now the right to vote is …