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Once a Food Chain, Now a Corporate Supply Chain
While Indian retailers are losing sleep over the possible entrance of multinationals like Walmart into the dense South Asian consumer market, very little thought has been given to the …

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Is Eric Cantor Trying to Kill the Proposed Ban on Congressional Insider Trading?
During his State of the Union address, President Obama said “send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress; I will sign it tomorrow. Let’s limit …

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Voting Rights Battles Revived in States
In 2011, Republican-led state legislatures across the South and country pushed dozens of new voting restrictions, including measures requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. …

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ALEC Education “Academy” Launches on Island Resort
The Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island. (Photo: Britt Reints / Flickr) Today, hundreds of state legislators from across the nation will head out to an "island" resort …

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Widespread Furor Continues Against Komen Foundation
The nation’s leading breast cancer advocacy organization confronted the growing furor Thursday over its decision to largely end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood, with rising dissension in its …

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“Gasland” Director Josh Fox Arrested at Congressional Hearing on Natural Gas Fracking
The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox was handcuffed and arrested Wednesday as he attempted to film a congressional hearing on the controversial natural gas drilling technique known as fracking, …

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Billionaire Buddies: Adelsons Join Forces With Koch Brothers to Take Down Obama
In recent years, billionaire oil magnates David and Charles Koch have bankrolled the Tea Party movement, Republican candidates, and efforts to deny the existence global warming. But less noticed …

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Just the Facts: Churches and the Contraceptive Coverage Mandate
Multiple methods of contraception inside a supply closet at a Planned Parenthood clinic of Southern New England in New Haven, Connecticut, February 7, 2011. (Photo: Christopher Capozziello / The …

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With Restrictions Gone, “1 Percenters” Dish Millions, Alter Race for White House
Washington - Forget about the poor, the unemployed and the sinking middle class participating in the democratic process. The race for the presidency is increasingly being bankrolled …

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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dempsey Told Israelis US Won’t Join Their War on Iran
Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey gives remarks during a ceremony honoring the Military Times 2011 Soldier of the Year. (Photo: The U.S. Army) …