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Election Countdown 2012: Occupiers Project a Giant 99 Percent Message Over Indepence Hall at the National Gathering in Philadelphia, and More
u201cLast night, occupiers projected a u201c99%u201d We The People message onto Independence Hall, the spot where the U.S. Constitution was drafted hundreds of years ago.u201d
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Supreme Court Strikes Down Montana Law Against Corporate Political Spending, and More
Supreme Court misses a chance to correct the mistake it made with Citizens United vs. FEC and more
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Top Former Tax Code Enforcer Files Letter Asking IRS to Strip ALEC’s Non-Profit Status
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a right-wing group responsible for state voter suppression laws, u201cstand your groundu201d laws and other far right initiatives, is a 501(c)(3) organization u2014 meaning …
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Mystery After the Health Care Ruling: Which States Will Refuse Medicaid Expansion?
For many people without insurance, a key question raised by the Supreme Court's decision today to uphold the Affordable Care Act is whether states will decline to participate in …
Russia, China Join US in Calling For New Government in Syria
Russia, China Join US in Calling For New Government in Syria
How a Nonexistent Bomb Cylinder Distorts the Iran Nuclear Issue
The persistence of a discredited storyline shows just how far US and other media has tilted toward the Orwellian model.
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Why Big Business Owns Congress
In a piece about populism and the Democratic Party in Politico, Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown (OH) explained how Big Business has, through its ability to tap into an extraordinary …
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Court Allows Crisis Pregnancy Centers to Deceive Women
Crisis Pregnancy Centers often masquerade as abortion consultation facilities u2014 they lure in women who are pregnant and terrified, and then often try to convince them not to get …
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Pocketbook Issues Weigh Heavily as Mexicans Vote
u201cWe were all hoping for real change with Fox,u201d he said, referring to former President Vicente Fox, whose victory in 2000 ended seven decades under the Institutional Revolutionary Party, …
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A Whittled-Down Violence Against Women Act Could Mean Life or Death for Immigrant Women
In its current form, VAWA allows any undocumented person of any gender who is abused by a spouse with legal US residency or citizenship to independently file a petition …