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California Gov. Brown to Call for Decrease in Statewide Testing
Sacramento, California - California Gov. Jerry Brown plans to call for less statewide testing and expanding lessons beyond math and English in his annual State of the State address …
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The Movement to Overturn Citizens United Takes Form
Activists rally for a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United Supreme Court decision on Friday, January 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Brendan Hoffman / Public Citizen) …
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What Is SOPA? Here Are Five Things You Need to Know
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has got the entire Internet up in arms today. Media justice advocates say the bill is anathema to basic functioning of the Internet; …
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One Million Petition for the Recall of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
(Screengrab: PRWatch) The petition drive to recall and remove Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has surpassed all expectations, collecting over one million signatures in just 60 days. …
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Michigan Democrats Unveil Plan to Finance Free College Tuition by Eliminating Corporate Tax Credits
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) spent his first year in office trading in the welfare of thousands of vulnerable Michiganders in order to cut taxes for corporations and the …
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Internet Blackout Today: The Fight for a Free and Open Web
(Photo: Ivana Vasilj) Because our fight for a people-powered democracy and an economy that works for all Americans depends on a free and open Internet, OurFuture.org today …
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Wikipedia, Reddit to Shut Down Sites Wednesday to Protest Proposed Stop Online Piracy Act
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia and sixth most visited site in the world, will join websites like the content aggregator Reddit to “go dark” on Wednesday in opposition to the …
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US to Force Drug Firms to Report Money Paid to Doctors
To head off medical conflicts of interest, the Obama administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose the payments they make to doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel …
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Revealed: The FBI’s Secretive Practice of “Blackballing” Files
(Photo: kalavinka; Edited: JR / TO) Have you ever filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FBI and received a written response from the …
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New Tool Reveals Country’s Most Polluted Places: How Close Do You Live?
Looking for some awkward synergy? The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a comprehensive database of America's greatest greenhouse gas creators. It interactively indexes the 6,700 power plants and other …