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Are Those Companies’ Charitable Proceeds Actually Going to Charity?
While initially their goals might have been to prepare statements for annual reports about where all the company's charitable donations were going, marketing departments recognized that they also had, …
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Five Crazy Things Cuccinelli’s Surrogates Have Said (So He Didn’t Have to)
In the final days of the Virginia governor's campaign, both candidates are bringing out every gun in their arsenal to woo last minute voters and convince their bases to …
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Republicans, Unhinged
The current crisis of American democracy centers on the craziness that has engulfed the Republican Party, once considered home of the responsible ‘adults’ but now more like an island …
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Governing in the Dark
The NSA scandal isn't going away, and each leak tears a bigger hole in our current governing structure.
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Toward a WMD-Free Middle East: The Israel Hurdle
Action from Israel could bring about important progress in the banning of weapons of mass destruction.
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Delhi First, India Next is the 2014 Lion’s Roar
Five Indian state elections in November may provide clues to the outcome of the 2014 national parliamentary election.
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Gentrification Rocks NC’s Historic Black Community
Ever since the New York Times highlighted Durham as one of the best new cities to live in the South, gentrification has been steadily creeping.
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School Killings Put US Culture in Spotlight
The increase in violence on a national scale, especially the recent spate of shootings on school grounds, has many Americans, even the u201cexpertsu201d on mass killings, asking one another; …
Out of the Mouths of Babes
My seven-year-old daughter’s new favorite song is, no joke, “Banks of Marble,” sung by Pete Seeger.
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Socialism and Sports
The world of organized sports is a microcosm of corporations vs. workers and community. This meme can also be exploited to our benefit.