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What Is Shadow Lobbying? How Influence Peddlers Shape Policy in the Dark
Shadow lobbying refers to someone who performs advocacy to influence public policy without registering as a lobbyist.
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Six Years After the BP Spill, Feds Plan to Lease More of the Gulf for Offshore Drilling
Offshore drilling opponents question whether fossil fuels are worth more emissions and the risk of another major oil spill.
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Proposal to Restrict Free School Meals Option Could Increase Food Insecurity
7,000 high-poverty schools with over 3 million students would have to reinstate applications.
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Activists Mobilize for Twenty-Three Days for Ramarley Graham
A new campaign by the family of Ramarley Graham calls for holding the officers involved in the unarmed teen's death accountable.
William Rivers Pitt | The Empire Strikes Back: Donny and Hill’s Big Night
It's over, and it wasn't close. It was, in fact, a wipe-out.
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Berta Cáceres Lives On, and So Does Violence by Honduran Government and Dam Company
1,500 people from 22 countries convened in Honduras for the “Peoples of Berta Vive.”
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Senators Challenge US Military Aid to Saudi Arabia
Two US senators have introduced a bipartisan bill that would place new conditions on US military aid to Saudi Arabia.
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International Tax Avoidance Is Deeply Ingrained in the Neoliberal Economic System
The biggest data leak in history, the Panama Papers contain over 11 million documents detailing the activities of Mossack Fonseca.
On Sex Work and Survival: Why We Must Stand With Alisha Walker
For defending herself, and saving the life of another woman who was on the scene, Alisha is facing 15 years behind bars.
Consequences of Consciousness: Sy Montgomery on Human Treatment of Other Animals
Author and naturalist Sy Montgomery discusses what we can do to better respect the life course of other sentient beings.