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Major Drug War Hearings in Congress This Week
The hearings come against a backdrop of huge domestic change with respect to the drug war.
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Arne Duncan Has Labeled My School – and Every School in Washington State – a Failure; Cue the Revolt
The ultimate absurdity of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has been visited upon my home state of Washington.
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As Oklahoma Botches an Execution, It’s Time to Talk About Ending the Death Penalty
Isn't it time we take the instance of yet another failed execution attempt to discuss not how to execute people better, but how to get rid of the death …
The Neoliberal Turn in American Health Care
The failings of the Affordable Care Act are rooted in a long shift away from the idea of a truly universal health care.
One of the Koch Family-Controlled Foundations Has Quietly Folded
The Koch family-controlled Claude R. Lambe Foundation (CRLF), one of the routine sources of funding for right-wing groups for more than thirty years has dissolved.
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Will New FCC Internet Regulations Strengthen Monopoly Control?
In the fight between monopolies, the public doesn't really have a dog in the race; the real question is why a cartel of private monopolies are controlling the Internet?
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Execution Chaos: Witness Recounts Botched Killing That Caused Oklahoma Prisoner’s Fatal Heart Attack
An Oklahoma death row prisoner has died of a heart attack after a botched execution Tuesday night.
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ALEC in the News: Oklahoma Punishes Solar Power Users; Wisconsin Voter ID Law Overturned
ALEC has been exposed as the secretive powerhouse behind voter ID laws and other right-wing initiatives across the country.
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Reviving Government Of, By, and For the People
The McCutcheon ruling just made our bad campaign finance system worse.
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This Land Isn’t Your Land, This Land Is Their Land: An Empire in Decline (City by City, Town by Town)
Peter Van Buren has been traveling the ever-expanding, ever-rustier Rust Belt taking the temperature of a land with a significant fever. Here's his account.