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Lawrence Lessig’s March to End Corruption
In the footsteps of Doris “Granny D” Haddock, activist Lawrence Lessig leads a two-week,185-mile trek through the winter cold in New Hampshire to raise awareness of corruption in American …
Truthout Interviews Greg Palast on the Koch Brothers and Chris Christie
In the Citizens United era, it can more difficult to follow the money because of the anonymity 501(c)(4) Super PACs afford their donors. But that hasn't stopped Greg Palast.
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The Best Way to Keep Our Water Safe
Once we stop relying on fossil fuels, we can forget about coal-related accidents.
Documents Reveal Calvert County Signed Non-Disclosure Agreement With Company Proposing Cove Point LNG Terminal
The documents have raised concerns about transparency between the local government and its citizens.
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On the Money: What a Tangled Web We Weave
Gail Ablow from Moyers & Company provides a critical reading list for the issues that made the headlines this week.
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New York University Ramps Up Internship Oversight
After pressure from students, NYU's career center has implemented a number of measures to improve screening of the internship listings it features online.
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Quit Talking About Equal Pay and Do Something
It's a hallmark of the Obama presidency: talk about change, but not deliver any. Will the president's pledge on equal pay suffer the same fate?
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Feds Won’t Enforce Money-Laundering Laws Against Banks Doing Business With Pot Stores
But many banks will still be uneasy since federal law is not changing.
Left Out of the Narrative: LGBTQ Undocumented Detainees
Undocumented LGBTQ people are caught in a double bind of belonging neither in white mainstream LGBTQ narrative nor in the mainstream immigrant narrative.
Any National “Conversation About Race” Must Include Black Radical Tradition
What passes for most ‘conversations about race,’ particularly in corporate media, which shape public perception, are narrow or wrong.