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What You Don’t Know About The NSA Spying Scandal
Are we living in a time of inverted totalitarianism?
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Time for Proof on Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack
We note that both sides continue to claim possession of compelling evidence regarding the true perpetrators of this crime.
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Rebelling Against Massive Use of Pesticides, Brazilians Shift to Organic Foods
Chemicals which have been banned in most other countries get dumped in Brazil due to lax legislation and intense lobbying from chemical companies.
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Cyber Schools Fleece Taxpayers for Phantom Students and Failing Grades
K12 Inc. and ALEC have pushed a national agenda to replace brick-and-mortar classrooms with computers and ‘distance learning.’
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Shutting the Whole Thing Down
The Beast Strikes Again: Central American Migrants Feel Brunt of Failed Immigration Policies
Security is a constant buzzword heard in the latest round of debate on US immigration reform.
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California Poised to Broaden Access to Abortions
California has two bills that could lead to the one of the biggest expansions of access to abortion in the US since the FDA approved the abortion pill.
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William Rivers Pitt | Half the Republicans You Know Are Insane
William Rivers Pitt: The crazy will elect the crazy every single time; that's why the government is shut down, and a disastrous default looms, in case you were wondering.
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Direct Democracy in Reykjavík: The Wisdom of the Icelandic Crowd-Sourcers
Attention has focused on the country's steps towards a crowd-sourced constitution, its revolutionary internet privacy and freedom of press laws, alongside Better Reykjavu00edk.