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Texas State Trooper Checkpoints Meet Social Media
With tens of thousands of people up in arms about the checkpoints, there is momentum for reform.
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Backup Plan
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Patriarchal Society
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Subsidizing Economic Inequality
The push to privatize the public sector through contracting out is expanding our economic divide.
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Boehner in the Catbird’s Seat
By taking up the Obamacare battle, Boehner's grip on the speakership may be tightening, not loosening.
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Snowden Accepts Whistleblower Award
Edward Snowden was honored by a group of former US intelligence officials as a courageous whistleblower during a Moscow ceremony.
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Postal Workers Elect New Leaders Who Pledge to Build a Movement
The stakes couldnu2019t be higher for postal workers, who are battling wave after wave of attacksu2014post offices and sorting plants closing, work privatizing, delivery standards eroding.
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Over 865,200 Gallons of Fracked Oil Spill in North Dakota, Public in Dark for Days Due to Government Shutdown
Over 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled from a Tesoro Logistics pipeline in Tioga, North Dakota in one of the biggest onshore oil spills …
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Officials in Arizona and Kansas Rig Ballots to Implement ALEC Voter Suppression Scheme
State officials in Arizona and Kansas are developing a new scheme to implement an American Legislative Exchange Council-approved bill requiring proof of citizenship at the polls.
Salmonella and Hepatitis Outbreaks Start Up as Government Shuts Down
Dual outbreaks of salmonella and non-viral hepatitis have sickened hundreds and left one person dead.