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ALEC 2013 Agenda Harkens Back to a Bygone Era
As conservative interest group ALEC gears up to celebrate its 40 year anniversary, the fight continues to take down their antiquated legislation.
The August 24 March on Washington: Why We Need a New Civil Rights and Labor Movement
Fifty years after the March on Washington, communities of color need to really around issues of social inequality that plague America today.
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We’re All Being Poisoned by Deregulated Capitalism
Capitalism is unraveling the physical and mental well being of this country.
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Corruption Scandal Fuels Calls for Strict Party Funding Rules
The corruption scandal in Spain and its leader calls into question the funding model for political parties and points towards the need for strict controls.
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Fast-Food Strikes Fight the Slide into Junk Wages — For All of Us
While the odds are stacked against fast-food workers in this country their protest opens the conversation about raising the minimum wage.
Yemenis Call US Drone Strikes an Overreaction to Al Qaida Threat
“ Al Qaida is getting more attention now than they would have even if they carried out an attack,” claims one political analyst speaking on the impact of Drone …
Can Mali Reunite?
Al-Qaeda's power has waned in Mali, but unresolved ethnic conflicts still threaten the country after 16 months of civil war.;
The Surveillance Reforms Obama Supported Before He Was President
As a Senator, Obama supported legislation to curb the very use of mass surveillance that he now defends underneath his presidency.
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What “Orange Is the New Black” Gets Right about the Prison System – and What It Leaves Out
“Orange is the New Black” is the latest in a long line of criminal justice-themed TV shows. But its penitentiary setting allows it to broach issues about the criminal …
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Remembering Hiroshima: Why do we kill?
August 6, 2013 marks the 68th anniversary of the horrific atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Other than the subsequent bomb dropped on Nagasaki, thankfully we have not used another nuclear …