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52 Percent of Americans Favor Legalization of Marijuana
Neill Franklin: While 45 percent of Americans oppose legal marijuana, 70 percent think enforcing federal drug laws is a waste of money.
“Love Has No Color”: Georgia High School Students Set to Hold First Integrated Prom
A group of Georgia high school students are making history by challenging the segregation of their high school prom.
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Ronald Reagan Made the War on Drugs a Race to Incarcerate
Sabrina Jones illustrates Marc Mauer's seminal new book, Race to Incarcerate.
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New Green Shadow Cabinet Health Council Ready to Solve Nation’s Health Crises
Our nation is failing when it comes to health and health care, and the policies of the Obama administration will make the situation worse. We are headed towards greater …
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Pathway to Apartheid & the Codification of Indian Removal II
The Senate's Immigration proposal is titled: Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernity Act. While being touted by the “gang of 8” senators and the media as a compromise, …
Pressure Mounts to Remove GMOs from Infant Formula; Abbott Laboratories Shareholders Set To Vote on Non-GMO Policy
Shareholders of Abbott Laboratories will vote on whether the manufacturer of Similac, a leading brand of infant formula, should adopt a policy of sourcing ingredients that have not been …
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Wilcox Georgia in the Shadows of Birmingham
Fifty years ago, the white citizens of Birmingham, Alabama denied the city's black citizens the right to work in their stores, pray in their churches, sit at lunch counters …
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Awful Managers
The reality of what history has wrought in Venezuela stands apparent.
Playing Politics with Fracking: What’s the Deal with Common Cause and Big Fossil Fuels?
Seemingly neutral NGO Common Cause is hiding its pro-fracking agenda behind more
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Bayer and Syngenta Lobby Furiously Against EU Efforts to Limit Pesticides and Save Bees
New report that links pesticides and declining bee populations is the motivation behind this European campaign.