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Welcome Home: The New Old Evangelicals
As I read Marcia Pally's Evangelicals who have left the right, I've realized that I'm like the old man guarding the family's abandoned homestead. The lights were off; the …
William Rivers Pitt on How the Gun Industry Sells Mass Shootings
The NRA and the gun industry appear to up against the ropes in the wake of the mass shootings and other instances of gun violence that took place in …
MartÃn Espada’s Poem for Howard Zinn
Espada reads the poem he wrote to honor his good friend, historian and activist Howard Zinn.
Seattle’s Teacher Uprising: High School Faculty Faces Censure for Boycotting Standardized MAP Tests
Earlier this month, teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, voted unanimously to stop administering a widely used standardized test, calling them wasteful and unfairly used to grade …
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An Unconstitutional Twofer
New conservative legislation from GOP leaders in the house has changed the national debt from a number to a concept. Alan Grayson reports.
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Fracking Industry Goes After “Promised Land” Film
Before Gus Van Sant's latest film Promised Land even premiered, the energy industry was up in arms, gearing up to counter the film's apparent anti-fracking stance with a barrage …
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In Walmart and Fast Food, Unions Scaling Up a Strike-First Strategy
If the current effort ends up raising Walmart pay substantially, it will be good news for retail and grocery workers around the countryu2014another reason for organizers to target the …
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Sexual Harassment
Copyright Universal Uclick.
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GOP Vote Rigging Stalls in Virginia and Florida but Pushes on in Wisconsin and Michigan – Why?
Will citizens allow their elected leaders to get away with these cynically partisan vote-rigging schemes?
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A New Model Drone Resolution
...Concerns include the following: drones can crash into airplanes, buildings, and each other; drones can fall out of the sky; drones can produce noise pollution; drones can produce visual …