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Billionaires, Ballots and a State Budget Crisis Drive Education Reform in Washington State: A Case Study
Well-funded education reform groups have decided to take matters into their own hands.
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World Bank on Climate: “Turn Down the Heat” – Is It Really This Bad?
Impacts of climate change are worse than stated, but solutions could be easier than commonly understood.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Decriminalization of Marijuana Possession Is one of New York Governor’s Top Legislative Priorities, and More
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that decriminalization of marijuana possession is one of his top legislative priorities
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How We Can All Make Money Like the Billionaires
From Wall Street to Big Oil to the for-profit health insurance industry, business decisions are geared to increase the wealth of shareholders.
Learning to Love Torture, Zero Dark Thirty-Style
The sad fact is that Zero Dark Thirty could have been written by the tight circle of national security advisors who counseled President George W. Bush to create the …
TSA Union Gets Sacramento Airport Privatization Revoked: County Board Votes to Rescind Airport Privatization Approval
fter close to one year of lobbying efforts and a public campaign, the American Federation of Government Employees—the union for TSA workers in Sacramento and nationwide—today applauded the Sacramento …
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The Grime Behind the Crime
Could an astonishing explanation for the rise and fall of violent crime be correct?
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The Sacred Cow of American Tax Spending
2012 headlines were full of horrible depressing news: cuts on the federal, state, county and the city level. The nation was subjected to a full time diet of descriptions …
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World Bank’s IFC Arm Responds to Our Critique of Its Poverty Fighting
The IFC responds to a recent critique written by the staff at ProPublica.
Bronx Residents Accosted by NYPD Win Landmark Court Ruling Deeming “Stop and Frisk” Tactic Illegal
A federal judge has ruled that New York City police are not allowed to routinely stop pedestrians outside of private residential buildings in the Bronx.