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Prop 34 Would End California Death Penalty
A perfect alignment of advantageous factors enabled opponents of capital punishment to place its abolition on the ballot for the first time in California.
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Uprising in Montana: Activists Take a Stand Against Coal Exports
It didnu2019t really matter though: Hundreds converged from across the country for the Coal Export Action and 23 participated in five days of civil disobedience in protest of the …
Chart: How Ending the High End Bush Tax Cuts Saves Nearly $1 Trillion
President Obama has promised to end the Bush tax cuts on income in excess of $250,000 when they expire at the end of the year, with his aides saying …
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GOP Ghosts in Tampa
This week, 48 years on, Mitt Romney is set to achieve what his father never could. But this great family triumph will not represent a vindication of his father's …
“Be Honest About the History of Our Country”: Remembering the People’s Historian Howard Zinn at 90
Howard Zinn: “But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below.”
Prisons, Profit and Immigrants in Arizona
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer defies President Obama on deferred deportation plan for undocumented immigrant youth.
Ohio GOP Admits Early Voting Cutbacks Are Racially Motivated
Why do Ohio Republicans suddenly feel so strongly about limiting early voting hours in Democratic counties?
US Arms Sales Make Up Most of Global Market
Weapons sales by the United States tripled in 2011 to a record high, driven by major arms sales to Persian Gulf allies concerned about Iranu2019s regional ambitions, according to …
The Best Laid Plans: How Quickly Will the US Leave Afghanistan?
Maybe the flight of those Kiwis should be thought of as a small omen, even if they are departing as decorously, quietly, and flightlessly as possible.
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How the Right Is Creating Voter Vigilantes
Ouren and Americans for Prosperity gathered these recruits in Boca Raton in July to instruct them on how they could become u201cempoweredu201d vessels for True the Voteu2019s poll watcher …