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Ohio Secretary of State Removes Democratic Members of Election Board for Supporting Weekend Voting
The Obama campaign has filed a law suit in federal court to restore weekend voting.
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How Author Malcolm Gladwell Shilled for the Health Care Lobby … and Got Away With It
Gladwell has carried water for the health insurance companies in his articles, while getting paid for numerous speaking engagements to the industry.
Economic Update: “Democracy at Work”
Updates on European crisis (creative Spanish anti-austerity politics, Mondragon avoids worst of crisis, suicides in response to crisis), Chilean students' strike against privatized education as bad education.
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Prop 37 Solution to Walmart’s Untested, Unlabeled, Toxin Spliced Corn
The genetically engineered sweet corn, which has also been manipulated at the DNA level to withstand pesticides that are sprayed on it, has never been proven safe.
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VP Role for Paul Ryan Has His Former Parish Priest Worried
Ryan's leadership as chair of the House Budget Committee and author of the
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Eight Problems With Common Core State Standards
Variously motivated corporate interests, arguing that the core was being sloppily taught, organized a behind-the-scenes campaign to super-standardize it.
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Election Countdown 2012: Unemployment Rates Rose in July From June in Almost All US States, and More
In today's Election Countdown: Unemployment rates rose in July from June in almost all US states; the Obama and Romney campaigns are expected to spend $2 billion to try to …
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Robert Reich: Mitt’s 13 Percent Tax
Romneyu2019s alleged 13 percent tax rate is lower than that of most middle class Americans who earn a tiny fraction of what he earns.
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Many New York City Teachers Denied Tenure in Policy Shift
This trend reflects a reversal in the way tenure is granted around the country.
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Russian Punk Band Sentenced to Two Years in Jail for Anti-Putin Stunt
Pussy Riot was convicted of hooliganism.