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Suppressing Democracy 101
Both major political parties have been guilty in the past of rejecting democratic values in order to give their partyu2019s candidates an advantage. Now the right to vote is …
Economic Update: The Economics of Pornography
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Election Countdown 2012: Insurers Will Hand Out $1.1 Billion in Rebates to Consumers, and More
The past: u201cMitt Romneyu2019s financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries …
Population Control or Population Justice?
Shrinking the worldu2019s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need to be in control of their own fertility. …
US Drone Strikes Setting Dangerous Global Precedent
U.S. counterterrorism measures are under intense scrutiny from United Nations (U.N.) experts and civil rights groups declaring drone strikes illegal under current frameworks.
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Resilient Response: NYC Youth Join Stop-and-Frisk Debate
In the winning photomontage of the Resilience Advocacy Projectu2019s (RAP) u201cYouth Experiences of Stop-and-Frisk Told Through Artu201d contest, a young man is shown at the edge of the frame: …
Occupy is Not Dead, Occupy Continues to Work for Justice
The U.S. media has been writing an obituary for Occupy, but in fact Occupy is active all over the country and is just being ignored by the corporate media. …
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Farm Bill Passes US Senate
The farm bill S. 3240, passed the U.S. Senate on June 21. The bill, which is renewed approximately every five years, dictates congressional spending on not only farm issues …
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Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic at Risk
It was only recently that Dr. Willie Parker began flying down here from Washington, heading to work at a vaultlike building that sits unassumingly on a busy thoroughfare. On …
Barrio Defense: How Arizona’s Immigrants are Standing Up to SB 1070
Shortly after the 2010 passage of SB 1070, Arizonau2019s notorious immigration bill, 20,000 people gathered in Phoenix for a May Day march to protest the new law. Instead of …