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Penny-Wise and Pound-Foolish: Proposed Funding Cuts for Response to Violence Against Women
This week, Senators Leahy and Crapo introduced a bill to reauthorize and amend the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a federal law first enacted in 1994. This …
Ecuador’s Media Caught Between Popular President and Defenders of Free Speech
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa in his office in the presidential palace, in Quito, Ecuador, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo: Karla Gachet / The New York Times)
Occupy CUNY: Education Should Be Available to All
Protestors at Occupy CUNY, Madison Square Park, New York, November 21. (Photo: WarmSleepy) There are campuses of the City University of New York (CUNY) situated so far …
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K Street, Wall Street Line Up Behind Senator Brown in Race Against Elizabeth Warren
Sen. Scott Brown’s campaign and his political action committee are hustling for millions of dollars from K Street lobbyists and Wall Street interests to keep the Massachusetts seat of …
Rejecting Apology, US May Hasten End of Pakistan as Client
Washington - President Barack Obama has sided with U.S. military and Defence Department officials in rejecting a proposal by the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan for a U.S. apology for …
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Scott Walker’s New Policy May Result in Protesters Being Charged for the Pepper Spray Used Against Them
Under a new policy unveiled late this week by the Walker administration, protesters who apply for permits to protest outside government buildings in Wisconsin may be charged for clean-up …
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Herman Cain Exits Race for President
Herman Cain will suspend his bid for the Republican nomination for president, he announced at his Atlanta campaign headquarters Saturday afternoon. Saying he is at peace with …
Fit to Be Killed: Manufacturing Synthetic Sanity on Death Row
(Photo: SearchNet Media / Flickr) The gun smoke had barely cleared - leaving six dead and 13 wounded, including Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who had a hole …
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Vermont’s Push to End Corporate Personhood
Over the last decade more than a hundred cities and towns across the country have passed ordinances putting citizens' rights ahead of corporate interests. They have banned businesses from …
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Fundraising Addiction and the Private-Money Corruption Machine
(Photo: espensorvik / Flickr) A lot of the cynical hopelessness in progressive media and cyberspace these days is about the private money corruption machine that dominates American …