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Mitt, Mormons and Money
(Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Growing up in a family with ties to founders of the Mormon Church, at an early age I learned a little about …
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Is Eric Cantor Trying to Kill the Proposed Ban on Congressional Insider Trading?
During his State of the Union address, President Obama said “send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress; I will sign it tomorrow. Let’s limit …
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Voting Rights Battles Revived in States
In 2011, Republican-led state legislatures across the South and country pushed dozens of new voting restrictions, including measures requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. …
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ALEC Education “Academy” Launches on Island Resort
The Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island. (Photo: Britt Reints / Flickr) Today, hundreds of state legislators from across the nation will head out to an “island” resort …
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The Culture of Debt
In an article in Newsweek, Niall Ferguson argues that, the main reason why Americans should care about the European debt crisis is that “what is happening in Europe today …
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Widespread Furor Continues Against Komen Foundation
The nation’s leading breast cancer advocacy organization confronted the growing furor Thursday over its decision to largely end its decades-long partnership with Planned Parenthood, with rising dissension in its …
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As the Plutonomy Powers Ahead, the “Realonomy” Remains in Recession
(Photo: Nic McPhee / Flickr) America's longest recession since World War II officially ended in June 2009. Since then, the economy has expanded by almost 6 percent …
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Where the Reality of Abortion Resides: Intimate Wars
When I first opened a clinic for women's abortion care in Flushing, New York in 1971, women finally had access to safe, legal abortions – even before Roe v. …
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“Gasland” Director Josh Fox Arrested at Congressional Hearing on Natural Gas Fracking
The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox was handcuffed and arrested Wednesday as he attempted to film a congressional hearing on the controversial natural gas drilling technique known as fracking, …