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New Inequality Data Likely to Boost “Occupy” Movement
Washington - A major study on income equality by a non-partisan government agency is likely to boost the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, whose standing with the general public appears …
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Northeast Aims to Remedy EV “Range Anxiety” with Eleven-State Charging Network
Drivers of all-electric cars could soon zip across the U.S. Northeast without having to worry about running out of battery power mid-trip. At least that's the idea …
Special Interests Woo Super Congress Members With Campaign Cash
The 12 members of the deficit-cutting Super Congress might be the most popular people in Washington. As they deliberate how to identify more than $1 trillion in spending cuts, …
Keeping It Clean: Maine’s Fight for Fair Elections
Eleven years ago, a waitress named Deb Simpson was elected to Maine’s state legislature—one of 116 candidates to run that year under the state’s newly implemented Clean Elections Act, …
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Occupy Oakland: Mayor Quan Issues Statement after Police Crackdown
Late last night, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan issued a statement about the police crackdown against Occupied Oakland protesters. In it, she expressed concern for those injured and a commitment …
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Iraq Syndrome
This won’t be Vietnam, exactly. No helicopter whisking the last remaining Americans off the roof of the embassy. A contingent of 16,000 State Department contract employees — over 5,000 …
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A Report from the Sidelines of Oakland: The Classroom at the End of the Occupation
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Romney Appears to Waver on Ohio Anti-Union Rules
Fairfax, Virginia - Mitt Romney’s critics are quick to accuse him of being a flip-flopper on important issues, part of an effort by Democrats and his Republican rivals to …
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The Occupy Wall Street Victory: Filling a Hole in Democracy
The general scorn for the Occupy Wall Street movement (OWS), now spread to hundreds of cities in the U.S., reveals a lot about Wall Street, the press, and the …
Occupy Wall Street: A Gift for the Economy
The early characterization of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement as a group of rudderless kids with no real chance of success was fantastically misplaced. The 99 percent continues …