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As Trump Complains About Alleged Surveillance, Republicans Gut Internet Privacy Rules
Laura Moy, deputy director of the Center on Privacy and Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center, discusses the recent gutting of internet privacy rules.
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EPA Chief Signals Death of Clean Power Plan, Paris Climate Agreement
The president could sign an executive order Tuesday to dismantle the Clean Power Plan.
Local Lawmakers Fight Back Against Jeff Sessions’s Threats to Cut Funding to Sanctuary Cities
The Trump administration has unveiled its latest attempt to target sanctuary cities.
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Trump’s Draconian Budget Deals a Blow to Appalachia
Rural and poor Americans are among the many victims of Trump's so-called America First budget.
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NAFTA Renegotiation Offers Opportunity to Curtail Corporate Power
How likely is Trump to renegotiate the NAFTA clause that gives his corporate friends power over governments?
Filing Taxes Could Be Free and Simple, but H&R Block and Intuit Are Still Lobbying Against It
The makers online systems spent millions lobbying to permanently bar the government from offering taxpayers prefilled filings.
Seven Things That Need to Happen to Keep Global Temperature Rise Below 2C
A new report by IEA and IRENA is the latest attempt to address the question of global temperatures.
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Arkansas Is Trying Again to Prevent Whistleblowers From Exposing Cruelty to Animals
Dangerous “ag gag” bills, aim to criminalize whistleblowers and have been controversial for years.
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Climate Change Is Making Kenya’s Droughts More Severe
Kenya's current severe drought, exacerbated by the recent La Nina, has left over two million people in Kenya without enough to eat.
Zephyr Teachout: Supreme Court Pick Neil Gorsuch “Sides With Big Business, Big Donors and Big Bosses”
Confirmation hearings begin today for Neil Gorsuch.