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League of Women Voters Files Suit to Block WI’s New Polling Place Photo ID Restriction
Just in from Reuters... The League of Women Voters sued on Thursday to block a new Wisconsin law requiring voters to present identification …
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Which Bank Is the Worst for America? Five Behemoths That Hold Our Political System Hostage
The economic crash led to the loss of 9 million jobs and the biggest drop in American home-ownership since the Great Depression. Long-term unemployment, poverty and hunger have increased …
Voices From the Diaspora: Resistance and Community
Featuring: musician Daz-I-Kue, educator and former president of Oakland’s School Board, Greg Hodge and Oakland’s Assistant City Administrator Fred Blackwell. They explore the root of political actions from London …
Occupy Berlin: In the Shadow of the Reichstag
Occupy Berlin, in front of the Reichstag, October 15, 2011. (Photo: Brainbitch) I was not going to write a Solutions column this week because I am on …
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White House Won’t Add Any More Detainees to Guantanamo, Lawyer Says
Miami - The White House will not add another detainee to the prison camps at Guantanamo, the Pentagon's top lawyer said Tuesday, acknowledging that congressional restrictions have brought captive …
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Chiapas’ Coffee Growers: Accidental Environmentalists
Antonio, the Majomut cooperative supervisor, shows off the coffee plants. The cooperative purchases coffee from member-landowners, pays them fair trade prices, then ships then beans to overseas. (Photo: Kristian …
Democrats and the Death of Keynesian Economics
President Barack Obama is seen through a window backstage at the General Motors Lake Orion Assembly Plant in Orion Township, Michigan, October 14, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White …
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Enviros Make Keystone XL a Litmus Test for Obama’s Re-Election: Will It Work?
Washington - To hard-core environmentalists, the Obama administration's upcoming decision on the fiercely debated Keystone XL oil sands pipeline is black and white. Say no to the Canada-to-Gulf Coast …
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A Closer Look at Alabama’s Disastrous Immigration Law
The fact that Alabama has HB 56, the nation’s harshest anti-immigrant law on the books, has become a point of pride of some Alabama Republicans. The bill’s sponsor, state …
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The Meagerness of the Republican Debates, the Smallness of the President’s Solutions and the Need for a Progressive Alternative
Republicans are debating again tomorrow night. And once again, Americans will hear the standard regressive litany: government is bad, Medicare and Medicaid should be cut, “Obamacare” is killing the …