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Fifty Years After Freedom Summer, US Faces Greatest Curbs on Voting Rights Since Reconstruction
In a week marking the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, Mississippi was in the news when African-American voters crossed party lines to help Republican Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly defeat …
Courage: Showing Solidarity With Whistleblowers and Defending Our Right to Know
In this interview, the Courage Foundation's Sarah Harrison talks about the public's right to know, whistleblowers' need for solidarity and dangerous precedents being set to deny public access to …
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Could John McCain Be Responsible for the Next 9/11?
In today's real-life remake of “Charlie Wilson's War,” John McCain is playing the role of Charlie Wilson and Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the head of ISIS, is playing the role …
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Expand Medicare to Serve all Veterans
Medicare is approaching its 50th anniversary as one of the most durable, successful and popular federal programs ever created. Do our veterans deserve any less?
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Working Families Party Betrayal
In New York or Illinois or anywhere else in the country, working people have few champions in the smoked-filled rooms of politics.
Among Doctors With Unusual Billing Patterns, Disciplinary Actions Common
Media reports have uncovered doctors who only bill for the most complicated and high-priced office visits, and ambulance companies in New Jersey who ferry patients to and from dialysis …
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It’s Official. Big Food Sues Vermont
Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association filed a lawsuit in federal the US District Court to overturn Vermont's recently passed GMO labeling law.
Meet the Navajo Activist Who Got the Washington Redskins’ Trademark Revoked: Amanda Blackhorse
The growing movement to change the name of the Washington Redskins football team has scored a surprising victory.
Argentina Alleges Extortion After Supreme Court Sides With Vulture Funds Preying on Sovereign Debt
The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Argentina over its $1.5 billion debt in a ruling critics say validates predatory behavior by so-called “vulture funds.”