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My Charmed Life in the Tax Wars
Scorse describes how one private citizen succeeded in effecting a major change in the law for capital gains reporting.
Respect ABQ Women Campaign Applauds Voters for Rejecting the Abortion Ban Ballot Measure
The Respect ABQ Women campaign declared Albuquerque votersu2019 sound rejection of the anti-abortion ballot measure a huge victory for Albuquerque women and families.
An International Campaign to Reform Burma’s Constitution Currently Banning Women and Aung San Suu Kyi From Running for President
Vancouver-based investigative journalist Alan Clements recently returned to Burma (aka Myanmar) to document a country unravelling from decades of totalitarian tyranny.
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A Call For a Crowdsourced Worldwide Wave of Action ~ #WWW
The decentralized movement toward freedom is raging across the world. It cannot be stopped.
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Exclusive: Meet India’s Comic Activists Whose Wall Art Is Inspiring Movements — And Changing Policy
Murmu and others like him in India now go by the emerging title of
All Drone Politics Is Local
Other cities, towns, and counties should be able to pass similar anti-drone resolutions. Of course, stronger and more comprehensive resolutions are best.
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WikiLeaks and the Drone Strike Transparency Bill
The US Senate Intelligence Committee recently took an important step by passing an intelligence authorization that would require for the first time - if it becomes law - that …
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Astroturf “Fix the Debt” Caught Ghostwriting for College Students
u201cFix the Debtu201d and its pet youth group, The Can Kicks Back, have been caught writing op-eds for college students and placing the identical articles in papers across the …
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Lyme Disease Community Blows the Whistle on Corruption Within the CDC
The Centers for Disease Control recently announced that Lyme disease statistics are 10 times higher than previously thought, at the same time as development of a Lyme disease vaccine …
27 International NGOs Cite Urgent Human Rights Violations at Murum Dam
Over 25 international organizations voice outcry over treatment of Penan protestors.