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Environment
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Why Big Coal and the Anti-Frackers Are Up in Arms Over Obama’s Climate Plan
Industry and activists alike put heat on Obama for his ambitious national plan to tackle climate change.
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Mass Protest, Not a Speech, Is Needed to Address Climate Change
Mass protest can affect immediate change in a matter of days, while backroom operating took years to accomplish far less.
The Expendables: How the Temps Who Power Corporate Giants Are Getting Crushed
Across America, temporary work has become a mainstay of the economy.
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Film “Gimme the Loot” Pays Homage to the Graf Writers Who Risk It All
‘Gimme the Loot’ is a smart film which glorifies the artists who risk everything to share their work, for free, in the public realm, challenging street art's own glass …
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Pepper Spray, Rubber Bullets and IRS Questionnaires
No one in the Tea Party was tear-gassed, batoned, evicted or branded as a potential terrorist.
Obama on Climate Is Mixed Bag of Surprises & Status Quo
Daphne Wysham: President moves in the right direction on carbon emissions and Keystone XL pipeline but disappoints on the promotion of fracking.
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President Correa, Put Your Shield Over Edward Snowden
To counter a government-media campaign to u201cconvict Snowden in the media,u201d weu2019ve worked with prominent citizens to initiate a letter from Americans to Ecuadoru2019s President Correa, urging him to …
Insider Threat: Government Employees Urged to Tattle On Coworkers in Effort to Stop Classified Leaks
Within the Obama administration a program called
Does the Black Political Class Bear Some Responsibility for SCOTUS Voting Rights Act Decision?
According to Bruce Dixon, black politicians should have pushed for a constitutional amendment to ensure that the VRA never came before the GOP-dominated court.
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Abortion Bill Defeated After Texas Republicans Concede Vote Came Too Late
Republican backed anti-abortion bill in Texas knocked down due to lack of viable votes in the Senate.