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Trans Indians Are Making It Easier to Be Themselves – Despite the Supreme Court
The anonymity of a city like Bangalore offers Indian gender minorities a little more safety than they might otherwise have.
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Supreme Court Dismisses Mulhall v. Unite Here, Giving Labor a Lucky Escape
In the “card check” process, one type of neutrality agreement, an employer agrees to recognize a union if a majority of workers sign union cards.
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SCOTUS Prefers Free Speech for Corporations, Not People
The free speech rights of American citizens are under attack all across America, but if you're a corporation, you can have all the say you want.
Why Do Douche Waffles Get Elected?
These spots aim to hijack a popular meme to shine a seriously unserious light on the issues of corporate personhood and money as free speech.
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The Right’s Misconstrued Constitution
The Supreme Court will rule on the right of a corporation owned by abortion opponents to assert its freedom of religion on health insurance, trumping a woman's choice of …
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The Administration Versus James Risen
If the Fourth Circuit Court ruling that a subpoena for Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter James Risen's testimony about a source for his book is upheld,
As Texas Clinics Shut Down, Organizers Help Rural Women Seek Abortions
Organizers are working to provide transportation to women in rural areas of Texas, where most abortion clinics have been closed.
California Probe of Campaign Donations Sheds Light on “Dark Money“
Tony Russo had a multimillion-dollar problem. The Republican consultant and his team had raised piles of cash to use in California politics as last November's election approached.
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McCutcheon: The People Strike Back to Have a Voice in Elections
While the US Supreme Court mulls lifting overall limits to campaign contributions in the McCutcheon case, Seattle citizens go to the polls Tuesday over reforming their elections with publicly …
Interview: Texan Julia Trigg Crawford’s Valiant Effort to Stop TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline
Once she jumped into the ring, she found she was fighting not just for herself, but for all American property owners and the planet too.