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Defend Martin Luther King’s Dream Act: Protect the Voting Rights Act and Expand It Across America
Dr. King's Dream Act is under attack. On Wednesday February 27, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the law's requirement that states with a history of …
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Too Fat to Vote
The average Floridian waited 23 minutes to vote, but what about black voters?
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America Before Capitalism: Historical Perspective
In this installment of America Beyond Capitalism, Gar Alperovitz considers the changes in technology and social organization in the US from 1790 to the present.
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Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, on the Struggle to Win – and Now Protect – Voting Rights in US
Having risked his life marching for the right of all Americans to vote, Lewis reflects on the ongoing struggle for voting rights today, when 16 states have passed restrictive …
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The Voter ID Struggle in Pennsylvania: Losing ID Is About Losing More Than The Right to Vote
When states take away ID from poor and working folks, or limit poor and working peopleu2019s access to getting ID in the first place u2013 those people lose far …
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Election Countdown 2012: One Person Is Confirmed Dead After an Oil and Natural Gas Well Explosion in Ohio, and More
These [satellite] images appear to support the rumored allegations [that] drillers and frackers may have been driving tanker trucks offroad, opening the valve on the tank while driving, and …
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Election Countdown 2012: Occupy Atlanta Members Demand Georgia Enact Prison Reform, and More
About 40 demonstrators gathered outside the state Capitol in Atlanta on Monday to express support for Georgia prison inmates who have reportedly been on a hunger strike for nearly …