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Even In Sweden? Tracing the Worldwide Weinstein Effect
11 Nov 2017 … Sexual discrimination or assault are not somehow more 'tolerable' because women in Sweden are closer to getting equal pay for equal work or have more female members of parliament. Continue reading
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Net Neutrality Will Be Saved Only If Citizens Raise an Outcry
4 Apr 2014 … A free and open Internet is essential to modern democracy. But that freedom and openness will be maintained only if Americans use their great democratic voice to demand it. Continue reading
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Downton Abbey Congressman Aaron Schock Resigns
3 Mar 2015 … Once people stopped laughing at his lavish office makeover, closer scrutiny of his spendthrift ways caused the Illinois representative’s downfall. Continue reading
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Corporate Triumphs, Progressive Victories and the Roadmap for a Democratic Revival
11 Nov 2014 … Tuesday's Republican wave of election victories was more a triumph in changing the rules of democracy to favor big business and conservative interest groups, than a reflection of the American people's opinions. Continue reading
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DISCLOSE Act Blocked in the Senate
7 Jul 2012 … Earlier this evening, the DISCLOSE Act died in the Senate by a vote of 51-44. The bill would make have made it harder to anonymously donate money to politically active organizations by requiring that corporations, unions, super PACs and others Continue reading
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Dr. Redfield’s Retreat: Compromising the CDC
7 Jul 2020 … The director of the CDC has capitulated. Under the guise of “guidance,” Dr. Robert Redfield recently released a full-throated promotion of Trump’s latest pandemic talking points urging all schools to reopen in the fall. Continue reading
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Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble
4 Apr 2012 … How big money and big media have coupled to create a ‘Disney World’ of democracy. Plus, a Bill Moyers Essay on Rep. Allen West (R-FL) and McCarthyism. Continue reading
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How Puerto Rico Recovered Before
9 Sep 2017 … In the aftermath of the Great Depression, Puerto Rico was rebuilding in more ways than one. Aside from dealing with the impacts of a global financial crisis, the island had recently been battered by two massive storms: San Felipe II Continue reading
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How Grassroots Organizing Came to the Rescue in West Virginia’s Water Crisis
3 Mar 2014 … Community-based groups beat the government and industry in responding to the needs of 300,000 people affected by the chemical spill in West Virginia's Elk River. Continue reading
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The American Way of War Is a Budget-Breaker
5 May 2017 … When Donald Trump wanted to “do something” about the use of chemical weapons on civilians in Syria, he had the U.S. Navy lob 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield (cost: $89 million). The strike was symbolic at best, as Continue reading