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Mark Fiore's "security bear" says domestic spying is nothing to worry about "unless you're a terrorist, a leaker or, um, a fan of the Bill of Rights."

Professor and activist Lawrence Lessig tells Bill that government should be utilizing technology to protect our liberties as much as it does to invade our privacy.

Greg Kaufmann checks in on a small Kansas town that lost its only Head Start program, illustrating how sequester cuts often hit rural areas hardest.

David Sirota argues that the national intelligence director has become "the embodiment of perjury before Congress."

The academic and political activist will talk about the corrupting influence of money on politics and how to take our democracy back from the billionaires.

A map from NPR and the Center for Public Integrity shows where in America companies are releasing dangerous chemicals.

Michael Winship explains how even when baseball players, owners and stadiums win, hard-working concession workers lose.

Last week, three Oregonians living on the margins testified before Congress about how economic policies are hurting the middle class.

Poor schools underperform largely because of poverty and economic inequality, not because teachers have it too easy, writes David Sirota.

What would happen if you tried some of the same legal-ish tricks that Apple and other corporations use to avoid taxes?