The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Taking the Fight for Electronic Privacy to the Streets
On Oct. 26, a bipartisan coalition will stage the nation's biggest domestic protest against mass surveillance as thousands march on Capitol Hill to demand the right to private communication.
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40 Arrests, Police Turn Violent, As Frack Protest Continues in New Brunswick
Since Sept. 30, activists and members of the Elsipogtog and Mi'kmaq First Nations tribes have blocked a New Brunswick road used by employees of the energy company SWN Resources Canada, which wants to frack the area.
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More Student Debt and Less Payback, Especially for Women
Women earn less than men in virtually every occupation, from business to medicine to the arts, but pay the same amount to go to school, making any outstanding loans a larger repayment burden.
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An Interview with Occupy Activist and Author Nathan Schneider
Contradictions of Occupy, says Schneider? "Autonomy and accountability, sanity and madness, order and mischief, creativity and frustration, occupation and colonization, relief and recovery, grievance and self-sufficiency, ecstasy and failure."
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Bay Area Transit Fight Continues As Residents, Workers Vie for Message Control
With the government shutdown in its third week and a potential, cataclysmic debt ceiling wall looming Thursday, union negotiators, government officials and BART management are working nonstop to hammer out a deal that eases growing tensions.
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This Is What Happens When You Try To Kill A Park
In June, a peaceful, highly innovative and organized community sprang to life in a matter of days to preserve Istanbul's Gezi Park.
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Moms For Labeling Fined $10,000 in Washington's GMO Showdown
A group of mothers has been fined $10,000 for suing the Grocery Manufacturers Association for its violation of state campaign finance laws.
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Richmond, California Mayor Occupies Wall Street
Mayor Gayle McLaughlin is setting an example for how community activists can make big changes by running for local office independent of the two-party system and corporate campaign cash.
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In Latest Scandal at UT Austin, a Bake Sale Attacks Race
The University of Texas at Austin’s Young Conservatives of Texas group last month hosted an “Affirmative Action Bake Sale” where they charged customers prices based on their race.
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15,000 Mobilize with Mapuche Indians For Anti-Columbus Day March in Chile
Protesters battled police in the Chilean capital as activists called for a return of their ancestral lands and the right to self-determination.
