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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In New Mexico, First U.S. County Bans Oil and Gas Extraction
On Monday, the County Commission of Mora County in northeastern New Mexico became the first in the U.S. to pass an ordinance banning all oil and gas extraction.
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Another Government Is Necessary: It's Time to Manifest Our Power
The launch of the Green Shadow Cabinet comes at a time when people are increasingly ready to leave the corrupt two-party system.
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Building Farms and Agriculture Policy for People — Not Corporations
From the school cafeteria to rural tomato farms to pickets the White House, people are challenging the ways in which government programs benefit big agribusiness to the detriment of small- and mid-sized farmers.
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Fracking is Coming to California Unless the People Stop It
Fracking the 15 billion barrels of oil discovered in the Monterey Shale deposit will add 6.8 million tons of carbon pollution to the atmosphere — delaying California's landmark Global Warming Solutions Act by 80 years.
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MAY DAY 2013: Live Stream
Global Revolution brings you live stream video coverage from independent journalists on the ground at nonviolent protests around the world.
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Houston’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Draws the Line at Alberta Tar Sands
If the Keystone XL pipeline is approved, 90 percent of the tar sands crude that flows through it will be processed near an embattled Houston neighborhood called Manchester.
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This May Day in Berlin: 7,000 Imported Police, with Marching Routes Exposed
The Berlin government has brought in an additional 7,000 police officers from around Germany to aid in controlling what has become a traditional outbreak of violence on May Day.
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From Housing to Health Care, 7 Co-ops That Are Changing Our Economy
Here's how manufacturers, retailers, restaurants and others are doing business the cooperative way.
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Most Americans Want A Financial Transaction Tax -- Will Congress Hear the Call?
The proposed financial transaction tax, introduced to Congress several weeks ago, would generate more than $300 billion a year in revenue. 60 percent of Americans support it. But Congress, as usual, is stalling.
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19-Year-Old Kennedy: Why It’s Worth Going to Jail to Stop Keystone XL
Ever since I chained myself to the White House fence with 47 other protestors urging President Obama to kill the Keystone pipeline, people have asked me why I felt so strongly about the issue.
