Ideological rigidity is not only keeping us from making inroads with mainstream society and growing our numbers—but effectively preventing us from accomplishing any actual policy goals.
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Susan Sarandon and Slavoj Žižek Lead Celebrity Call for Greater Whistleblower Protections
The public can finally see for themselves the war crimes, corruption, mass surveillance and abuses of power of the U.S. government and other governments around the world.
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Green Tuesday: Oregon and Alaska Legalize Growing and Selling Marijuana
The marijuana legalization train has left the station.
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The Movement Returns: Dispatch From A Democratic Occupation of London
The right to protest is a fundamental human right, especially in Britain.
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Jim Crow Returns: Millions of Minority Voters Threatened By Electoral Purge
This in-depth investigation reveals how election officials in 27 states, most of them Republicans, launched a program that threatens a massive purge of millions of voters from the rolls.
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Monsanto, Dupont, Big Foods Spend $25 Million to Defeat GMO Labeling In Oregon and Colorado
Heavy industry spending resembles the last-minute infusions of cash for TV ads, mailings, and staff that helped narrowly defeat campaigns for mandatory GMO labeling in California and Washington.
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Can Anti-Corruption Candidate Rick Weiland Upend South Dakota's Senate Race?
Toss-up races like Kansas and South Dakota may be the ones that decide whether or not Republicans take control of the U.S. Senate.
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Fossil Fuel Lobby Spent $213 Million Last Year to Influence U.S. and E.U. Politicians
The new 40-page report published by Oxfam International also said the global fossil fuel sector now receives $1.9 trillion in subsidies each year.
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Do Democrats Want To Fix Inequality – Or Just Complain About It?
Inequality is all anybody can talk about, except Democrats on the campaign trail who desperately need to turn out the very people so disproportionately affected by it: young and minority voters.
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Hong Kong Protests Continue Into 22nd Day As Regime Casts Blame
On Sunday, hundreds of people milled around a protest site in the gentrifying, densely-populated district Mong Kok, manning aid stations and sitting in small circles on the pavement.
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Citing Security Threats, U.S. Military Lays Out Plans to Cope With Climate Change
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s increasingly prominent role in pushing for a new global climate change treaty is a sign of how urgent the issue has become.