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How Oregon's "Pay It Forward" Bill Tackles Student Debt
Oregon's new Pay It Forward bill will delay tuition being paid by any student attending any state school until after s/he graduates and gets a job.
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Britains Remember Their Victims of Austerity
10,000 white flowers were placed on the green before the U.K. Parliament, each flower representing a person with disability who died within three months of assessment by Atos, a private British healthcare assessor.
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Millions Mobilize For March Against Monsanto - Again
Following the two-million-strong global March Against Monsanto in May, citizens worldwide are gearing up for the second stage showdown next Saturday.
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Hedges: The Sparks of Rebellion
With the decimation of U.S. manufacturing along with the dismantling of our unions and opposition parties, we will have to search for different instruments of rebellion.
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Economic Growth and Low Carbon Future Will Co-Exist
A report found that the key to reducing CO2 emissions while furthering growth is to harness technologies that radically decarbonize the energy sector.
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Washingtonians Fight for GMO Labeling
This November, voters in Washington State will get to decide whether or not people should have the right to know if theie food contains GMOs.
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Public Education At Peril With ALEC's Private Scholarship Tax Credits
Tuition scholarship tax credit laws being pushed by the American Legislative Exchange Council will use state tax codes to subsidize private or parochial education, with grave consequences for public education spending.
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India's Right to Information Act is Exposing Nationwide Corruption
The RTI is India’s version of the Freedom of Information Act in the United States.
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Egypt’s Atheists Struggle for Full Citizenship Rights
Proposed amendments to Egypt’s constitution that extend rights to religious minorities have angered both Muslims and Christians.
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A Film About the Fed, Funded by the Mortgage Crisis
As millions of Americans invested in new homes in the mid 2000's, filmmaker Jim Bruce was already investing in the housing market's implosion.