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The GMO Coup: How Monsanto Took Over the U.S. Agriculture Department
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been taken over by an outside organization. RootsAction has launched a campaign demanding a Congressional investigation.
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"Fearless Summer" from the Grassroots: Get Ready for Action
When people stand up against the destructive extraction industries of big energy interests, we gain community support and sometimes we even win.
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Privacy or Security: Do We Only Get To Pick One?
After the Boston Marathon bombing, 61 percent of Americans said they were more concerned about the government enacting new anti-terrorism policies that would restrict their civil liberties.
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60 Minutes and the Billionaire Agenda
Journalist Lesley Stahl's segment about the adoption of military counterinsurgency techniques by U.S. police forces failed to mention that Stahl sits on the board of the Peterson Foundation, which heavily favors U.S. police militarization.
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Why the TransPacific Partnership is a Scary Big (So-Called Trade) Deal
Like a supersized NAFTA, the TPP gives foreign corporations privileges that can override domestic laws on environmental health and citizens’ rights. Here’s why we shouldn’t let it pass without a fight.
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Corporations in the Fast Lane
If a corporation is a person, and if people own corporations, then that means people are commodities. And our constitution explicitly says that no one person can own another person.
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Vermont House Passes GMO Labeling Bill Ahead of Global March Against Monsanto
Vermont took a decisive step in favor of GMO labeling ahead of the worldwide March Against Monsanto set for May 25.
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Elizabeth Warren is Banking on Students
The Bank on Students Loan Fairness Act, introduced last week by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, gives students the same low interest rates offered to banks.
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Teenagers, Social Media, Terrorism — and the Price for a "Free Society"
Authorities are leaning toward zero tolerance of teenagers who fling around online threats about acts of violence or terrorism, and what might have once merited a slap on the wrist may today result in criminal charges.
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The Fix Is In: Obama Did It for the Money
The love fest between Barack Obama and his top fundraiser Penny Pritzker that has led to her being nominated as Commerce secretary would not be so unseemly if they both just confessed that they did it for the money.