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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Occupying K Street: The Corridor to Power
The path to undoing the damage of special interest control of government begins with a demand delivered in such a way that it forces those in power to stand up and take note. Strengthening the FEC and curbing lobbying power is one place to start.
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How to Reduce Our Out-of-Control Prison Population
The following list represents a clear set of strategies for reducing our 2,300,000+ prison population without compromising public safety.
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Opinion: Progressives Must Move Beyond Occupy
The general public agreed with Occupy's basic message. But Occupy's inept organization managed to squander this strategic opportunity, and the movement is now actually impeding Progressives' outreach to the general public.
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Greek Anti-Austerity Protesters Greeted With Tear Gas
Riot police in Athens have fired tear gas at protesters who in turn have been lobbing stones and petrol bombs in one of the largest anti-austerity demonstrations to hit the Greek capital in months.
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A Letter from People Against the NDAA
This is Dan from People Against the NDAA. This message is short, but sweet and needs to get out to all those fighting this law.
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What Happened to Occupy Wall Street?
An assessment of Year One.
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Live from Virginia, a Worldwide Corporate Power Grab
It is difficult to overstate the potential implications on the lives of people around the world if anything like the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, as viewed through leaked documents, were to be implemented with the force of law.
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Debt Collectors Cashing In on Student Loan Roundup
At a protest last year at New York University, students called attention to their mounting debt by wearing T-shirts with the amount they owed scribbled across the front — $90,000, $75,000, $20,000.
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#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, Pussy Riot was sentenced to two years in Russian prison, we expressed solidarity with General Motors hunger strikers in Colombia, activists far and nigh set their sights on Tampa and the Republican National Convention, and the one-year Occuversary is approaching.
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Police Brutality: Priceless
The realization that you pay the salary of your oppressors? Priceless.