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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Act Out! [93] - Why We Can’t Blame Russia & Who We Should Blame
This week on Act Out!, in a special episode, I've got some questions.
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Appeals Court Smacks Down North Carolina’s Attempt to Suppress the Black Vote
On Friday, the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit invalidated North Carolina’s stringent new voting restrictions, holding that the law violates both the United States Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
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The Supreme Court Upholds the Historic Principle of One Person, One Vote
A rare win for voting rights by a unanimous court, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg writes the decision saying that all people are entitled to equal representation under the law.
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"Journey for Justice" From Selma to DC, Ends With Demand to Restore the Voting Rights Act
Clad in yellow shirts, hundreds of people streamed across the Arlington Memorial Bridge on September 15 and ended their nearly 1,000-mile trip at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Oregon Governor Signs Sweeping Automatic Voter Registration Into Law
The so-called Motor Voter legislation will add 300,000 new voters to the rolls.
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Pay to Prey: How U.S. Governors Are Helping Outsource Public Services
Large corporations are the winners and taxpayers are the losers when transparency, accountability and the public interest are sold out to for-profit firms.
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Massive “Moral March” in North Carolina Puts Tea/Repubs on Notice Setting Tone for 2014
The 80,000-person turnout last Saturday in Raleigh was an indicator of widespread outrage at a state legislature whose backward, rightwing agenda raised taxes for 95% of North Carolinians while lowering them for the wealthiest 5%.
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Radically American: Theodore Dreiser and His Call to Fix Democracy
The American novelist Theodore Dreiser recognized that “only the mass can get America out of the mess,” something that was true in 1941 and arguably even truer today in 2013.
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Koch Brothers Plan To Buy Eight Major Newspapers
Billionaire oil moguls and ultra-right climate denial propagandists Charles and David Koch intend to purchase a handful of major U.S. news outlets, including the Tribune company.
