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Calling MayDay on Democracy, Super PAC Powered By Citizens Vows to #GetMoneyOut
Our democracy is held hostage by the funders of campaigns.
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Why Organic Agriculture Is Spurring A New Generation of California Farmers
Changing consumer preferences for locally grown and organic food have paved the way for young farmers to carve out a niche.
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Organizing Higher Ed: When Grad Students, College Athletes and Labor Unite
In April, scholarship football players at Northwestern University voted to form a union, and more than 1,000 Yale University grad students delivered a petition demanding a clear path to unionization.
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A New Foundation Called Courage: Defending the Truth and Those Who Tell It
In Berlin on Wednesday, a new international organization launched with the purpose of ensuring safety and legality for whistleblowers like Edward Snowden.
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Lawmakers In Sacramento Push Forward Two Bills To End the Influence of Money In Politics
SB1272 and AJR1 are key examples of grassroots movements using the system to change the system – to #GetMoneyOut of politics.
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New York City Agrees To Largest Occupy Wall Street Settlement Ever
New York City taxpayers are still paying for the NYPD's approach to policing lawful protest.
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Mayors Nationwide Build Support for Postal Banking As USPS Delays Action
Our nation's mayors are acutely aware of the impact of predatory lending.
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Why Californians Are Paying Double – In Interest to the Banks
The Bay Bridge retrofit was slated to cost $6.3 billion, but with interest and fees, taxpayers will shell out over $12 billion - indicative of a trend in the Golden State.
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Seattle Passes Historic $15 Minimum Wage Law, Highest In the Nation
The historic victory will benefit 100,000 working people in the city, and is expected to give momentum to minimum wage campaigns burgeoning across the U.S.
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Freedom Summer II: The Walmart Campaign
The current struggle of low-wage workers across America echoes the civil rights struggle of the 1960s.