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Fight To Block Dakota Access Pipeline Intensifies Bill McKibben presses Hillary Clinton to speak out against the Dakota Access Pipeline, in LAT oped: "The fight at Standing Rock is a big damned thing. It’s a Flint-in-the-making, and it’s also a chance to for once do...
Who Gains Most From School Choice? Not Low-Income Students Of Color
As parents and students reenter public schools for a new year, they're hearing a lot about "school choice." No doubt school choice will benefit some parents. But who really stands to gain most from choice and why?
Elizabeth Warren's Latest TPP Warning Backed by 200 Legal Scholars
More than 200 prominent legal and economic scholars warned about how the Trans-Pacific Partnership would empower multinational corporations to challenge U.S. laws through a corporate tribunal.
How Conservative Failure on Race Led to Voter ID Laws
Voter ID laws like North Carolina’s “monster law” have very little to do with “voter fraud,” and everything to do with conservatives' willful failure to win through persuasion the votes of black and brown people.
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Clinton, Trump Face Off Tonight Clinton and Trump take part in prime-time TV forum tonight 8 PM ET. The Hill: "... Hillary Clinton will go first during Wednesday evening's Commander in Chief forum, hosted by the IAVA (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America) and...
Why Isn’t Clinton Campaigning Loudly and Proudly on the Supreme Court?
Hillary Clinton should make appointing Supreme Court justices who would reverse Citizens United a centerpiece of her campaign. Under Donald Trump, billionaires buying politicians will continue for a generation.
On Policy, It's No Contest. Clinton: 112,735 Words, Trump: 9,000.
We cannot easily compare the policy visions of the two major party candidates, because only one candidate is bothering to offer a comprehensive set of policy proposals.
As Obama Meets With G20, American Steel Workers Are Losing Jobs
China is exporting its steel overcapacity problem, and so far getting away with it. China doesn't want to reduce production or lay off workers so they are exporting the layoffs – to the U.S.
The Cure for A Taxing Allergy
In effect, Mylan execs have been emptying the pockets of allergy sufferers to make themselves considerably richer. But drug company executives didn’t use to have the same powerful motive to do that as they do today.
Major Consumer Organizations Announce TPP Opposition
The organizations are opposing TPP in part because of its investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions, which allow corporations to sue governments in "corporate courts."