D.I.Y. Theocracy: To Understand Hobby Lobby, Look at the "Alliance Defending Freedom"

Labeled a “hate group” by progressive social and political organizations, the Alliance has amassed a substantial track record marginalizing LGBT equality efforts and attacking women’s reproductive rights.

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Failure of Service: Why the Era of Privatizations Is Coming To a Close

All over the world, publics are beginning to reject the privatization mantra – because the privatizers, it turns out, have a serious problem with their pitch.

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You Call This Aid? Tax Evasion, Corporate Profits Are Looting $60 Billion from Africa

The UK and wealthy states revel in their generosity while allowing their companies to plunder Africa's resources, say NGOs.

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The Matter With Kansas: State Is Broke Thanks to Governor's G.O.P. Tax Cuts

Kansas is hundreds of millions of dollars short in revenue collection, its job growth has lagged the rest of the nation, and Moody's has cut the state's bond rating. More Republican economics, anyone?

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Targeting "Social Contagions," Defense Department Prepares for Mass Civil Breakdown

Twitter posts and conversations will be examined "to identify individuals mobilized in a social contagion and when they become mobilized."

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Defending the 99%: Why Centrist Democrats Are Losing the Middle

The corporatist, Wall Street wing of the party wants to draw a distinction between inequality and opportunity – but passive-voice populism won’t cut it anymore.

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e Teen Who Made an App That Exposes Sellout Politicians

With U.S. politics swimming in so much corporate money that it's pretty much an oligarchy, it can be hard to keep track of all the corruption. Luckily, there's an app for that.

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Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On

In the place where the target’s real name would go, the memo offers a fake name as a placeholder: “Mohammed Raghead.”

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Are You Kidding – Chevron’s Lobbyist Now Runs the Congressional Science Committee?

As CEO of Dow Lohnes Government Strategies, a lobbying firm retained by Chevron to influence Congress, Stephen Sayle was paid $500,000 before taking his current gig atop the House Science Committee.

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Outrage In India After Leaked Intelligence Report Calls NGOs "Threat to National Security"

In India last month, a furor erupted over a leaked intelligence bureau report which claimed that NGOs and civil society organizations like Greenpeace posed a threat to national security.

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