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U.S. corporations stashing $2 trillion in profits offshore

April 14, 2014 Madonna Gauding Congress, Corporations, Taxes 2 comments

According to Huffington Post, corporations are keeping $2 trillion in offshore profits to avoid paying taxes. One of the many ways corporations enrich themselves is by

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“It only takes a girl” focuses on child marriage and the cycle of poverty

April 11, 2014 Renee Shur International, Women, Youth issues Leave a comment

It all starts with the girls. That’s the message of a video, called “It Only Takes a Girl,” produced by Zoe Keating on the

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Rape insurance abortion rider goes into effect in Michigan

April 10, 2014 Progress Women Gender issues, Reproductive rights, States, Women Leave a comment

Starting in late March, Michigan women really  started feeling the affects of the “War on Women.” The state’s new law known as “rape insurance”—an

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Free speech and free spending vs. fair elections: A Constitutional dilemma

April 9, 2014 Arthur Lieber 2014 Election, Courts, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

So often we hear about our inherent rights to what is guaranteed in the Constitution. If it’s regarding free speech, we are entitled to

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Florida stands its ground against media access to Stand Your Ground cases

April 8, 2014 Renee Shur Crime/Violence, Legal issues/Law, Public safety, States Leave a comment

Ah, Florida. You’ve got to love the originality of the place. First it comes up with the Stand Your Ground law. Now the state

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Political poll: Too late at night, too early in the election cycle

April 7, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Demographics/Polls, Missouri region, Politics, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

A 202 area code on caller ID usually means that I’m not picking up. It’s going to be political—probably a plea for money. But

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Will the protests at the University of Southern Maine spark a national student movement?

April 3, 2014 Madonna Gauding Economy, Education, Politics, Privatization Leave a comment

Like so many other institutions in this, our neoliberal land of opportunity, universities have become infested with rent extracting parasites. Were I to say

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Please don’t call them suffragettes

April 2, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, History, Women One comment

When the conversation gets around to women’s history, and the subject is women’s struggle to win the right to vote, you’ll often hear the

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Washington DC’s NFL football team changes its name today

April 1, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Humor Leave a comment

The NFL’s Washington, DC. team has announced that it is officially changing its name to something more politically correct and less racially insensitive. Native

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“I’m a Republican…and Obamacare is the best health care I’ve ever had.”

March 31, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Republicans Leave a comment

In February, Mark D. Beardon, a retired psychologist living in Monroe, North Carolina wrote a letter to President Obama, letting him know how the

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

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