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US Politics & Gov't

Tennessee Skewers Teaching of Evolution in Schools -- Is Your State Next?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: education, family, culture, society, politics, politics, news, media )

Cal
- 40 days ago - alternet.org
Thanks to ALEC, the Volunteer State has adopted a law intended to undermine the teaching of evolution in public schools. Just don't expect them to stop there.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Don't Cut the U.S. Food Stamps Program
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: politics, society, rights, humans, government, law, TRAYVON MARTIN CASE, ZIMERMANN, PROSECUTION, JUSTICE, justice, news, ethics, culture )

Cal
- 42 days ago - forcechange.com
Oppose budget proposals that cut the United States' food stamps program.
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Chris Christie Vetoes New Jersey Gay Marriage Bill
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: gayrights, society, politics, Chris Christie, tv, rights, freedoms, culture, ethics, media, celebrity )

Cal
- 98 days ago - nymag.com
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has kept his promise of "very swift action" by rejecting a law legalizing same-sex marriage one day after it passed the State Assembly in a 41-33 vote.
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GOOD NEWS! Gov. Gregoire to Sign Gay Marriage Bill Monday
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: gayrights, society, politics, tv, rights, freedoms, culture, ethics, media, celebrity )

Cal
- 102 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
Gov. Chris Gregoire will sign a measure legalizing gay marriage in Washington state into law on Monday.
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Mike Ali Racoon Eyes Kenny Native Canddate for Richmond,Ca. 2012: VIDEO   video
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Native Americans, American Indians, Politics, California, americans, culture, ethics, freedoms, government, rights, society )

Kat
- 106 days ago - youtube.com
I support Mike Raccoon Eyes, candidate for City Council of Richmond, California in 2012. I believe his leadership, direction, ideals,and love of not only our Native People, but Turtle Island herself, will be the beginning healing....
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5 Biggest Lies About the Right-Wing Corporate-Backed War on Our Schools
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: politics, education, news, GoodNews, native politics, goodnews, government, culture, society, republicans, news, dishonesty )

Cal
- 123 days ago - alternet.org
Though National School Choice Week has some liberal support, its primary backers are deeply conservative activists whose goal is to dissolve public education in the US.
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Tumultuous Times for Democracy Compelled Moyers' Return to TV
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: culture, corruption, americans, activists, government, interesting, news, politics, society, GoodNews, media, americans, democrats, congress, government, media, obama, republicans )

Michael
- 136 days ago - commondreams.org
Though he originally planned to use his "retirement" to work on a focused documentary project on the President for whom he once worked, Lyndon B. Johnson, he ultimately decided, as the Times reported, that "today is more interesting than yesterday."
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Change the Media, Change the World
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: media, politics, humans, environment, education, culture, ethics, religion, society, americans, congress, democrats, corruption, government, ethics, media, republicans, propaganda, socialsecurity )

Michael
- 138 days ago - youtu.be
We surfed across this maybe 3 years ago. It ties into what Arlo Guthrie said at a concert in Boston the Fall of 1994, where he said, ''There are a lot of people cleaning out all of the corners.'' I said then as I do now, ''I want to tie them together.''
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Israel's Backers Step Up Efforts to Win African-American Support
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: world, politics, religion, race, Blacks, Jews, news, interesting, culture, society, politics, news )

Cal
- 180 days ago - religion.blogs.cnn.com
Can new campaigns to encourage African-American support for the Jewish state overcome tensions between blacks and Jews?
19 comments
Why Occupy Wall Street Is Good for the Tea Party
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: activists, americans, culture, education, family, freedoms, government, jobs law )

Kit
- 220 days ago - motherjones.com
The OWS protests have given the tea partiers a rare media opportunity to position themselves as the grown-ups in this fractious political climate (if not the geezers that they tend to be).
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On Saturday, California Counties Will Gain Authority to End Incarceration for Drug Possession
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: police, politics, rights, safety, society, law, humans, health, government, freedoms, ethics, family, religion, activists, americans, crime, culture, news, interesting, education )

John
- 235 days ago - drugpolicy.org
Advocates Urge Counties to Not Repeat the State's Failed Drug Policies and to Implement Health-Centered Approaches Instead
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Hank Williams Jr. Compares Obama To Hitler, Gets Pulled From 'Monday Night Football' (VIDEO)
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: culture, celebrity, ethics, republicans, HanK Williams Jr, politics, news, obama, media, lies, usa, ethics, dishonesty, abuse, freedoms )

Cal
- 235 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
ESPN decided to pull its Monday Night Football introduction after singer Hank Williams, Jr. made comments comparing President Obama to Hitler. A statement put out by the network read:
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Wall Street Protesters Enter 3rd Week
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: activists, americans, abuse, corruption, crime, culture, dishonesty, ethics, family, freedoms, GoodNews, health, education, environment, humans, law, news, police, politics, society, socialsecurity, politics, lies, u.s. )

John
- 236 days ago - windstream.net
The arrests of 700 people on Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend fueled the anger of anti-Wall Street protesters camping in a Manhattan park and sparked support elsewhere in the country as the campaign entered its third week Sunday
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With Repeal Of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' An Era Ends
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: gayrights, law, government, don't ask don't tell, society, culture, military, GoodNews, goodnews, usa, politics )

Cal
- 248 days ago - npr.org
The law that for almost 18 years has banned openly gay Americans from serving in the armed forces will be officially repealed Tuesday, nine months after Congress voted to end the Clinton-era edict.
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Caligula's Orgy
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: politics, culture, republicans, corruption, corportism )

Jae
- 262 days ago - opednews.com
You may not hear the clicking of jack boots but they are there just the same for we live in a sophisticated age of subverted sycophantic subterfuge, an age of slogans and jargon, of prayers and chants and an age of murder without remorse. We live in an...
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