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  • Banking on Boeing
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    The bipartisan decision to extend the life of the Export-Import Bank of the United States -- which some conservatives have derisively dubbed "Boeing's Bank" -- shows that corporatists retain the upper hand in mainstream U.S. politics.

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    By Phil Mattera on May 21, 2012 11:25 AM
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    Categories: Banks and Finance, Work and Economy
  • VOICES: A new Emancipation Day for Florida's farmworkers?
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    May 20 marks the day that the Emancipation Proclamation was read in 1865 in Florida, marking the end of slavery. Today, a new movement to end slavery in the fields is gaining force among Florida farmworkers.

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    By Paul Ortiz on May 18, 2012 16:30 PM
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    Categories: Race and Civil Rights, Work and Economy
  • Latino, black political clout grows in Florida and North Carolina
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    Voter registration numbers show that Southern electorate in two key battleground states continues to grow more diverse. But will new voting restrictions undermine the power of black and Latino voters?

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    By Chris Kromm on May 17, 2012 12:05 PM
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    Categories: Elections and Voting, Race and Civil Rights
  • Voices: Speaking out against the Tar Sands pipeline
    Playground in the shadow of a refinery

    The push for the Tar Sands pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast comes with big promises of jobs and energy independence. But community leaders that will be most affected by the project are speaking out about the toxic consequences.

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    By Rocky Kistner on May 15, 2012 12:49 PM
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    Categories: Energy and Environment, Gulf Coast
  • How Louisiana became the prison capitol of the world
    One out of every 86 Louisians are in jail

    Louisiana locks up its population at a rate triple that of Iran and seven times that of China. How did it become the world's incarceration capitol? Follow the money.

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    By Chris Kromm on May 14, 2012 12:18 PM
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    Categories: Criminal Justice, Race and Civil Rights
  • NC anti-wind power crusader behind plot to subvert renewable energy industry

    John Droz of the American Tradition Institute, a fossil fuel-funded advocacy group that works to discredit climate science, was the mastermind of an effort that called for setting up "dummy businesses" to buy anti-wind power billboards and creating a "counter-intelligence branch" to track the industry.

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    By Sue Sturgis on May 11, 2012 11:34 AM
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    Categories: Energy and Environment
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: The money behind North Carolina's marriage discrimination amendment

    A by-the-numbers look at the groups and individuals who played key roles in financing the fight over North Carolina's Amendment One.

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    By Sue Sturgis on May 11, 2012 10:34 AM
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    Categories: Money In Politics, State Policy
  • WE DO Campaign takes next step in fight for N.C. marriage equality

    An initiative of the Campaign for Southern Equality, the WE DO Campaign encourages lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to take direct action to demand changes in discriminatory laws.

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    By Sue Sturgis on May 10, 2012 11:58 AM
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    Categories: State Policy
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