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Factory-scale medical pot production set
July 29, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - With a City Council vote July 27, Oakland became the first U.S. city to authorize industrial-scale production of medical marijuana.
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Jobs, labor and WPA’s living legacy
July 29, 2010Interest is growing in the history and legacy of Depression-era New Deal programs like the Works Progress Administration.
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Netroots Nation 2010: Continuing to fight for change
July 29, 2010Thousands of progressive bloggers and social media activists met at the annual Netroots Nation gathering in Las Vegas, Nevada July 22-25 and left determined not to allow the gains of 2008 to be lost in this...
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Policing by skin color
July 29, 2010Nearly 9 out of 10 people in New York City charged in marijuana arrests are Black or Latino, even though whites are the heaviest users of pot.
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Obama draws line in the sand on Bush tax cuts for the rich
July 28, 2010President Obama vowed at a closed-door White House meeting with Congressional leaders yesterday, July 27, that Democrats will end the Bush tax cuts for the rich and continue the middle class tax cuts they enacted last...
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