democracy
A plutocrat epiphany: All votes needn’t count
October 3, 2012America's billionaires have realized they really don't have to bother convincing a majority of people to vote their way.
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Black Caucus meet: “Vote like you never did before!”
September 28, 2012Some 10,000 participants from all over the country gathered here at the Congressional Black Caucus annual meeting earlier this month to listen, discuss and speak their minds.
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Tea party targets 10 million Latinos for vote suppression
September 26, 2012Tea party affiliated groups have added voter suppression efforts to their long-standing anti-immigrant policies, Latino leaders charge.
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Ohioans “all fired up” by GOP vote suppression effort
September 26, 2012100 public officials and supporters rallied in a show of determination to overcome efforts to stop Ohioans from voting in the presidential election.
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Big business and GOP block Florida sick-time ballot measure
September 25, 2012Progressive forces have had the prospect of paid sick time, an advance for low-wage workers, snatched from them, at least temporarily, by big business forces and their allies .
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