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For the past four months, the people of Ferguson have been standing up for the very oldest American ideal: democracy, a say in the decisions that affect their lives. Just now, I was shocked to learn that the state of Missouri will not pursue a trial over the killing of Mike Brown. This latest
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Heather McGhee
(NEW YORK, NY) – Following the nation’s most expensive mid-term election cycle, where political spending hit an unprecedented $3.7 billion high, the national public policy organization Demos has released a new report on the federal election spending of big box retail companies.
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How America’s Big-Box Retailers Turn Their Economic Power into Political Influence

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Catherine Ruetschlin
Sean McElwee
Manufacturing jobs were supposed to be the good jobs.
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Amy Traub
Once again, maybe for the last time, Senator Carl Levin and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation has demonstrated how government, and the legislative branch in particular, can work in the public’s interest regardless of partisanship. Yesterday’s hearing laid out a complex system of price
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Wallace C. Turbeville
As Ferguson, Mo. and the nation await a grand jury decision on whether or not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for killing Mike Brown, authorities are “ preparing for the worst.”
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Donovan X Ramsey

Democracy has at its heart a basic promise: citizens have an equal voice in deciding who represents them.

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Adam Lioz
Last year, the Daily Show hilariously lampooned the Goldman Sachs “merry-go-round of metal” in which the firm uses its ownership of the major Midwest aluminum warehouse (think auto manufacturing and beer) to slow availability of supply, with a predictable effect on prices.
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Wallace C. Turbeville
Thousands of families in the United States are separated due to immigration laws that have affected hard-working immigrants who are just trying to support their families.
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Pamela Cataldo
The Daily Show last night had a great segment highlighting Detroit's ongoing water crisis. They point out that out of the $145 million dollars in delinquent water bills, nearly half is owed by commercial and municipal accounts, including the Joe Louis Arena, a local golf course, and an ice skating
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Joseph Hines