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Federal Prohibition Prevents Billion-Dollar Industry from Helping Economy
Farmers can yield, at most, $1,000 per acre from corn. Moonrise Extracts, an industrial hemp operation in Colorado, expects to reap tens of thousands per acre, from what started as a few dozen feral h...
Religious Freedom Laws and The Media's Role in Manufacturing Rage
A pizzeria in Walkerton, Indiana is getting national attention after a local news station asked its operators if they would extend their services for a same-sex wedding. It was clear that proprietors ...
Ted Cruz Wouldn't Be Our First Canadian President -- If You Believe Birther Conspiracies
President Obama's administration has been checkered with "birther" conspiracies from the very start -- from faked birth certificates to accusations of being born in Pakistan or Kenya. When confronted ...
240 U.S. Reps. Sign On to Bill Protecting Private Online Communications
While proposed reforms to government surveillance continue to stall, there are bipartisan efforts currently being made in Congress to protect Americans' online privacy.Authorized in 1986, the Electron...
47 U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Bipartisan Industrial Hemp Farming Act
Vote Hemp, a major grassroots hemp advocacy group, on Thursday announced the introduction of complementary bills in the U.S. House and Senate, S. 134 and H.R. 525, titled the "Industrial Hemp Farming ...
5 U.S. Senators To Watch in the 114th Congress
The 114th Congress is now in session and the environment is decidedly Republican. The GOP took control of both chambers of Congress after the midterm elections, in which only 36 percent of voters part...
Over 80% of Veterans with PTSD Believe Current VA Treatment is Ineffective
A new bill gaining speed on the Hill aims to make changes within the VA's mental health care system that proponents hope will reduce the veteran suicide epidemic.It is no secret that the vet...
Independent Bernie Sanders: 64% of Voters Reject Two-Party System
The Colbert Report Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders gave his take on the results of the 2014 elections in an interview with Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central's Colbert Report&...
5 Governor's Races That Are Turning Out Independent Voters
The second-term midterm is notorious for causing trouble for the party in the White House. As election coverage continues on Election Day, the term “within the margin of error” is being heard mor...
5 Key Races Independent Voters Will Decide on Election Day
On Tuesday, November 4, all 435 seats in the U.S. House, 36 U.S. Senate seats, 36 governorships, and several state and local offices will be up for election. Many of these races were long decided...