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Virginia GOP Primary highlights need for ballot access reform
Supporters of independent and third party candidates have long decried the draconian laws regulating ballot access in states across the country. They have argued that the ballot access system, w ...
02 Jan, 2012
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Sonoran Solar Energy Project approved
The federal government has approved a 300 MW photovoltaic solar plant to be built in Maricopa County on public land in the Rainbow Valley south of Buckeye. The Sonoran Solar Energy Project w ...
27 Dec, 2011
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California mandates 15% Zero Emission Vehicles by 2025
The California Air Resources Board has proposed major changes in regulating vehicle emissions in hopes of improving California's air quality, which is the worst in the nation. The plan combines four s ...
19 Dec, 2011
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Report: California animal agriculture is a job creator
Over the past decade, California dairies, ranches and livestock farms have created 17,000 jobs for the state. A new report that analyzes federal data from 2000 to 2010 shows that the $289 billion a ye ...
30 Nov, 2011
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What's Wrong with Democracy in India and America?
On Democracy:Thomas Friedman, in his most recent piece Two Peas in a Pod, argues: “Democracy not only needs a decent ruling party, but an intelligent opposition, and neither India nor America has ...
11 Nov, 2011
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Poverty an increasing problem in California's agricultural areas
Nearly 25% of California farmworkers and their families live in poverty and almost 70% have no health insurance. Many face what academics call "food insecurity," which means they're going hungry and o ...
01 Nov, 2011
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This week in war
Ten years ago this week, the United States invaded Afghanistan with the mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda cohorts. We were a nation roused to war through “righteous indignati ...
07 Oct, 2011
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Congressman West condemns anti-Tea Party rhetoric from Congressional Black Caucus
Threatening to withdraw his Congressional Black Caucus membership if no action was taken, Florida Congressman Allen West sent a letter to Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairman Emanuel Cleaver urgi ...
06 Sep, 2011
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Summer of Discontent: Independents speak out
In the wake of the debt ceiling crisis, there has been an astonishing wave of criticism directed at the two-party state and duopoly system of government. For many Americans, the debt debacle app ...
22 Aug, 2011
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The convoluted, fast-changing world of Arizona coal power
The dirty little secret about power generation is that most states, including Arizona, rely heavily on coal. Sure, Arizona has mandated 15% renewable energy by 2025 but for now, King Coal reigns.Even ...
08 Aug, 2011
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