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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Smoke Signals: The Next Steps in Marijuana Reform

In 2012 voters in Washington and Colorado chose to legalize marijuana, which many hope is the beginning of the end of the failed "War on Drugs." In addition to exploring...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Community Colleges: The Best Kept Secret in America and Why they Need our Help

More than a million Americans earned degrees or certificates from community colleges last year. Nearly half of them were part of the first generation in their family to go to...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Mis-Education of Bloggers: What You Don’t Know About Education Reform and Communities of Color

From school closings, public to private, school vouchers to school choice, everyone seems to have an opinion on how education reform affects communities of color. Who has the right idea?...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Women Leading on Gun Violence Prevention

Women have a special role to play in moving policy and culture when it comes to the detrimental impact of gun violence in our society. In recent polling it has...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Obamacare in Action: Implementing the Affordable Care Act

When Netroots Nation 2013 begins, the United States will be less than four months away from the October 1st opening of Health Insurance Marketplaces (aka Exchanges) across the country. On this date,...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Organizing Beyond Elections: Judicial Vacancies are the Keys to a Generation of Change

Judicial vacancies are rarely talked about in our states. The truth is, while we focus on election cycles that can affect change for two, four or six years, appointing a...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Science Under the Rug: How Government and Industry Hide Research and How to Fight Back

Attempts to suppress and obscure science are increasingly common features of many public policy battles, especially around tobacco, evolution, climate change, guns and abortion. Eighty-five years after the Scopes Monkey...

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By Progressives, For Progressives: Businesses as Movement Infrastructure

Corporations are not people, but some are a critical part of progressive infrastructure. Social movement ventures such as CREDO Mobile, Kos Media, Salsa Labs and Ethical Electric don't just sell...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
What We Can Do to Expose “Red, White and Blue-Washing”

Corporations such as Apple, Walmart, Maytag and General Electric have pledged to move jobs back to the U.S. or stock more Made in America products on their shelves. We'll dissect...

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Posted by | April 8, 2013
Rights in the Balance: The Supreme Court and Social Justice

The current term of the U.S. Supreme Court includes some of the most important cases in decades. By the end of the term—quite possibly just as Netroots Nation is getting...

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