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Don’t shut out young voters!

A new voter suppression bill in North Carolina targets student voters… and their parents

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Coming unhinged in Carolina

I love North Carolina. My family and I have vacationed on its beaches pretty much every year for the past three decades. I sent my daughter to one of its superb public universities. I’m absolutely devoted to its barbeque. I’ve even learned to admire – though I can’t cheer for – Duke basketball. But I’ve [...]

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How Big Telecoms Write Laws To Preserve Their Monopoly

The people of Wilson, NC had built their own broadband network when the private sector wasn’t providing it, until the lobbyists got their way.

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Giving the Greenlight to Better Broadband

Citizens in one North Carolina pushed back against big telecoms, and won.

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Campaigns Become Ferrell’s Comedic Fodder

It is no accident that The Campaign was released less than three months before the 2012 general election but, while it does raise some interesting points and encourages Americans to make light of the issues that plague the democratic process, unfortunately the reality is no laughing matter.

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