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Michael Copps on Unchecked Power and Pancakes

America has no higher or more urgent calling than strengthening a news and information infrastructure that puts citizen information first.

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9 Best Strategies to End Corporate Rule

We can’t spend as much money as corporations to spread our message. But we’ve got something no corporation has: Wit and soul.

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How much democracy can $91 Million buy?

“Why is it that when Republicans and Democrats need to solve the budget and the deficit, there’s deadlock, but when Hollywood lobbyists pay them $94 million dollars to write legislation, people from both sides of the aisle line up to co-sponsor it?”

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Notable News – Dec. 20, 2011

GOP Voter Suppression Plan: Seven Tactics To Block Your Vote in 2012 (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 12/20/11) If you live in a state where voting is becoming tougher, plan ahead to register, to get the right ID and to know where you can vote. Whether you are encouraged, discouraged or something in between about the coming [...]

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