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Follow the Prison Money Trail

Private prison companies invest millions in elections.

Silja J.A. Talvi

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After the Deluge

Big Easy organizers confront racial tensions

Jane Slaughter

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Teacher Rebellion in Oaxaca

Thousands of teachers go on strike in Oaxaca.

John Gibler

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Hasterts Earmarks: Pork or Politics?

former Speaker Hastert in land deal scandal that questions legitimacy of federal funding.

Phoebe Connelly

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Nurses Fight to Retain Right to Unionize

An NLRB ruling undercut the rights of millions to unionize by reclassifying them as supervisors.

David Moberg

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Mexican Vote Count Still in Question

Vote count in Mexican presidential election undecided after election.

Linda Lutton

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Bigger Salaries for Big Box Workers?

Will Chicago Pass a Big Box Ordinance to raise worker wages?

Adam Doster

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Blowing the Whistle on Diebold

Diebold's electronic voting machines fraught with problems and conspiracy theories

John Ireland

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Are Primaries Going West?

DNC floats a proposal to reform the primary system.

Christopher Moraff

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Europe Turns a Blind Eye to the CIA

EU governments are ignoring the CIA's transportation of terror suspects to torture sites

Tony Wesolowsky

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Curriculum Wars

A California State Senator wants to help public schools catch up with history

John Ireland

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The U.S.-Israeli Somalia Plan

Neve Gordon

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Postmark Guantánamo

Why is the Pentagon keeping prisoners' mail from their lawyers?

Christopher Hayes

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Biofuel Challenges Big Oil

Charles Shaw

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Drug Warriors Push Eye-Eating Fungus

Why are members of Congress advocating the use of a dangerous crop-killer in Colombia?

Jeremy Bigwood

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Iran Exports Anti-Gay Pogrom to Iraq

Doug Ireland

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GOP Jams Democracy

How high did the Republicans' New Hampshire phone scheme reach?

Paul Kiel

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NSA Thwarts Whistleblower

Leah A. Nelson

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Undercover Cover-Up

Was a Portland attorney the target of the NSA domestic spying program?

Kristian Williams

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Minor League Umps Call a (Labor) Strike

Jeffrey Lane

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Locating Argentine Memories

Joseph Huff-Hannon

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Putting the IRS to Political Use?

Emily Udell

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Walking Out and Standing Up

Daffodil Altan

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Fear of the Polish Plumber

Tony Wesolowsky