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More than 80 groups urge Pfizer to leave climate-denier ALEC
March 4, 2015Over 100 corporations and groups have left ALEC since 2011, when Common Cause and other groups launched a campaign to call public attention to the group's activities.
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New York City facing the crisis of affordable housing
March 4, 2015In New York, it's truly a tale of two cities: a city of the very rich, growing richer, and the poor, who are growing poorer.
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Remembering: The Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913
March 4, 2015The first suffragist demonstration took place in Washington, D.C. on March 3, 1913.
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Today in women’s history: Ding Ling, forgotten Chinese author, remembered
March 4, 2015On this date in 1986, the writer Ding Ling, a champion of women's rights, died. Born as Jiang Bingzhi in Linli, Hunan province, China.
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U.S.: Ferguson police routinely discriminated against African Americans
March 4, 2015An investigation released today finds sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department.
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