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States move to spur voter engagement through preregistration
April 11, 2009States move to spur voter engagement through preregistration By Erin Ferns (Project Vote) The rising levels of voter participation among the nation’s youth continue to be challenged by the current voter registration system, perpetuating the difficulty...
Read moreCongress urged to exempt bookstore records from Patriot Act
April 10, 2009On April 7, the American Booksellers Association (ABA), American Library Association, Association of American Publishers, and PEN American Center sent a memo urging Congress to exempt bookstores and library records from Section 215 of the USA...
Read moreBandana Project protests sexual violence against women farmworkers
April 10, 2009CHICAGO — Farmworker and women’s rights groups came together here April 8, to protest sexual violence against farmworker women and other low-wage female immigrant workers in the U.S. Legendary farmworker leader Dolores Huerta and others spoke...
Read moreMisplaced priorities? Where your tax dollars go
April 10, 2009As pundits and politicians dispute whether Pentagon spending changes announced by Defense Secretary Robert Gates this week amount to cuts, increases or neither, a new report says more than 37 cents of every taxpayer dollar went...
Read moreVoters tell lawmakers during break: ‘Pass the budget’
April 10, 2009WASHINGTON—House and Senate members returned to their home districts for their two-week spring break to face voter demands they enact President Obama’s budget providing many billions for “green jobs,” health care, and education. Americans United for...
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