If Obama is a transformative figure, it isn’t in the ideological way he seemed after his election.
Energy & the Environment
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The Money Behind Big Oil’s Win On Atlantic Drilling
The Obama administration’s controversial decision in favor of the petroleum industry comes during an election season in which Republicans are reaping greater rewards than even pro-drilling Democrats.
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A Bright Spot In Obama’s Foreign Policy: Iran. Yes, Iran
With a glimmer of success on the horizon, Obama’s critics are predicting the apocalypse.
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Alabama Steelworkers Fight for Their Jobs, Threatened By Korea Trade Ruling
The steel industry is under attack by the selling or “dumping” of foreign steel, says the Alliance for American Manufacturing.
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Shifting Tactics, Moral Monday Movement Launches a New Freedom Summer
Fifty years after the murders of Schwerner, Chaney and Goodman, North Carolina activists move from civil disobedience to big voter mobilization push.
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Supreme Court Hampers EPA on Greenhouse Gases But It Could Have Been Worse
The majority opinion by Scalia made it harder for the government to regulate polluters, but doesn’t appear to impede the administration’s new climate regs.
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Dear Thom Tillis: How Long Does It Take For a Black Person to Become a Traditional North Carolinian?
An open letter to the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who is currently running for U.S. Senate, is prompted by his comments about the Republican Party’s demographics.
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Photo Essay: Moral Mondays’ Potent Symbols and Creative Actions
So far in the 2014 North Carolina legislative session, lawmakers have witnessed weekly actions: a silent protest, a sit-in in the Speaker’s office, and prayerful bread-breaking by the activists of the Moral Monday movement, chronicled here in a photo
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Meet the Billionaire Brothers You Never Heard of Who Fund the Religious Right
The Wilks brothers, whose fortune comes from fracking, give tens of millions to right-wing groups and anti-choice “pregnancy centers,” anti-LGBT groups, and organizations affiliated with ALEC.
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Have Republicans Moved So Far Right They Left Their Own Voters Behind?
On at least a couple of issues, one poll suggests they have.
