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Drilled, Baby, Drillednew

The strange battle to keep Big Oil from cheating.

Westword | Alan Prendergast | 01-24-2012 | Business & Labor

Tags: Ken Salazar, Oil Industry, Federal Regulation of Oil

Citizens Against Citizens Unitednew

Protestors hit the streets across the nation last Friday to mark the second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling.

NUVO | NUVO Editors | 01-24-2012 | Civil Liberties

On Trolls and Flame Warsnew

Welcome to the downside of community engagement. Effectively maintaining and managing reader interaction remains a difficult proposition.

Arkansas Times | Lindsey Millar | 01-23-2012 | Media

Tags: Commenters, Internet Trolls, Shit Commenters Say

Mormons Under the Lensnew

How do the faithful feel about the attention Mitt Romney draws to their faith?

Las Vegas CityLife | Heidi Kyser | 01-23-2012 | Religion

Tags: Mormonism, Mitt Romney, Election 2012

Drones Close to Homenew

The U.S. has been remotely flying MQ-9 Reaper drones over Afghanistan from a Syracuse air base since 2009. The drones aren't kept at the site, but that could change.

City Newspaper | Tim Louis Macaluso | 01-23-2012 | War

Tags: Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, U.S. Drones

Jail Birdsnew

The fastest-growing group of inmates in Oregon: Women.

Willamette Week | Hannah Hoffman | 01-23-2012 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Prisons, Women in Prison

Coal Train: Coming to Tracks Near Younew

With three proposed coal export terminals, Oregon is facing the prospect of over one mile long open-topped coal trains spewing diesel fumes and coal dust through its towns and into its forests, rivers and lakes. Will Oregon be the gateway for the fossil fuel exports Big Coal is looking for?

Eugene Weekly | Camilla Mortensen | 01-20-2012 | Environment

Tags: energy, coal exports, coal in Oregon

Feeding the 'Cradle-to-Prison' Pipelinenew

Of all the things that criminalize a child, zero-tolerance policies in schools might be the worst.

Jackson Free Press | Valerie Wells | 01-19-2012 | Education

Tags: public schools in Mississippi, zero tolerance policies

Valero Working Overtime to Stop Climate-Change Legislationnew

Move over Koch Brothers, San Antonio's Valero Energy wants to keep the future oily.

San Antonio Current | Robert Crowe | 01-18-2012 | Environment

Tags: Valero, Oil industry

Medical Marijuana Crackdown in Southern Californianew

Feds move to take assets of four dispensaries in Orange and L.A. counties.

L.A. Weekly | Dennis Romero | 01-18-2012 | Drugs

Tags: Medical Marijuana, MMJ, L.A. Medical Marijuana

Marco Rubio Withdraws Support for PIPAnew

Florida Senator Marco Rubio — who co-sponsored the Senate’s PROTECT IP Act, known as PIPA — wrote today that, having "heard legitimate concerns about the impact the bill could have on access to the Internet," he has "decided to withdraw my support for the Protect IP Act."

The American Independent News Network | Marcos Restrepo | 01-18-2012 | Policy Issues

Tags: Marco Rubio, SOPA, PIPA