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WATCH: Front Goup "Energy Citizens" Locks Out Real Grassroots: Why Does Big Oil Hate America?

Andy Wilson | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Taxes, Gas Prices, Cap and Trade, Senator Cornyn, Public Citizen, Jon Cornyn, Energy Citizen, Energy Legislation, Jobs, Texas, Costs, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Labor, Unemployment, Senator Hutchinson, Waxman-Markey, Climate Change Bill, Astroturf, Citizen, Green News
Andy Wilson

Though the Netroots has gotten the message loud and clear: these are really just company picnics, not uprisings of real grassroots support

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Elite Pakistani Students Pick Up Trash To Clean Up The Country

Nosheen Abbas | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Youth, Responsibility, Environmentalists, Social Responsibility, Pakistan, Islamabad-Pakistan, Youth Activism, Garbage, Islamabad, Environmentally Friendly, Responsible, Garbage-Reduction, Private Schools, Schools, Citizen, Spotlight on Pakistan, Sop, Spotlight-on-Pakistanyoung, World News
Nosheen Abbas

Tired of hearing people complain about what's wrong with Pakistan, these students decided to do something about it by meeting every Sunday to clean up trash.

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A Letter To That Nutty Birther Lady

Beth Armogida | Posted 08.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Birthers, Mike Castle, Obama Birthers, Birther-Movement, President Obama, Joe the Plumber, Albert Einstein, Citizen, Kenya, Canada, Comedy News
Beth Armogida

I saw the video clip of your passionate speech to Representative Mike Castle on YouTube right after I watched a cat do the Riverdance.

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Goodbye/Hello 2 "Consumer: a Retro Concept"

Patt Cottingham | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer, Connection, Unconscious, Global, Retro, Consumption, 21st Century, Recession, America, Barack Obama, Mindful, Citizen, Business News
Patt Cottingham

Goodbye to the limiting branding and marketing models of consumerism. Hello to taping into the richer branding and marketing models of citizenry.

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Small And Apart

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cuba, Citizen, Informal Workers, Voter Turnout, Voter Activism, Political Ads, Voter Participation, Political Billboards, Politics News
Yoani Sanchez

Last week we were talking about ants, people and the small traditions that sustain us day to day. Well, a few meters from my house I found this bil...

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I'd Love To Choose

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Cuba, Citizen, Voting, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Venezuela Referendum, Venezuela Constitution Amendments, Voter Participation, Venezuela Voting, Politics News
Yoani Sanchez

It has risen up, these days, the desire to fold the ballot, to push it into the slot and to know that with it goes my stentorian shout that demands: "to choose."

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Company B, Citizen: Dances For Our Troubled Times

Tonya Plank | Posted 11.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: American Ballet Theater, Paul Taylor, Ballet, Lauri Stallings, Company B, New York City Center, Citizen, Fashion, Antony Tudor, Doctor Atomic, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

The 1940s, a time of war and economic crisis, appears to be a popular period to revisit in the performing arts world right now, with Doctor Atomic, an...

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The Responsibilities of Citizenship: A Bundle of Literacies

Charles M. Firestone | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environmental Literacy, Citizenship, Civic Literacy, Bundle of Literacies, Literacy, Cultural Literacy, Charles M. Firestone, Financial Literacy, Charlie Firestone, Media Literacy, News Literacy, Democracy, Digital Literacy, Citizen, Politics News
Charles M. Firestone

Literacy today is not simply learning to read. There are additional literacies -- abilities to understand and operate -- in 21st century America.

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