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Oregon Set To Enforce Net Neutrality Protections
Oregon is on the verge of joining a growing list of states that are stepping up to protect the free flow of information online in the wake of the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to repeal “net neutrality” protections.
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Good News From States on Voting Issues
There’s some encouraging news from several states this morning about voting rights and voting security.
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We’re Not Doing Enough
As Russia attacks our elections, intelligence chief says Trump has given him no authority or direction to retaliate.
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Defending Net Neutrality
Common Cause activists are joining their counterparts from other democracy reform groups today in pressuring lawmakers to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to end net neutrality protections for internet users.
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Wisdom Beyond Their Years
Americans who’ve given up on our democracy should take a lesson from the outpouring of student activism following the massacre at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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Future of Public Worker Unions On the Line In the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is hearing a relatively little noticed case this morning that raises important questions about the breadth of the Constitution’s guarantee of freedom of speech and has huge implications for the future of public employee unions.
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Resisting Russia’s Attacks on our Democracy
Russia is using our weak disclosure requirements and lack of corporate transparency to influence our economy and politics, according to a panel held at a Washington-based think tank held on Wednesday.
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Political Advertisers Still Breaking Online Disclosure Rules
Facebook,the social media industry leader, continues to run ads that do not provide full disclosure, the online news site ProPublica reports today..
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Panelists Press for Heightened Election Security
"Election security is national security," the president of a Washington-based think tank that has studied attacks on election systems told a forum on Monday.
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New Report Highlights Threats To Voting Systems
Voting systems across America remain dangerously vulnerable to cyberattacks, the Center for American Progress (CAP) reports in a study released today.
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Citizens Stand Up For Constitutional Rights, Block Dangerous Article V Convention Calls
Prodded by Common Cause and other democracy reform advocates, state legislators across the country are rejecting a dangerous scheme to convene a constitutional convention and potentially overhaul the nation’s founding document.
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Friday Grab Bag
A White House in chaos; a slush fund for Trump staffers, and more items in the news
