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ElectionsCorporations Aren't People - Undoing Citizens United Part 1Published: Jul 28, 2010 by Will Urquhart
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Netroots Nation
Netroots Nation 2010
We at Sum of Change are hard at work going through video of nearly 60 panels from this year's Netroots Nation. You can click here to view all our NN10 videos. For this morning, we are releasing part 1 of our video highlights from Saturday's panel: Undoing Citizens United: A Comprehensive Plan to Prevent Corporations from Buying Elections
Today we are going to discuss whether or not corporations are indeed the same as living people and a little about why we need to stand up and fight on this issue. To start us off, Robert Weissman, the President of Public Citizen, gives us a great, quick explanation of some of the more significant differences between corporations and human beings: EMILY's List Announces EMpowerPublished: Jun 21, 2010 by Will Urquhart
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Women's Rights
cross-posted from Sum of Change
On Thursday, June 17th 2010, EMILY's List announced a new program called EMpower. We were filming WIN's 21st Annual Women Opening Doors for Women, where Stephanie Schriock, President of EMILY's List, announced the new program:
CWA Endorses CA's Control and Tax Ballot InitiativePublished: Jun 21, 2010 by Will Urquhart
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originally posted on 6/17/2010 I do not typically think too much of endorsements, but this one is an exception: DC Residents to Vote for AG?Published: Jun 21, 2010 by Will Urquhart
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originally posted on 6/01/2010 Earlier today, the City Council for the District of Columbia voted to let DC residents decide on a possibly change in the way it chooses the Attorney General, according to WTOP. Currently, the Mayor selects the AG for the state. In November, DC residents will vote on whether or not the AG seat should be on the ballot. The majority of states choose their Attorneys General by vote, with only nine states and the District appointing the AG (14 if you include American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands).
DC Dem Profiles: U.S. Congressional DelegatePublished: Jun 21, 2010 by Will Urquhart
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originally posted on 5/29/2010
This Summer, Sum of Change will be bringing you extensive coverage of D.C. local elections. To kick it off, we've been invited by D.C. for Democracy to film their pre-endorsement candidate meet n' greet on Wednesday, June 2. In preparation, we put together some bios on all the candidates that will be attending. Bios for Republican candidates for these seats will be coming shortly. To find all our current DC candidate bios, please visit our 2010 DC Election Page. These are the Democratic Candidates for U.S. Congressional Delegate
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