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Campaign finance, then and now

Today’s Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance reform will allow corporations to give as much money as they want to support candidates, overturning a ruling that had been in effect for the past 20 years. But what was the scenario before 1990? NPR takes a look at campaign finance through the years in a timeline [...]

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After Mass

The special election victory by Republican Scott Brown over Democrat Martha Coakley to fill late Senator Ted Kennedy’s seat in Massachusetts yesterday left a torrent of speculation and accusation in its wake. Will the healthcare bill be put in jeopardy? What does this mean for the Democrats in 2010 and even 2012? Does the public [...]

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Focus on Afghanistan

In the lead up to the Afghan presidential election, there’s been a growing number of stories about whether the vote will be fair, as well coverage about how the ongoing U.S. involvement in conflicts abroad affects our own economy. When it comes to the impact the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are having on the [...]

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