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		<title>Move to Amend is Moving In Oregon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Collette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[money in politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Main Street Alliance Website: Main Street Alliance of Oregon has been surveying business owners throughout Oregon and is finding strong interest in electoral reform. Currently around eight in ten business owners feel the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, freeing corporations to spend unlimited sums of money in elections, is bad for small business. And seven in ten would<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3267/move-to-amend-is-moving-in-oregon-2/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>City of Portland Moves Closer to Divestment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Huntress</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[affiliate work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[big banks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Ron Williams, Executive Director, Oregon Action Alliance for a Just Society affiliate Oregon Action testified in front of the Portland City Council on May 9th in support of a local ordinance that would divest money out of Wells Fargo and into local community banks and credit unions. The Responsible Banking Resolution was introduced by Mayor Sam Adams amid growing public<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3262/city-of-portland-moves-closer-to-divestment/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Student Loan Sideshow</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3252/student-loan-sideshow/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=student-loan-sideshow</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Collette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate tax breaks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The interest rate on subsidized Stafford Loans is set to double. If Congress doesn’t sort out its differences, seven million Americans will see their student loan rates double, creating further drag on the economy. For more background, here is what I wrote about the student loan issue last week. The current status of this debate is emblematic of how broken<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3252/student-loan-sideshow/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Daley&#8217;s View from Washington:  Minority Health Month Cheers and Jeers</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3248/daleys-view-from-washington-minority-health-month-cheers-and-jeers/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=daleys-view-from-washington-minority-health-month-cheers-and-jeers</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 17:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Daley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alliance for a Just Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communities of color]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance exchange]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Daley is the Federal Issues Policy Director at The Alliance for a Just Society. May was Minority Health Month and a couple of things happened that deserve a bit of attention. And it’s also important to note that not enough happened and more attention is needed. First the good news. Comprehensive legislation aimed at attacking health disparities has now been<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3248/daleys-view-from-washington-minority-health-month-cheers-and-jeers/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Families Still Being Devastated by Parent Deportations</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3242/families-still-being-devastated-by-parent-deportations/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=families-still-being-devastated-by-parent-deportations</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 20:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Huntress</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alliance for a Just Society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent report on immigration released by the Department of Homeland Security, statistics overwhelmingly show that immigration officials are not evenly applying new enforcement guidelines in deportation cases. In August 2011, The Obama Administration pledged to suspend deportation proceedings for immigrants with strong ties to their communities, saying they would review cases pending in court and close those cases<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3242/families-still-being-devastated-by-parent-deportations/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Student Loan Interest Rate is a Political Distraction</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3238/student-loan-interest-rate-is-a-political-distraction/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=student-loan-interest-rate-is-a-political-distraction</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Collette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alliance for a Just Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Student loan interest rates have taken center stage in the latest partisan political debate. In response to the economic crisis, the federal government reduced the interest rate for Stafford Loans from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. But that was only temporary. Now Democrats are arguing that the lower rate should be extended. After initial resistance, Republicans agree but are battling<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3238/student-loan-interest-rate-is-a-political-distraction/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Alliance for a Just Society leaders shut down the Wells Fargo Shareholders Meeting</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3223/alliance-for-a-just-society-leaders-shut-down-the-wells-fargo-shareholders-meeting/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=alliance-for-a-just-society-leaders-shut-down-the-wells-fargo-shareholders-meeting</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Dillner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[We are the 99%]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The next step in our campaign to take on the big banks pay and win relief for homeowners is to disrupt business as usual at shareholder meetings across the country. The goal of these actions is to build off the fall mobilizations and the Occupations to keep up the street heat holding the 1% and bank executives accountable –<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3223/alliance-for-a-just-society-leaders-shut-down-the-wells-fargo-shareholders-meeting/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Straight Talk on Taxes with Small Business Owners</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3217/straight-talk-on-taxes-with-small-business-owners/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=straight-talk-on-taxes-with-small-business-owners</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Blair</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s tax season. And that means tax policy is at the center of the public debate. So are claims about how changes to the tax code will affect small businesses. To separate fact from fiction, the Main Street Alliance released a pair of new “straight talk” fact sheets addressing topics relating to small business and taxes. One fact sheet focuses<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3217/straight-talk-on-taxes-with-small-business-owners/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is this what &#8220;secret ballot&#8221; means?</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3206/is-this-what-secret-ballot-means/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=is-this-what-secret-ballot-means</link>
		<comments>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3206/is-this-what-secret-ballot-means/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Chinitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the United States, the secret ballot is a long-standing tradition. But that refers to our choices as voters remaining secret – not to the idea that we don’t know who we’re voting for. But now we’re living in the world of Citizens United, in which outside groups can pool rich people’s millions with corporations’ millions to influence elections, all<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3206/is-this-what-secret-ballot-means/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Public Policy Internships</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3197/2012-public-policy-internships/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=2012-public-policy-internships</link>
		<comments>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3197/2012-public-policy-internships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Henry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[internships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An internship with the Alliance is an opportunity for personal development and to expand your horizons, on issues — like social justice, income inequality, health care access, immigration — that impact millions. Interns will have the chance to work on important, tangible public policy products that will have immediate impacts. The Alliance seeks candidates with passion and pride in their<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/3197/2012-public-policy-internships/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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