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Challenging the Dominance of Big Tech

Our latest case study follows the coalition For Us, Not Amazon (FUNA) and members of the Athena Coalition as they organized to prevent one of the biggest corporations in the world from taking over the civic, social, and political life of Northern Virginia and beyond. 

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Challenging the Dominance of Big Tech: For Us, Not Amazon in Arlington, VA

This case study follows the coalition For Us Not Amazon (FUNA) and members of the Athena Coalition as they organized to prevent one of the biggest corporations in the world from taking over the civic, social, and political life of Northern Virginia and beyond. 
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With Acquisition of OneMedical and iRobot, Amazon is Expanding its Surveillance State

With its purchase of OneMedical—and, even more recently, its purchase of iRobot, Amazon is able to harvest even more data, sound, and video. This has frightening implications for people’s civil and human rights.
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Still Fighting for Voting Rights 57 Years after the VRA

Fifty-seven years ago, the Voting Rights Act became law. Today we find our democracy regressed in a moment eerily similar to that turning point in 1965.
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Taifa Smith Butler
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Supreme Court's Latest Term Evidence That we Need Court Expansion

The Court and Congress should be accountable to the people, not corporations.
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