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The groups who spend the most on lobbying lawmakers in Washington are well-known: ExxonMobil, Boeing, AT&T, General Electric.

~Elizabeth Flock

Topics: Electric General Groups Lawmakers Lobbying Most Spend Washington Well-Known Who

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Not every dollar spent to gain influence on Capitol Hill comes from a big global industrial behemoth. Hundreds of small advocacy groups and nonprofits spend thousands each year to lobby Congress and federal agencies on the issues they care about most, and their efforts often go under the radar.

~Elizabeth Flock

Topics: About Advocacy Agencies Big Capitol Care Congress Dollar Each Each Year Efforts Every Federal Gain Global Go Groups Hill Hundreds Industrial Influence Issues Lobby Most Often Radar Small Spend Spent Thousands Year

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Despite allegations by liberal advocacy groups that voter suppression tactics by the right hindered minority voting, blacks represented 13 percent of the electorate in 2012, a percentage about equivalent with 2008.

~Elizabeth Flock

Topics: About Advocacy Blacks Despite Electorate Equivalent Groups Liberal Minority Percent Percentage Right Suppression Tactics Voter Voting

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The American public believes the Founding Fathers were close to infallible and that, while our political system has its faults, it functions far better than other democracies. But is it true?

~Elizabeth Flock

Topics: American American Public Believes Better Close Democracy Far Fathers Faults Founding Founding Fathers Functions Infallible Other Our Political Political System Public System Than True Were While

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May 2 is traditionally the National Day of Prayer, a government-designated religious event intended to encourage people to 'turn to God in prayer and meditation.'

~Elizabeth Flock

Topics: Day Encourage Event God Intended May Meditation National People Prayer Religious Turn

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The American Humanist Association, whose slogan is 'Good without a God,' created the National Day of Reason with the Washington Area Secular Humanists to raise awareness about government threats to religious liberty and up the profile of the non-religious community.

~Elizabeth Flock

Topics: About American Area Association Awareness Community Created Day God Good Government Humanist Liberty National Profile Raise Reason Religious Secular Slogan Threats Up Washington Whose Without

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In the 1980s and the 1990s, when HIV hit its peak, the gay community was at the forefront of the fight against the silent killer.

~Elizabeth Flock

Topics: Against Community Fight Forefront Gay Gay Community Hit Hiv Killer Peak Silent 1990S 1980S

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HIV/AIDS isn't a top priority for any of the three major LGBT groups in the U.S.: not the HRC, or the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), or the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) - who together are somewhat pejoratively known as 'Gay Inc.'

~Elizabeth Flock

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Over its 40 years, Muppets on 'Sesame Street' have addressed AIDS, divorce, a parent's deployment overseas, and a death in the family. But the show is addressing incarceration in a way it didn't used to: by bringing the show directly to the kids and families it wants to reach.

~Elizabeth Flock

Topics: Addressing Aids Bringing Death Deployment Directly Divorce Families Family Incarceration Kids Muppet Over Overseas Parent Reach Sesame Sesame Street Show Street Used Wants Way Years

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'Sesame Street' was built on the idea that a show that could capture a child's attention could also give the child an education. That idea turned out to be wildly successful.

~Elizabeth Flock

Topics: Also Attention Built Capture Child Could Education Give Idea Out Sesame Sesame Street Show Street Successful Turned Wildly

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Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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