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Churches brazenly flout toothless tax laws.
Our government is buried beneath a mountain of red tape and copy paper.

Compulsory voting can legitimize democracy.

Finding your inner Mandela.

Fighting an HIV/AIDS epidemic that’s raging across the southern United States.


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