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The NAACP Pretends That Sugary Soda Is a Civil Rights Issue

Hamilton Nolan · 01/23/13 04:00PM

New York mayor Mike Bloomberg's crusade to ban large-sized sugary drinks has some surprising new foes: the NAACP and the Hispanic Federation, two large nonprofits ostensibly dedicated to advancing the rights of minorities. In this case, they are advancing the interests of their own corporate backers at the expense of the people they are supposed to serve.