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Getting Past the Icon – Should Photographers Depict Reality, or Try to Change it?
David Bacon looks back at the history of photography and activism.
Bipartisan Congressional Task Force Established to Examine Over-Criminalization in Federal Law
Today, ten House Judiciary Committee members joined together to pass a resolution to form the Over-Criminalization Task Force of 2013 to examine and make recommendations for paring down the …
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“The Other IRS Scandal”: David Cay Johnston on Dark Money Political Groups Seeking Tax Exemption
While the IRS targeting of Tea Party groups has made headlines for days, far less attention has been paid to the roots of the crisis.
Taxing Corporate Profits Will Force Investment
Heiner Flassbeck: Corporations are sitting on mountains of cash and are unwilling to invest in the real economy - only high taxes on profit will make them do so.
AP Monitoring Raises Fears of Government Overreach: How Far Will Obama Go to Crack Down on Leaks?
Journalist David Cay Johnston discusses the growing scandal over the Justice Department's seizure of telephone records from Associated Press editors and reporters.
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New Regs
Copyright Universal Uclick.
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Profiling
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Inside the Cooper Union Occupation’s First Hours
Students at Cooper's Union, a free university in NYC, occupied the office of the president to protest the decision to charge tuition.
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A Novel Idea: Asking an Afghan About Afghanistan
Afghanistan's peace is China's economic life-line and America's commodity price recession.
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Hijacked Organic, Limited Local, Faulty Fair Trade
As the food movement is taken over by the mainstream, Mark Engler asks