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Edward Snowden and the Media: the Big Picture
The commercial mass media are in their element now with the Edward Snowden revelations.A highly controversial issue framed as national security vs. individual liberty, a dramatic figure to focus …
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GM Wheat Discovered in Oregon, Benton County Continues Work on Food Bill of Rights
Benton County is in the heart of the Willamette Valley – a lush, fertile valley in western Oregon. Here in the Willamette Valley we are blessed with a climate …
US Cold War Ally in the Docks at Guantanamo for USS Cole Bombing
The backstory of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a suspected mastermind of the USS Cole bombing in 2000 whose military commission pretrial hearings were recently held at Guantanamo Bay, is intertwined …
Don’t Call Me Illegal: An Interview With Youth Immigrant Activist Tania Unzueta
Unzueta, currently an organizer with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and co-founder of the Immigrant Youth Justice League, is one of many undocumented youth who have stepped into …
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Supreme Court Gay Marriage: Is Marriage Equality Really the Last Civil Rights Struggle?
It's important to remember that no matter what the Supreme Court decides, marriage equality is not the end. In fact, it is only the beginning.
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Accountability for Transnational Corporations Must Be an Active US Goal in the Wake of the Kiobel Decision
The Supreme Court's decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum makes it more difficult to bring suit in US federal courts for violations of the law of nations that …
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Edward Snowden: Profile in Courage
Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who exposed the NSA's domestic surveillance plot, might become one of the most important people is US history.
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Report: Path to Legal Status Harder Now for Women Immigrants
A report warns gender discrimination is built into US immigration law, but Congress appears unfazed.
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Jail Bankers Not Grandmas
Protest against the plight of the elderly, poor, disenfranchised and dispossessed as opposed to the fate enjoyed by wealthy plutocrats took the form of multi-pronged actions on June 11 …
NSA Collection of Metadata Hands Government Sweeping Personal Info
As the American Civil Liberties Union sues the Obama administration over its secret NSA phone spying program, we look at how the government could use phone records to determine …