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After Unprecedented Claim of Legislative Immunity, Vukmir Releases ALEC Records, Pays Damages
After nearly a year of litigation, the Center for Media and Democracy has settled its open records lawsuit against American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) National Board member and Wisconsin …
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Spy Agencies, Not Politicians, Hold the Cards in Washington
On television, the story line is about a wicked political schemer, accompanied by his wicked wife. In the real world of Washington, however, politicians look more like impotent innocents …
Selective Prosecution Claims in John Doe Filings Fall Flat
Wisconsin Club for Growth's allegations that prosecutors in a finance probe have engaged in politically-motivated “selective prosecution” don't stand up to even limited scrutiny.
What’s Driving Putin and Obama’s Posturing on Ukraine?
The Real News Network's Jessica Desvarieux interviews a foreign policy expert on posturing by Obama and Putin over Crimea.
Exclusive: NSA, FBI, DIA Sued over Refusal to Disclose US Role in Imprisonment of Nelson Mandela
In a Democracy Now! exclusive, one of the nation's most prolific transparency activists, Ryan Shapiro, reveals he is suing the NSA, FBI and Defense Intelligence Agency in an attempt …
Vulture Funds: Religious SCOTUS Filing on Argentina’s Behalf
Jubilee USA Network, a religious anti-poverty coalition, along with 78 other religious and development groups filed with the US Supreme Court in the case between Argentina and NML Capital.
An Unconscious Truth Lurking in Ukraine
Just like the two galaxies that had been passing as one, what was originally thought to be a single country, presumed to be a unified body politic, has, in …
GOP Presents: The Right to a Right Life
Directed by Rod Blackhurst, this parody commercial pokes fun at the GOP health care plan. Together, we can stand for the right to a Right life.
In Health Care Suit Against Catholic Bishops, the Specter of an Early Defeat
The ACLU's case against the US Bishops Conference u2013 heralded by some as a bold legal stroke u2013 could be thwarted on procedural grounds.
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Democratizing the Global Food Crisis
Every home in America should have a garden, so that entire neighborhoods and communities can become more resilient and self-sustainable.