You Have Every Right to Photograph That Cop
by Jay Stanley, ACLU
on May 07, 2012
Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible in public spaces is a constitutional right — and that includes the outside of federal buildings, as well as transportation facilities, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties.
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Jimmy Kimmel Confronts President Obama Over Marijuana Legalization
by Russ Belville, NORML
on April 30, 2012
“Marijuana is something that real people care about.” — Jimmy Kimmel (forward to 21:50 or click here)
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Wells Fargo, Terrified to Face Victims of Its Foreclosure Fraud and Predatory Lending, Locks Shareholders Out of Annual Meeting
by Joshua Holland, Alternet
on April 25, 2012
On March 24, Wells Fargo, assisted by dozens of Bay Area police, took the unprecedented step of locking more than 100 of its shareholders out of its annual meeting – a meeting they had every legal right to attend.
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The Postal Service Is a Civic Institution, Not a Business
by Joseph Adelman, The Atlantic
on April 25, 2012
We need to look back to the American Revolution to understand the reasons behind our postal system, and for inspiration for saving it today.
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"War is the Enemy of the Poor": Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on Poverty, MLK, Election 2012
by Tavis Smiley and Cornel West
on April 25, 2012
In part two of our interview with Tavis Smiley and Prof. Cornel West, they discuss growing up in working-class households. "I saw so much poverty growing up," says Smiley, who lived with 13 family members in a three-bedroom trailer and learned that even when he was not optimistic, he could be hopeful. "Hope needs help," Smiley notes.
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Report Finds Network News Misrepresents Intelligence On Iran Nuclear Issues
by Think Progress blog
on April 18, 2012
A new report from Media Matters released today finds that the broadcast news networks — NBC Nightly News, ABC’s World News and CBS’s Evening News — “frequently” distort or exaggerate key information regarding Iran’s nuclear program. “Two egregious misrepresentations in particular repeatedly came up,” the report says, reports “suggesting that Iran will imminently obtain the bomb and suggesting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has major influence over the country’s nuclear program.”
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Buffett rule fails Senate vote in tax fight
by Reuters
on April 17, 2012
(Reuters) - Senate Republicans on Monday blocked President Barack Obama's "Buffett Rule" legislation, which would have put a 30-percent minimum tax on millionaires, in a debate that is likely to resonate through the November general election.
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CommonDreams: You're On Your Own, Kids
by Robert Scheer via CommonDreams
on April 17, 2012
Who will speak for the rights of the unborn now that Rick Santorum is gone from the race? Let me give it a whirl from the perspective of one whose own unwed mother had several abortions before yours truly was permitted to emerge.
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4 Ways the Big Banks are Still Screwing Homeowners — And How They're Fighting Back
by Sarah Jaffe, Alternet
on April 12, 2012
Here's how the banks are still doing exactly as they please when it comes to homes. But there's hope.
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Mitch McConnell insists lady Republicans 'don't see any evidence' of War on Women
by Kaili Joy Gray, Daily Kos
on April 10, 2012
Wow. Continuing the Republican Party's failtastic theme of insisting that there is no War on Women (or caterpillars), except that there is a War on Women, but President Obama started it, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to keep digging during an appearance on a radio show when he was asked to comment about the Republicans' War on Women:
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