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Immigration Policy Beyond the Hype
“There is so much hype about what comprehensive immigration reform could be that the rhetoric about what may happen is really an industry on it’s own. …Some are anxious for a real sign that President Obama is serious about reform. His tenure in office has brought increased funding for enforcement and record deportation numbers.”
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CIA Whistleblower Sentenced to 30 Months
“‘There is a legal definition of whistleblower and I meet that legal definition,’ Kiriakou declared. ‘I was the first person to acknowledge that the CIA was using waterboarding against al Qaeda prisoners. I said in 2007 that I regarded waterboarding as torture and I also said that it was not the result of rogue CIA…
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As Military Lifts Ban on Women in Combat, 52 Women a Day Sexually Assaulted
“President of Veterans for Peace, Leah Bolger said today: “It’s kind of a civil rights issue, certainly anyone who is capable of doing any job should be able to do it. However, I don’t see this as cause for a big celebration. We should be trying to abolish war. The U.S. shouldn’t be sending ANY…
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The Case Against Kerry
“John Kerry’s attacks on the International Court of Justice, his defense of Israeli occupation policies and human rights violations, and his support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq raise serious questions about his commitment to international law and treaty obligations.”
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Obama: Radical or Rhetoric? * Rule of Law * Climate Change
If observers want to criticize the president, they should instead challenge his derogation in practice of the same values he professes in his lofty speeches. The President’s first term unfortunately witnessed a continued extension of the Bush-Cheney legacy, and he seems no more inclined than his neo-con predecessors to heed longstanding constitutional limits on executive…
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Obama: I Have a Drone vs MLK: I have a Dream
While many are drawing parallels between Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama, some activists and analysts state that many of Obama’s policies run totally counter to King’s activism.
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Aaron Swartz: Scientific Legacy “Locked up by a Handful of For-Profit Corporations”
Glenn Greenwald recently wrote: “A petition on the White House’s website to fire U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz quickly exceeded the 25,000 signatures needed to compel a reply.” Yesterday, Ortiz finally addressed the case
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court Orders Arrest of Sitting Prime Minister as Protests Continue
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Internet Activist Swartz’s Death a Product of “Prosecutorial Overreach”
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Haiti, Three Years After Earthquake: Building Back Better Requires Local Participation
“This is what building back better looks like.”