Feb 03, 12
How can we afford it, when we can’t afford local police?
The Department of Defense budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 released last Thursday will total $525 billion, $22 billion less than the amount Congress approved for fiscal year 2012, the peak in spending that began escalating in 1998. It is...
Jan 24, 12
Common Cause provides a way for citizens to declare corporations are not people, money is not speech
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Jan 13, 12
Anti-immigrant legislation in the States Contradicts His Message
“We must learn to live together as brothers,” Dr. King once said, “or perish together as fools.”
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Dec 22, 11
Nuevas Normas Reducirán Peligrosas Emisiones Más de un 90%, Beneficiando Especialmente a los Hispanos
La administración de Obama anunció los nuevos estándares para la protección contra las emisiones de mercurio y otros venenos procedentes casi en su totalidad de las plantas de combusti...
Dec 14, 11
Expensive Lessons from the Iraq War
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On Wednesday, December 14th, President Obama delivered a speech marking the end of the Iraq War, while the last US troops based in Iraq are finally coming home. With the escalating rhetoric over possible military action against Iran, we must...
Dec 08, 11
Accomplishments and Challenges in Protecting LGBT people at home and abroad
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December 10th is Human Rights Day, on the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, paying tribute to all human rights defenders, with an eye to recruiting a new generation of human rights activists...
Nov 30, 11
UK removes diplomats from Tehran, EU set to ban Iranian oil imports, explosions rock nuclear compound near Isfahan
Breaking News: The British government has closed its embassy in Tehran and evacuated its diplomats following attacks on its offices this week by Iranian protesters. Further, the U.K. has moved to expel Iranian diplomats from London....
Nov 11, 11
Iran agrees to uphold the rights of some of its people, but what of its LGBT people?
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Nov 03, 11
Are Special Interests Calling the Shots on the Future of Our Economy?
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Government Transparency watchdogs the Sunlight Foundation and its coalition partners, are sounding the alarm. The stakes are too high for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction - better known as the Super Committee - to...
Oct 21, 11
Defense over-spending is the low-hanging fruit for the Super Committee
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The Super Committee formed through the Budget Control Act of 2011 has until November 23rd to recommend $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions. Any serious proposal to shrink the deficit must include cuts to the national security budget,...
