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Secret Court Judge Attended Seminar Connected to Charles Koch

by WS Editors | Jun 11, 2013 | National Security

U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, who signed an order requiring Verizon to give the National Security Agency telephone records for tens of millions of American customers, attended an expense-paid judicial seminar sponsored by a libertarian think tank that featured lectures from a vocal proponent of executive branch powers. Vinson, whose term on the secret Foreign […]

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5 Basic Things We Still Do Not Know about NSA Snooping

by WS Editors | Jun 10, 2013 | National Security

Last week saw revelations that the FBI and the National Security Agency (pictured from the sky) have been collecting Americans’ phone records en masse and that the agencies have access to data from nine tech companies. But secrecy around the programs has meant even basic questions are still unanswered. Here’s what we still don’t know: […]

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Stop Rehashing Debate over Mothers in the Workplace

by Peter Lindstrom | Jun 10, 2013 | Economy

The Pew Research Center released a comprehensive project on American working women and found that 40 percent of these women are now the breadwinners of their families. Given that most Americans are comfortable with mothers in the workforce, you might have thought this report could spark a thoughtful discussion on the needs of families. Um, […]

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Connecticut First to Protect Immigrants from Federal Deportation Policy

by Win Vitkowsky | Jun 7, 2013 | Politics

Connecticut is poised to become the first state to limit its participation in the federal Secure Communities program, a controversial immigration policy that turns local police against communities they serve. But it is too late for one New Haven resident who was arrested on false charges. Josemaria Islas was arrested last year on conspiracy to […]

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Is Apple a Tech Firm or Hedge Fund?

by Darwin Bondgraham | Jun 7, 2013 | Economy

Apple is synonymous with computers, smart phones, tablets, apps and iTunes. It’s record-shattering profits in recent years rely on the sale of these gadgets and services. But an increasingly big part of Apple’s business since the mid-2000s has been finding places to profitably stuff the massive piles of cash the company is sheltering in its […]

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Bad Faith Documentary

Bad Faith

“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns

Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones

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“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024”Variety

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