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The IRS Should Be More Aggressive, Not Less

by Doug Daniels | Jun 7, 2013 | Economy

While Darrell Issa (pictured) and Congressional Republicans parade one witness after another up onto Capitol Hill to testify about the IRS’s targeting of conservative “social welfare” groups, a far more important discussion about the function of these sorts of organizations has fallen mostly silent. Last month the Internal Revenue Service acknowledged an inappropriate imbalance in […]

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Obama Will Do (Almost) Anything for Israel

by M.J. Rosenberg | Jun 4, 2013 | Foreign Policy, Politics

There is a silver lining in President Barack Obama’s refusal to do much of anything to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is this: if Obama had any intentions of either bombing Iran’s nuclear installations or allowing Israel to do it, he would be laying the groundwork by pressuring Israel hard to end the occupation. That […]

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Does Eastman Chemical Have a Conflict of Interest?

by Lou Dubose | Jun 3, 2013 | Environment

Is your “EA-free” baby bottle really EA-free and safe for your child to use? That question is confronting a federal judge in Texas, where Eastman Chemical Company is suing two labs it claims misrepresented the safety of Eastman plastic. EA is “estrogen active.” Not a good thing. EA chemical agents mimic natural estrogen. When ingested, […]

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Letter from Turkey: Our Struggle Against Authoritarianism

by Adem Yavuz Elveren | Jun 3, 2013 | Foreign Policy

Turkey For the last five days, there has been extremely brutal police violence against peaceful protesters in Turkey. Almost all news channels are censored since they are extremely afraid of the prime minister, including CNN Turk! It is unbelievable but while CNN International showed protests and police violence, CNN Turk showed a documentary about penguins! […]

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National Identity at Heart of Neo-Nazi Trial in Germany

by Annette Seidel-Arpaci | Jun 3, 2013 | Politics

During the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Uwe-Karsten Heye, spokesman of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, cautioned visitors “of another skin color” to stay away from eastern Germany. “It is possible,” he said, that you “wouldn’t get out alive.” His statement sparked outrage, but certain eastern parts of the country are indeed widely known in […]

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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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