SALON.COM-In August, 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder — under continuous,aggressive prodding by the Obama White House — announced that three categories of individuals responsible for Bush-era torture crimes would be fully immunized from any form of criminal investigation and prosecution: (1) Bush officials who ordered the torture (Bush, Cheney, Rice, Powell, Ashcroft, Rumsfeld); (2) Bush lawyers who legally approved it … Read More
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Prisons Lobby Millions to Keep People in Jail
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THINK PROGRESS– Yesterday, the Justice Policy Institute (JPI) released a report chronicling the political strategies of private prison companies “working to make money through harsh policies and longer sentences.” The report’s authors note that while the total number of people in prison increased less than 16 percent, the number of people held in private federal and state facilities increased by … Read More
Sex Scandals, 2012 Election, Net Neutrality, War on Fun
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Media Roots Radio – Weinergate, Election Kick-off, Net Neutrality, Police’s “War on Fun” by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS- This episode covers Anthony Weiner and how political sex scandals dominate over real issues, the 2012 campaign kick-off: the RNC debates and media propaganda surrounding the candidate pool and Obama’s marketing campaign, Net Neutrality and the lobbying system, and the bay area … Read More
Groundwork Opportunities Provides Solutions in Uganda
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MediaRootsRadioInterviewWithGroundWorkOpportunities by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS – In this episode of Media Roots Radio, Abby Martin interviews Bartlomiej Skorupa and Peter Luswata from Groundwork Opportunities, a nonprofit organization operating micro-development projects around the globe. Bartlomiej is co-founder and Executive Director of Groundwork Opportunities. He has held numerous management positions in 10+ Fortune 500 companies implementing efficient business practices and has 5 … Read More
Fears of a Corporate Police State
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SALON– “Corporate Police State,” it’s a fraught — some might even say, overwrought — term. But in its purest, apolitical form, it simply describes the periodic commingling of state and corporate power to protect private interests.In the American psyche, any discussion of that phenomenon typically brings one of three images to mind. There’s the Old Corporate Police State — the … Read More
