Jul
12
2013
Lost in the noise around its same-sex marriage and Voting Rights Act rulings, were the Supreme Court’s decisions in June on three cases involving corporate liabilities. Summarizing them in the New York Times, UC Irvine’s Professor Erwin Chemerinsky succinctly labeled the decisions, “Justice for Big Business.”
Under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, the court has chipped away at …
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Jul
12
2013
“There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither a short, nor easy task, but it can be done.” — Teddy Robinson. …
Jul
12
2013
By Aura Bogado
“The Lone Ranger” debuts in theaters in time for the July 4 holiday, and while Johnny Depp’s decision to play Tonto—a fictional Native sidekick to the white cowboy—has drawn attention and criticism, the film’s release means that all things Native are unusually relevant—and marketable. And that can be a good, bad, and very ugly thing, all at once.
Tonto action figures are already being sold as “Native American warrior spirit” caricatures. The …
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Jul
12
2013
Taking a deeper look at current and past films and how they relate to the world today.
Jonathan Kim is an independent film critic who writes and produces film reviews for Uprising and other outlets. He is a former co-producer at Brave New Films.
Read his reviews online at ReThinkReviews.net. Watch his videos at www.youtube.com/user/jsjkim, …
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Jul
12
2013
Riot police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse masked protesters in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, as demonstrations continued throughout Brazil. Unions are demanding better work conditions and tougher government measures to tackle inflation.
Tens of thousands of union members marched throughout the country, blocking roads and grinding traffic to a crawl in dozens of cities.
Bus drivers, metal workers and other unionized workers took to the streets as part of a one-day strike. Labor …
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Jul
12
2013
American intelligence leaker Edward Snowden will meet with human rights groups Friday at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo international airport, according to an airport spokesman.
About 10 people are expected to participate in the meeting at Terminal F in the airport’s transit area, airport spokesman Roman Genis told Fox News. The meeting comes as Snowden and his advisers continue to try and find a way for him to leave the Moscow airport transit zone — where he’s been stuck …
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Jul
11
2013
“Tapped out” Detroit is facing a $380 million deficit, but the firm hired to restructure the city’s finances pays its lawyers $1,000 an hour because “that’s the going rate”.
The company hired to restructure Detroit’s financing, Jones Day, has stacked up a $1.4 million bill, according to a report by another law firm AM Law Daily, which obtained the figures. The report added that lawyer David Heiman has billed the city $149,419 for 153 hours of …
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Jul
11
2013
An Aeroflot plane en route from Moscow to Havana has deviated from its course, FlightAware live flight tracking indicates. The news has sparked online speculation that NSA leaker Edward Snowden may be aboard the aircraft.
Aeroflot flight 150 to Havana took off from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport at 14:10 pm local time (10:10 GMT) on Thursday. Whistleblower Edward Snowden has been holed up in the airport for the past two weeks.
The flight route usually passes over Scandinavia …
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Jul
11
2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government on Thursday reported a rare surplus of $116.5 billion in June, the largest for a single month in five years. The gain kept the nation on track for its lowest annual deficit in five years.
The June surplus was due in part to $66.3 billion in dividend payments from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The mortgage giants were taken over by the government at the height of the 2008 financial …
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Jul
11
2013
MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities began flying deportees deep into Mexico Thursday in an effort to discourage them from trying to return, U.S. and Mexican officials said.
The first of twice-weekly flights from El Paso, Texas, to Mexico City left Thursday with 133 deportees aboard, all men.
ICE spokeswoman Nicole Navas said the flights will accommodate up to 136 men and women but no children. Deportees fly from throughout the United States to Chaparral, New …
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