All Views Articles for 2017-05-05
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Cynthia Khoo How Public Participation Saved Canada's Internet (Or: What Happens When Decision-Makers Actually Listen) Net Neutrality is on everyone’s mind, and for good reason: Last week FCC Chairman Ajit Pai unveiled a plan to hand over the internet to companies like Comcast by eliminating Title II protections. Read more |
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Tighe Barry Convicted for Protesting Jeff Sessions is No Laughing Matter On May 1st, I stood on trial for having “greeted” Jeff Sessions in Congress before the start of his confirmation hearing in January. I was convicted along with my fellow activists, Lenny Bianchi and... Read more |
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Matt Cagle, Chris Conley Why Did the Government Search an Artist’s iPhone at the Border? In late February, Aaron Gach was returning to the United States from Brussels. An artist and activist, he had been abroad exhibiting works about mass incarceration, government control, and political... Read more |
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John Nichols History Will Remember These 217 House Republicans for Their Inhumanity What Paul Ryan and his minions just voted for is immoral. Read more |
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Peter Dreier Stand Up and Sing! Pete Seeger, Our Children, and the Future Every day, every minute, someone in the world is singing a Pete Seeger song. The songs he wrote, including the antiwar tunes, “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” “If I Had a Hammer” and “Turn! Turn!... Read more |
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Neal Gabler The Sham Presidency Donald Trump is master of perception, altering reality to distract the public from his lack of character. Read more |
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Victor Pickard It’s Not Too Late To Save Net Neutrality From a Captured FCC The current Trump-appointed FCC chairman, has ushered in a virulent strain of market libertarianism. He can and must be stopped. Read more |
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Ezra Rosser #Trumpcare and the Successful Campaign to Punish the Poor As the Senate takes up health care reform, it is important to highlight the ways in which the Affordable Care Act differs from unpopular welfare programs. Republican politicians are using the health... Read more |
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RoseAnn DeMoro Did the Marquis de Sade Write This Health Care Bill? Nope. Republicans did. Read more |