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New Orleans Group Transforms Communities Through Anti-Racism Training

Racism is everywhere, but it is hard to answer why, or to identify solutions.

Approaching the subject of racism is hard for a couple of reasons: there are no common definitions to reference what racism is, why it is, or where it comes from; and talking about racism makes people uncomfortable, offended, and sometimes angry.

Congress Quietly Passes Bill Allowing Feds Unlimited Access to Your Private Communications

On Wednesday, December 10, Congress passed a bill called the "Intelligence Authorization Act for 2015." Not very many people have heard of this bill, much less its passage since the media's main focus is on the CIA torture report. However, the Act contains language that U.S. Representative Justin Amash (R-Mich)

calls "the most egregious sections of law" he has encountered during his time in Congress.

Do Terrorists Have Due Process Rights?

Let America be America again.Let it be the dream it used to be.Let it be the pioneer on the plainSeeking a home where he himself is free.—Langston Hughes, “Let America be America Again”

Investigative Journalist Ben Swann Exposes True Roots of Police Militarization

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsRV3y37qcs

Maintaining The Circulation of Money: Government is a Pump, Not a Sponge

Ideology is a scourge on humanity. Among its many ills, one of the less dramatic but most damaging is its influence on people’s thinking about the economy. Most of what passes for economic discourse in this nation — in the world, for that matter — is ideology in the guise of economics.

Nonpartisan Reforms Require Voter Education, Not Political Talking Points

On Tuesday, November 4, registered Oregon voters who participated in the midterm elections were able to weigh in on

7 ballot measures, one of which, Measure 90, would reform the current primary system in the state from a closed partisan primary to a nonpartisan, top-two open primary.

Looking to the Founders: Is Common Core Common Sense?

When looking to the Founders on the topic of education, probably the finest example to turn to is Noah Webster.

Often called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education," his primers were used for more than five generations. teaching children to read and write while secularizing their education.

Another Government Shutdown Looms Over 11th Hour Budget Negotiations

Editors note: An agreement was announced late Tuesday and the $1.1 trillion spending bill will be debated today. The spending bill funds the government - with the exception of the Department of Homeland Security - until September 30, 2015. A House vote is expected to take place tomorrow.

Another Brief Opposing Constitutionality of N.J. Primary Filed

On Monday, the

Equal Vote Coalition (EVC) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Third Circuit of Appeals in the case, Balsam v.

Torture Is Wrong: Once You Accept this, Most of the Talking Points Don’t Matter

"Once there are things you refuse to do, you have things to do."--Mencius

Torture is wrong. I don’t intend to try to prove this by a lengthy process of ethical deduction or by appealing to sacred texts or philosophical authorities. Being part of a body politic means accepting some political and ethical norms as starting points for political discussion. In any society that I would ever want to live in, one of these norms is "don't torture people."