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Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community, and Culture
Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community, and Culture by Dr. Maulana Karenga, The Official Kwanzaa Website Why was Kwanzaa created? Kwanzaa was created: –To reaffirm the communitarian vision and values of African culture and to contribute to its restoration among … Continue reading
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Naughty and Nice 2004
Naughty and Nice 2004 American Progress The Progress Report makes this year's holiday list and checks it twice Naughty: Merck, for spending millions to market the pain-reliever Vioxx to consumers long after the company knew it was unsafe.Nice: Dr. David … Continue reading
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FDA’s Credibility Hits Yet Another Low as Consumer Health Lands on Back Burner
FDA's Credibility Hits Yet Another Low as Consumer Health Lands on Back Burner American Progress Pfizer's Greed A National Shame The drug maker Pfizer “reaffirmed its commitment” over the weekend to keep its prescription painkiller, Celebrex, on the market, despite … Continue reading
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Bush Propaganda Machine Takes Aim at Social Security
Bush Propaganda Machine Takes Aim at Social Security Brace yourself for more Orwellian doublespeak, sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors and bald-faced lies, as the Bushies launch their public relations campaign to drum up popular support for dismantling…er, I … Continue reading
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Buying Into Failure: The Abolition of Social Security
Buying Into Failure: The Abolition of Social Security As we hear more and more pundits and politicians on television tell us the enormous wealth that we will accumulate by eliminating Social Security, there is a large piece of information missing: … Continue reading
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Meet the New [USDA] Boss
Meet the New [USDA] Boss Last Friday's American Progress Report gives us a summary of some of the policies pursued by Mike Johanns,an Iowa native and current Nebraska governor who was nominated as the new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, replacing … Continue reading
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ICLU Files Freedom of Information Act Against FBI
ICLU Files Freedom of Information Act Against FBI
Iowa Civil Liberties Union
ACLU Launches Nationwide Effort to Expose Illegal FBI Spying on Political and Religious Groups
In Iowa, ICLU seeks disclosure of surveillance records of both federal and state law enforcement
DES MOINES – Citing evidence that the FBI and local police are illegally spying on political, environmental and faith-based groups, the American Civil Liberties Union and its affiliates today filed multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests around the country to uncover who is being investigated and why.
“The FBI is wasting its time and our tax dollars spying on groups that criticize the government, like the Quakers in Colorado or Catholic Peace Ministries in Iowa,” said ACLU Associate Legal Director Ann Beeson. “Do Americans really want to return to the days when peaceful critics become the subject of government investigations?”
Ben Stone, executive director of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union, which is among the state affiliates participating in the effort, said that the ICLU is involved because of what the U.S. Attorney's office did to Des Moines peace activists in February of this year.
“Ten months ago, citizens subpoenaed by the government courageously stood in the public square in an effort to convey to the world that they would not be intimidated,” Stone said. “In the face of their resistance, the U.S. Attorney backed down. The ICLU's filing today of FOIA, privacy act, and open records requests on behalf of our clients represents the next step in our struggle to defend the right of free speech against government intimidation,” he added.
The requests were filed by the national ACLU as well as its affiliates in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Oregon. The national ACLU FOIA names the central FBI agency as well as bureaus in New York, Washington, D.C., California, Michigan, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Additional ACLU affiliates are expected to file another round of FOIA requests in early 2005.
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On World AIDS Day, The Crisis Continues…
On World AIDS Day, The Crisis Continues… American Progress According to reports released this week in conjunction with World AIDS Day, the number of people living with HIV globally has reached “an estimated 39.4 million people,” up 3 million from … Continue reading
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Jesse Jackson: It’s Not Too Much to Ask
Rev. Jesse Jackson on the Ohio Recount: It's Not Too Much to Ask OpEdNews.com “We cannot be the home of the thief and the land of the slave.” by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman COLUMBUS–Preaching to a packed, wildly … Continue reading
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Attempt to Stop Mandatory Mental Screening Fails
Attempt to Stop Mandatory Mental Screening Fails WorldNetDaily.com An attempt by Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, to add language to the omnibus spending bill in Congress to require parental consent for any mental-health screening done to children with federal money has … Continue reading
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