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Protecting Free Speech Online

Chris Dodd | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Jobs, Floyd Abrams, Hillary Clinton, Intellectual Property, First Amendment, Piracy, Entertainment News
Chris Dodd

Does freedom of speech require the freedom to steal? That's what some are arguing, comparing our efforts to protect American jobs from international criminal enterprises who profit from the theft of intellectual property online to the censorship policies of repressive regimes.

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Can Occupy Overturn Citizens United? "Dear 99%ers..."

Mark Green | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Buckley v. Valeo, David Koch, Justice Roberts, Karl Rove, First Amendment, Public Citizen, Michael Bloomberg, Occupy Wall Street, Free Speech for People, Dylan Ratigan, Citizens United, Floyd Abrams, Corporatism, Brennan Center, Dr. Martin Luther King, Joseph Stiglitz, Sandra Day O'Connor, George Will, 99%, Common Cause, Jr., Samuel Alito, Fec, DISCLOSE Act, Antonin Scalia, Politics News
Mark Green

Nothing could enhance American democracy more than if Occupy Wall Street helped enact the 28th Constitutional Amendment to end the pretense that corporations are people who speak with money. The 99% can stop the privatization of government.

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After Zakaria, What About Other ADL Humphrey Prize Recipients?

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tim Rutten, Jon Meacham, Marvin Kalb, Charles Krauthammer, Adl, Lesley Stahl, Tolerance, Fareed Zakaria, Clarence Page, Floyd Abrams, Bernard Lewis, Hubert Humphrey, Cordoba Mosque, Larry King, Muslims, George Will, Mortimer Zuckerman, Arabs, Bernard Shaw, C-Span, World Trade Center, Discrimination, Daniel Pearl. Bob Schieffer, Dan Rather, Ground Zero, Bill Moyers, Martin Peretz, Anti-Defamation League, Nat Hentoff, Media News
Steve Clemons

I don't necessarily believe in follow-the-leader, but knowing how other recipients feel about the ADL controversy and the Cordoba mosque could be instructive and important.

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How Credit Raters Fended Off Oversight From Congress And The SEC

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christopher Dodd, Paul Kanjorski, Chuck Shumer, Securities and Exchange Commission, Charles Schumer, Regulatory Reform, Derivatives, Floyd Abrams, Financial Crisis, Credit Rating Agencies, Sec, Chris Dodd, Huffington Posts Investigative Fund, Video, Business News

Editor's Note: This is the second of three articles by the Investigative Fund on the credit rating companies. Read the first article here. When the n...

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