Wikipedia, Reddit, and other popular websites all went black today to protest SOPA and PIPA, two bills currently before Congress. Critics charge that the bills could potentially shut down the Internet as we know it. Associate Director of Technology Studies…

 

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Did the Citizens United decision place corporations ahead of democracy? Activist Annie Leonard thinks so. CEI’s Communications Director Lee Doren disagrees. Leonard views a strong government as an opposing force to corporate power. Doren points out in a new video that the more government…

 

 March 3, 2011: Citizens United, Annie Leonard, and Free Speech [6:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (598)

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Richard Morrison and Marc Scribner welcome special guests Sam Kazman and Berin Szoka to episode 99. We start with Sam’s take on the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and its implications for financial regulation reform.…

 

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