On AlterNet: citizens

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What if Citizens United Actually United the Citizens?

Ilyse Hogue, The Nation. January 22, 2012.

This past week saw a flurry of progressive victories that could upset the conventional wisdom about a post–Citizens United world.

Inside Our Supposedly "Humane" Immigrant Detention Centers

Seth Wessler, ColorLines. January 9, 2012.

The interiors of detention centers might as well be black sites, cast off the political map except for the rare instances of abuse so egregious that they blip onto our radar.

DREAM Activists Volunteer for Detention to Prove ICE is a "Rogue Agency"

Julianne Hing, ColorLines. November 21, 2011.

When the cameras aren’t rolling and the nation’s not looking on, does the Obama administration abide by its own deportation policies?

Obama: Kids Stuck in Foster Care Due to Deportation a “Real Problem”

Seth Freed Wessler, ColorLines. November 14, 2011.

In a briefing last week, President Obama directly acknowledged that his administration’s immigration enforcement practices break up families.

U.S. Deports 46K Parents With Citizen Kids in Just Six Months

Seth Freed Wessler, ColorLines. November 6, 2011.

We'e seen a striking increase in the rate of removals of parents, raising serious concerns about the impact of these deportations on children, many of whom are left behind.

How Corporate America Is Pushing Us All Off a Cliff

Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com. November 19, 2010.

We can't turn our backs on the big corporations' next big scheme to screw up society. We can be sure the next crash will be much bigger.

Dozens of U.S. Citizens on Assassination List, White House Adviser Hints

Muriel Kane, Raw Story. June 29, 2010.

National Security Adviser says there's 'dozens of U.S. persons who are in different parts of the world, and they are very concerning.'

8 Words That Could Save Our Country

David Morris, AlterNet. May 1, 2010.

"Corporations are not people. Money is not speech." These are fundamental truths that our nation needs to remember -- and add to the Constitution.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry's Dangerous Database

Jake Bernstein, Texas Observer. April 14, 2007.

Texas is amassing an unprecedented amount of information on its citizens.

Obama Will Not Veto National Defense Bill Allowing Indefinite Detention of U.S.Citizens

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.