Archive for ‘April 18th, 2012’

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Apr18

Thoughts on Tax Day 2012

on April 18th, 2012 at 6:00 am

By Robert Reich

As Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., wrote in 1904, “taxes are the price we pay for a civi­lized society.”

Robert Reich

Robert Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cali­fornia at Berkeley. He has served in three

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Apr18

Gay Straight Alliance to hold Day of Silence, Night of Noise at CSC

on April 18th, 2012 at 8:00 am

By Aaron Frey — Carl Sandburg College

Carl Sandburg College’s Gay Straight Alliance will take part in the National Day of Silence on Thursday to demon­strate the silencing effect of anti-lesbian, anti-gay, anti-bisexual, anti-transgender and anti-questioning bullying and harassment.

The …

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Apr18

Monmouth Council adopts FY 2013 budget

on April 18th, 2012 at 8:00 am

By Richard Crockett

The Monmouth Council began the Monday night, April 16, meeting with a budget hearing at 6:45pm. The process was attended by six of eight members of the city council, Aldermen Bates and Godina being absent. There were no …

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Apr18

American Bridge: Spanning the gender gap, coastally

on April 18th, 2012 at 8:00 am

Presented by OpenSecrets.org

By Russ Choma — OpenSecrets

Conser­v­a­tives love to mock liberals as snobby elites from a handful of progressive coastal bastions — places like Boston, New York, San Fran­cisco and Los Angeles. And while stereo­types are often unfair, some­times they bear out, …
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Apr18

Why the FCC fined Google just 68 seconds in profits

on April 18th, 2012 at 8:00 am

Presented by ProPublica

By Justin Elliott — ProPublica

The Federal Commu­ni­ca­tions Commission announced Friday it is slapping a fine on Google for delib­er­ately impeding an inves­ti­gation of the collection of sensitive wireless network data as part of the search giant’s Street View mapping project.

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