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Bill Would End U.S. Ban On Visas For Those With HIV
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:21:00 -0400
This week, the Senate approved a $48 billion extension of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Included in the bill was a provision that would lift a ban, in place since 1987, on visas for people with HIV.
The Evolving Role Of The Vice President
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0400
Scott Simon talks with vice presidential scholar Joel Goldstein about why and how the role of the vice president has changed.
Political Bloggers On Left, Right Descend On Austin
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:00:00 -0400
Political bloggers on both ends of the political spectrum are converging on Austin, Texas, for their respective annual conferences. Both liberal and conservative activists are trying to dominate this increasingly central forum of political discourse.

The Talk of the Town

Shape-shifter
Paul Goldberger Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Architects don’t usually hold elaborate press conferences to announce their new designs. But David Fisher is not a typical architect, and not only because he goes by the honorific “Dr.” Fisher, who was born in Tel Aviv fifty-nine years ago, is based in Florence, and believes that he has . . .
Isn’t It Romantic?
Rebecca Mead Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000
The plot of “The Romantics,” a new novel by Galt Niederhoffer, unfolds during the weekend wedding of Lila Hayes, a blond, beautiful, witty, and wealthy Yale graduate, and her former classmate Tom McDevon, a handsome, charming, social-climbing cipher. The book’s heroine--the clever, ill-at-ease, Brooklyn-dwelling Laura . . .
H-bloo On A-rod
Ben McGrath Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000
Shortly before his regular teatime, one day last week, the Yale literature professor Harold Bloom found an occasion to consider the plight of his beloved Yankees, as they approached the All Star break in third place, and of their star third baseman, Alex Rodriguez. “The poor fellow, you know he’s . . .

 

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Association for Competitive Technology - A trade association for computer software, hardware, consulting companies working to keep e-commerce unregulated. Links to news articles concerning Internet regulation of business. Has newsletter.

Chicago-Kent College of Law: Center for Law and Computers - Articles, documents, guidelines for use of the Internet. The main focus is the impact of information technology on the law.
Meta Description: [ Chicago-Kent College of Law, the law school of Illinois Institute of Technology, offers full- and part-time J.D. and LL.M. programs and dual degrees in law and business in downtown Chicago. ]

Electronic Frontier Canada - Organization working for privacy rights in Information Technology. Has mailing lists. Has links to articles about privacy and computers in Canada.

Electronic Frontier Foundation - Organization working to protect privacy and freedom of expression on the Internet. Has up-to-date news on privacy related issues. Has internal search engine.
Meta Description: [ Electronic Frontier Foundation is a nonprofit group working to protect your digital rights. ]

404 Electronic Frontiers Australia - nonprofit formed in 1994 to protect and promote the civil liberties of users of computer based communications systems and of those affected by their use.

Electronic Privacy Information Center - A public interest research center established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
Meta Description: [ The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) focuses public attention on emerging civil liberties, privacy, First Amendmen issues and works to promote the Public Voice in decisions concerning the future of the Internet. ]

European Internet Foundation - EIF helps shape European Union policy for e-commerce, e-democracy and the digital revolution. It is led by Members of the European Parliament, and supported by internet companies, academics and public bodies.
Meta Description: [ European Internet Foundation ]

Global Internet Liberty Campaign - An international organization of groups working for cyber-liberties, who are determined to preserve civil liberties and human rights on the Internet.

Hands Off The Net - This site is against government regulation of the Internet,particularly e-commerce. Links to legislation concerning Internet taxation. Also has links to state by state information.

NetAction - Founded to educate the public, policy makers, and the media about technology-based social and political issues, and to promote access to and use of information technology as a tool for community organizing, outreach, and advocacy.

Netaid - A contact point for those interested in poverty and human rights issues, especially in the developing world. Has clips of recent world-wide concert broadcast 10/09/99. Alphabetized links to similar agencies and organizations.
Meta Description: [ NetAid: Educating, inspiring an empowering young people to fight global poverty - an initiative of Mercy Corps ]

Online Policy Group - Issue oriented group focused on access, privacy, safety, human rights. Has links to news archives. Updated frequently.
Meta Description: [ The Online Policy Group, a nonprofit organization focused on Internet participants' civil liberties and human rights, like access, privacy, safety, and serving schools, libraries, disabled, elderly, youth, women, and sexual, gender and ethnic minorities. ]

Peacefire - An organization dedicated to exposing censorship on the Internet. Has news articles concerning blocking and filtering software; information about its legal battles; links to relevant sites. Info available for download.

The Center for Democracy and Technology - Works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age.