FCC's
Ajit Pai: Net Neutrality is a "Solution That Won't Work to a Problem That
Doesn't Exist" |
|
|
|
FCC's Ajit Pai: Net Neutrality is a "Solution That Won't Work to
a ...
|
|
|
|
Net
Neutrality is "a solution that won't work to a problem that doesn't exist," says
Ajit Pai, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC). Pai is an oustpoken opponent of expanding government control of
the internet, including FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's plan to regulate Internet
Service Providers ( ISPs) under the same Title II rules that are used to govern
telephone-service providers as public utilities. Under current FCC regulations,
ISPs are considered providers of "information services" and subject to
essentially no federal regulation. He is also sharply critical of
President Barack Obama's very public push to influence policy at the FCC, which
is technically an independent agency. Last year, it was widely believed that
Wheeler, a former head of the National Cable & Telecommunications
Association, would not push for Title II.
|
|
Espn
First Take, Wednesday 25th February 2015 |
|
|
|
Espn First Take, Wednesday 25th February 2015
|
|
|
|
Skip
Bayless and Stephen A. Smith debate Derrick Rose's future in the NBA, if the
Thunder can win the West without Kevin Durant, and if the NFL should change pass
interference rules.
0:55 What is Derrick Rose's future ? 15:25 What
does this mean for the Chicago Bulls ? 23:00 Who's side are you on, Rajon
Rondo or Rick Carlisle ? 34:35 Can the Thunder win the West without Russell
Westbrook ? 44:20 Thoughts on Derrick Rose's future 57:35 Should
Karl-Anthony Towns be the number 1 pick ? 1:05:25 Should the NFL change pass
interference rules ? 1:14:45 Lebron James, better passer or better scorer
? 1:21:45 Lebron James son being recruited by colleges already
|
|
Spy
Cables: Greenpeace's Kumi Naidoo Targeted by Intelligence Agencies as "Security"
Threat |
|
|
|
Spy Cables: Greenpeace's Kumi Naidoo Targeted by Intelligence
Agenc...
|
|
|
|
http://democracynow.org
- Al Jazeera has obtained leaked diplomatic cables showing a number of foreign
requests to South African intelligence to spy on activists, NGOs and
politicians. One document shows South Korea sought out a "specific security
assessment" of Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo in the
run-up to a meeting of G20 leaders in Seoul in 2010. The disclosure is among
scores contained in leaks to Al Jazeera by a South African intelligence source.
From South Africa, we speak with Kumi Naidoo. "We are winning the [climate
change] argument, and those trying to hold us back are getting desperate,"
Naidoo says.
|
|
Students
Launch Historic Debt Strike, Refusing to Pay Back Predatory College Loans
|
|
|
|
Students Launch Historic Debt Strike, Refusing to Pay Back
Predator...
|
|
|
|
http://democracynow.org
- Students and activists are taking direct action over what some have called the
nation's next financial crisis: the more than $1.2 trillion in student loan
debt. The massive cost of U.S. college tuition has saddled millions with
crushing debt and priced many others out of the classroom. Now, 15 former
students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges system have launched what they
say is the nation's first student debt strike. The students have refused to pay
back loans they took out to attend Corinthian, which has been sued by the
federal government for its predatory lending. Meanwhile, another activist group
has announced it has erased some $13 million of debt owed by students of Everest
College, a Corinthian subsidiary. The Rolling Jubilee uses donated funds to
purchase debt at discounted prices, then abolish it. We are joined by two
guests: Laura Hanna, a filmmaker and activist who helped launch Strike Debt's
Rolling Jubilee initiative, and Latonya Suggs
|
|
On
National Adjunct Walkout Day, Professors Call Out Poverty-Level Wages & Poor
Working Conditions |
|
|
|
On National Adjunct Walkout Day, Professors Call Out
Poverty-Level ...
|
|
|
|
http://www.democracynow.org
- Today is National Adjunct Walkout Day. Adjunct professors on campuses across
the country hope to draw attention to what many say are poverty-level wages,
with no chance to advance to a tenured track position. We are joined by Louisa
Edgerly, an adjunct instructor at Seattle University, where she will join other
adjuncts and students — along with tenure-track professors — in walking out at
noon today.
|
|
Obama
Vetoes Keystone XL Bill, But Fight over Climate-Threatening Oil Pipeline Isn't
Over |
|
|
|
Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Bill, But Fight over
Climate-Threatening O...
|
|
|
|
http://democracynow.org
- President Obama has vetoed a Republican bill approving the Keystone XL tar
sands oil pipeline. The White House says the move is not a judgment on the
pipeline's merits, but a bid to see through a State Department review that will
determine whether the project is in the national interest. Opponents of the
Keystone XL pipeline have warned against further development of the tar sands
oil fields in Canada. In 2011, NASA climate scientist James Hansen said approval
of the Keystone XL pipeline would be "game over" for the Earth's climate. May
Boeve, executive director of 350.org, said: "After four years of rallies,
marches, sit-ins, and civil disobedience, we're thrilled to see President Obama
take an important first step by vetoing this love letter to Big Oil. ... Now,
it's time for the president to show he's serious about his climate legacy by
moving on to step two: rejecting this pipeline once and for all."
|
|
Climate
Deniers Exposed: Top Scientist Got Funding from ExxonMobil, Koch Brothers, Big
Coal |
|
|
|
Climate Deniers Exposed: Top Scientist Got Funding from
ExxonMobil,...
|
|
|
|
http://democracynow.org
- A new investigation exposes how one of the top scientists involved in denying
climate change has failed to disclose his extensive funding from the fossil fuel
industry. Dr. Wei-Hock Soon of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
has downplayed global warming and rejected human activity as its cause, arguing
the sun is more responsible than greenhouse gases from pollution. Climate
denialists — including Republican Senator James Inhofe, chair of the Senate
Environment and Public Works Committee — frequently cite Soon's work to reject
concrete action. But documents obtained by the Climate Investigations Center
show Soon received more than $1.2 million from fossil fuel corporations and
conservative groups over the last decade and failed to disclose those ties in
most of his scientific papers.
|
|
Could
a Former Activist Unseat Mayor 1%? Rahm Emanuel Faces Chicago Runoff Despite
Vast Outspending |
|
|
|
Could a Former Activist Unseat Mayor 1%? Rahm Emanuel Faces
Chicago...
|
|
|
|
http://democracynow.org
- Chicago's mayoral race is heading to a runoff election after incumbent Rahm
Emanuel failed to win 50 percent of the vote. Emanuel raised roughly $16
million, more than four times his challengers combined. Could the second-place
challenger, Jesús "Chuy" García, a county commissioner and former immigrant
rights activist born in Mexico, defeat the man nicknamed "Mayor 1 Percent"? We
are joined by Salim Muwakkil, senior editor of In These Times and host of "The
Salim Muwakkil Show" on WVON in Chicago.
|
|
The Senate Democratic Caucus, led by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, to urge Republicans to support a "clean bill" to fund the Homeland Security Department as that agency's budget expires later this week. The DHS budget is at a standstill over provisions attached to a Homeland Security spending bill aimed at blocking President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)