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May 17, 2013 - The U.S. government controls an enormous amount of land, particularly in the western half of the country. The Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages an estimated 700 million acres of public lands, with much of i...

May 17, 2013 - While pursuing investigations of the Internal Revenue Service's targeted handling of certain groups seeking tax exempt status, Congress, the White House and the IRS must address the larger problem of political groups masquerading as tax-...

May 15, 2013 - Opponents of immigration reform legislation have been trying to steer clear of white nationalists lately, hoping to keep their opposition to citizenship for undocumented Latino immigrants free from the taint of racism. But they just can...

WASHINGTON, DC, May 17, 2013 - In celebration of Armed Services Day, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today released a first-of-its-kind report detailing how innovative solar technologies are helping the U.S. military meet many of its cri...

Taos, NM May 17, 2013 – Just over three months ago, in a momentous victory for the public's right to know and government transparency, U.S. District Court Senior Judge Richard P. Matsch ruled on February 13, 2013 that the Bureau of Land Management (B...

WASHINGTON, DC, May 16, 2013 – The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a lawsuit today against the City of Nelson, Georgia, alleging that its ordinance requiring residents to own an operable firearm and ammunition is unconstitutional. In the c...

WASHINGTON, D.C. May 16, 2013 - Attacks against independent monitors of U.S. fishing fleets more than doubled between 2007 and 2011, according to official figures posted today by the Association for Professional Observers (APO) and Public Employees for...

TORONTO/WASHINGTON, May 16, 2013 - Launching today in Canada, Europe and the United States, TarSandsRealityCheck.com presents up to date, accurate facts about Alberta's tar sands to counter the high-level pro-oil sands lobbying ongoing in Canada, the U...

May 15, 2013 - A UK pharmaceutical firm has announced that it is "putting in place concrete steps" to stop the use of its drugs in executions. Hikma PLC, which is headquartered in London, made the announcement after it emerged that executioners at Ark...

May 15, 2013 - The Partnership for a New American Economy and the Center for Global Development (CGD) today released a new report, "International Harvest: A Case Study of How Foreign Workers Help American Farms Grow Crops – and the Economy." The repo...