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Immigration Activists to Launch 'Week of Escalation' to Pressure GOP

Immigration Activists to Launch 'Week of Escalation' to Pressure GOP

Immigration activist groups have declared they will launch a “week of escalation” this week to pressure lawmakers in Congress with acts of civil disobedience to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year. According to Politico, pro-immigration reform groups will target House

Zuckerberg Admits Facebook Not Cool

Zuckerberg Admits Facebook Not Cool

Facebook isn’t cool anymore and probably never will be again. That’s what CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted in an interview with The Atlantic this week.  People assume that we’re trying to be cool. It’s never been my goal. I’m the least

Zuckerberg: Immigration Reform Not Polarizing

Zuckerberg: Immigration Reform Not Polarizing

On Wednesday, Facebook co-founder and immigration reform advocate Mark Zuckerberg claimed that comprehensive immigration reform was not as polarizing an issue as people have claimed. Appearing on CNN, Zuckerberg asserted he started his advocacy group, FWD.us, to support comprehensive immigration

Movie review: 'Jobs'

Sadly, the biggest problem with this biography of the great Information Age visionary is that it lacks vision.  There’s a lot of good stuff in “Jobs,” most definitely including Ashton Kutcher’s terrific portrayal of Steve Jobs.  Kutcher not only nails

Zuckerberg Uses Dreamer Story to Lobby for Immigration Reform

Zuckerberg Uses Dreamer Story to Lobby for Immigration Reform

On Monday, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg used the story of an illegal immigrant high school student he taught for a semester to advance the cause of “full comprehensive immigration reform” and more high-skilled visas that he and his political action

Facebook Co-Founder to Push Immigration Reform at Movie Screening

Facebook Co-Founder to Push Immigration Reform at Movie Screening

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will push comprehensive immigration reform on Monday when he speaks at a screening of “Documented,” a film about illegal immigrants and former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio Vargas.  Vargas revealed his status as an illegal immigrant in a

Amnesty Group Splinters over Keystone, Drilling

Amnesty Group Splinters over Keystone, Drilling

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s political advocacy group, FWD.us, has lost two high-profile Silicon Valley backers. Zuckerberg’s group is one of the more prominent backers of the Gang of 8 amnesty legislation, but has drawn fierce criticism from the left for

Silicon Valley Pouring Millions into Immigration Battle

Silicon Valley Pouring Millions into Immigration Battle

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s political advocacy group, Fwd.us, has enlisted heavyweights like Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Al Gore’s business partner, John Doerr, to help push for immigration reforms that will benefit the tech industry’s heavy reliance on foreign

The Academy's 'New' Anti-Capitalism

Today’s New York Times celebrates the rise of a new group of historians of capitalism, led by Harvard’s Sven Beckert, that focuses on “the bosses, bankers and brokers who run the economy” rather than the people at the bottom of the heap,

Facebook's Zuckerberg to Push Immigration Reform

Facebook's Zuckerberg to Push Immigration Reform

By ERICA WERNERAssociated PressWASHINGTONFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is forming a new issues advocacy group to promote immigration reform, education and other policies aimed at growing the economy. Two people familiar with the discussions confirmed the effort, speaking on condition of

Why CREDO Mobile Doesn't 'Like' Facebook

In case you hadn’t seen it, CREDO Mobile has been up to its antics again – this time it’s had Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in its sights.  The mobile phone service provider has been using its phone network and online

Protesters Target Chris Christie at Zuckerberg Fundraiser

If there’s anything that may help mitigate some of the anger the right currently has toward Gov. Christie, it’s the anger the left has toward him. Last Week Gov. Christie made a campaign swing through Califiornia. It concluded Wednesday night

President Obama is Time's 'Person of the Year'

President Obama is Time's 'Person of the Year'

(AP) President Obama is Time’s ‘Person of the Year’NEW YORKPresident Barack Obama has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2012. The short list for the honor included Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the