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What do a zombie, handcuffs, a steamroller and a legislative luge run for job-killing trade agreements all have in common? They're all apt metaphors of an expired, scandalously anti-democratic procedure called Fast Track. Lori Wallach http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-wallach/

By Nate Raymond May 20 (Reuters) - A California-based Tea Party group sued the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on Monday in what marked the first... Reuters http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-gentilviso/

The Center for Investigative Reporting will kill its Bay Citizen and California Watch news entities, folding them into its CIR brand and focusing on stories... San Francisco Business Times http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robin-wilkey/

Everyone has a favorite book. I read The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam over and over again, at least once a year. Sometimes, I will pick it up to touch and feel it, reading just a page or two, knowing by heart whole sections. Steve Mariotti http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-mariotti/

Converting fish waste into food. Powering fish farms in the desert. I caught up with Monica Jain recently to learn what business opportunities are emerging from the Fish 2.0 contest she has organized to connect investors with opportunities in the seafood industry. David Bank http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bank/

For all the numbers bouncing around the immigration reform debate, the most relevant number is 27 percent. That's the share of Gov Romney's Latino vote and that's the reason this much needed advance in public policy might just make it over the legislative goal line. Jared Bernstein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jared-bernstein/

Whether you're negotiating an acquisition, recruiting new talent, trying to ink an elusive client, or even just asking for a raise, you need to be well versed in the powers of persuasion. Dan Roitman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-roitman/

By Michael Beckel Center for Public Integrity During its past four fiscal years, the Internal Revenue Service has formally denied the applications of just 60... Center For Public Integrity http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mollie-reilly/

As I have read the various articles and blogs about Google Glass over the last few weeks, it has led me to marvel at how completely people are missing the point. Jonathan Aberman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-aberman/

For the past few months Kiva Zip has been constantly innovating and experimenting using mobile technology. Kiva Zip http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kiva-zip/

Secrecy still prevails in how natural resources are managed, and this conspires against economic development. The lives of over a billion citizens could be transformed if their governments managed their oil, gas and minerals in a more open, accountable manner. Daniel_Kaufmann http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danielkaufmann/

We must hardwire the health of the ecosystem directly to the standard measurements of economic health so that the state of the environment is immediately visible in all economic transactions. One possible approach is the introduction of a global "eco-currency." Emanuel Pastreich http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emanuel-pastreich/

Apple (like many giant, multinational corporations) has been avoiding paying the taxes they owe to the country by setting up foreign "subsidiaries" in tax-haven countries, and moving jobs out of the country. Now they want a special tax break to reward them for doing that. Dave Johnson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/

Reading through the Asia Digital Marketing Association Yearbook 2012 recently, got me thinking about a colleague who carried out market research projects in the region in the early 1990s. Naomi Troni http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-troni/

We are witnesses to a time when we were indisputably the greatest nation on earth to one in which we are still the greatest but now with others nipping at our heels. Kenneth Kales http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kenneth-kales/

Intellectual property, the modern source of wealth, is protected by a jumbled maze of common law, statutes, judicial decisions, and treaties. Brad Reid http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-reid/

NEW YORK -- Britain's biggest theater groups has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadway's biggest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/katherine-brooks/

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned graduates at Springfield College that no matter how much planning they do, they won't be able to prepare for every... Tyler Kingkade http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tyler-kingkade/

Paula Deen's childhood home in Albany, Ga. may be transformed into a museum if a local businesswoman -- and Deen's ex-husband -- get their way. The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-tepper/

NASA was recently named one of most engaged brands on Twitter. I recently caught up with NASA's Social Media Manager John Yembrick and Deputy Social Media Manager Jason Townsend to find out what exactly they are doing to engage their audience. Ian Cleary http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-cleary/