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How The NRA Kills Law Enforcement Officers
The death of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, assistant prosecutor Mark Hasse, Colorado Department of Corrections executive director Tom Clements and Mingo County Virginia …
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Time to End the War on Drugs
It is time to end the war on drugs. It is time to dismantle the Drug Enforcement Administration and departments of other agencies that deal with drug enforcement and …
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The Failure of Fiscal-Monetary Policy, 2008-2013
Fiscal and Monetary policies since the financial crisis and the protracted recession that began in 2008 have failed to generate a sustained recovery of the U.S. economy—except for big …
NYPD on Trial: Week 5
Last week, the court heard some of the most dramatic testimony yet from New Yorkers who have been illegally stopped and frisked by the NYPD. In a packed schedule, …
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School-to-Prison Pipeline: Wrong Lessons From Sandy Hook
While the Sandy Hook did little to sway the minds of Senate on gun control, it did convince parents to turn public schools into police states.
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President Obama’s Student Loan Interest Rate Plan: Short Term Gains With No Long Term Solutions
Student debt will soon reach $1 trillion and is becoming the second largest form of consumer debt.
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Drones, Sanctions and the Prison Industrial Complex
Peace activist and anti-drone protester Brian Terrell reports on the struggle of non violent offenders from federal prison.
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“The Rich Don’t Always Win” – But They Usually Do
A new book provides the backstory on how the US achieved - then lost - a real victory of people over the plutocracy.
Is the Press Too Big to Fail?
Who is going to bring us the news of all the institutions, from City Hall to Congress, from Wall Street to the White House, that fail us?
Strike and You’re Out: The Supreme Court’s Destruction of the Right to Strike
In their continuing series on the National Labor Relations Act, two legal experts explain how the Supreme Court nullified the NLRA-enshrined right to strike by inventing an employer's right …