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Obama’s “Fast and Furious” Assault on Medical Marijuana
Ever since California voters approved Proposition 215, which legalized marijuana for medical use in 1996, law enforcement lobbyists had been urging the federal government to enforce prohibition and choke …
Supremacist Pleads Guilty to Sending Death Threats to Mexican-American Studies Professor in Arizona
Today was a historic date of sorts; the supremacist, Randall Leon Thompson, who threatened me pled guilty today Aug. 7, 2012, for sending threats over the telephone. He will …
Massacre of the Week
As New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said after the Aurora, Colorado massacre: u201cthis cannot continue.u201d But it is u00adand gun violence in America will no doubt go on …
Supremacist Pleads Guilty to Sending Death Threats to Mexican-American Studies Professor in Arizona
Today was a historic date of sorts; the supremacist, Randall Leon Thompson, who threatened me pled guilty today Aug. 7, 2012, for sending threats over the telephone. He will …
Massacre of the Week
As New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said after the Aurora, Colorado massacre: u201cthis cannot continue.u201d But it is u00adand gun violence in America will no doubt go on …
How Huge Food Corporations Will Make Upcoming Food Price Hikes Even Worse
The entire American food system is built on one crop — corn. And that is really bad news.
Can the Caravan of Peace End the War on Drugs?
If the caravanu2019s call to end the violence diminishes public support for the militarized approach, it could force an open dialogue about alternatives like drug legalization
The For-Profit College Racket
This is an industry that is by and large exploitative to its students and useless to the public good.
Schools Without Playgrounds, Children Without Childhood, a Future Without Hope
Schools are more and more beginning to resemble maximum-security prisons, but at least at most of those institutions, there is one hour of outdoor time.
Election Countdown 2012: The Green Party Just Misses the Cut for Independent Candidates in Connecticut, and More
In today's Election Countdown 2012 news: The chief of education in Louisiana refuses to provide records detailing how schools were chosen for Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher program; 26-year-old Occupy …