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Local and State Police Involved in Sensitive Hemisphere Program
Federal, state and local police are utilizing an unclassified but “law enforcement sensitive” program, known as Hemisphere, which provides nearly unfettered access to an enormous database.

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The Big Winners From Sweden’s For-Profit “Free” Schools Are Companies, Not Pupils
Since their inception, free schools have been subject to research, primarily concerned with two issues: student attainment and educational inequality.

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Mexico’s Cocopah People Refuse to Disappear
The Mexican constitution defines indigenous people as the descendants of the populations that inhabited the area before the state was formed and who preserve their ancestral cultural or economic …

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New Email Release Shows Peter King Demanded an Investigation to Find Journalists’ Sources Like Peter King
The investigation King demanded ended up needlessly compromising the reporting of a slew of journalists.

The Climate Change Defense? Citing Global Warming, DA Drops Charges Against Anti-Coal Activists
In a surprise move, District Attorney Sam Sutter of Bristol, Massachusetts, has dropped criminal charges against two climate activists who were set to go on trial Monday for blocking …

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The Money Wall Street is Making Off Rhode Island’s Pension Funds is Also an Issue
“The pension overhaul is now at the center of a primary race for governor that has become one of the most divisive in the country.”

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Solutions to Low Wage Growth, Long-Term Unemployment Rejected by Global Elite
It is vital to understand that high unemployment and low wage growth are solvable problems. But powerful and well placed people believe it is in their interest to keep …

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Does Wendy Davis’ Abortion Revelation Help the Overall Abortion Debate?
It's too soon to know how Davis' personal story will change the rhetoric of the gubernatorial campaign, if it does at all.

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The Case That Could Decide Keystone XL
The fact that the governor would gamble with the state's irreplaceable natural resources, and its vital agricultural industry, on the promise of a handful of jobs shows just how …

Dallas District Attorney Announces Plan for New Unit to Investigate Police Shootings: Will It Go Far Enough?
A district attorney's civil rights unit that will investigate police shootings is a step in the right direction.