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The Banality of Police Militarization: How Champaign-Urbana Acquired Its MRAP
Internal communications show how one police department acquired hand-me-down military equipment from the Department of Defense.
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General Honore, Enviro Groups Call for Strengthening EPA’s Proposed Refinery Pollution Standards
Millions of people living near refineries will be directly affected by a long awaited updates to regulations the EPA has proposed for oil refineries.
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About 620,000 Military Families Rely on Food Pantries to Meet Basic Needs
A new report found that the nation's food pantries serve 620,000 families with a member in the military - an indication that service members battling against poverty must often …
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LA Police Refuse to Release Information on In-Custody Deaths, Community Pushes Back
The LAPD refuses to release autopsy reports and the names of officers involved in the deaths of Ezell Ford and Omar Abrego in South Central Los Angeles, frustrating a …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Tens of Millions of Americans Struggle With Hunger, and More
In the richest nation on Earth, tens of millions of Americans are struggling to find enough to eat, and more.
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National Lawyers Guild, Other Legal Organizations Urge International Criminal Court to Investigate War Crimes by Israeli, US Leaders in Gaza
Under the Rome Statute, the ICC has the power to hold individuals criminally accountable for the most serious of crimes.
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We Won’t Go Back: March on Staten Island for Eric Garner
Thousands marched in support of Eric Garner and Michael Brown on Staten Island, New York.
Gazans in the United States Suffer the Horrors of War From Abroad
Palestinians from Gaza living in the United States to study or work speak out about what it's like to be here when their hearts, and families, are there.
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Big Rail Cites Bin Laden, Al Qaeda to Fend Off Oil-by-Rail Route Transparency
If the rail companies have serious concerns about terrorism threats to Bakken oil trains, their recent actions call such concerns into question.
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Four Things You Probably Don’t Know About the Ferguson Protests
Much of the focus has been on protests, media suppression and danger on the streets at night. Lost in all of that are a few key stories you may …