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Rape Behind Bars: New Rules to Protect LGBTQ Inmates, but Will Immigration and Customs Enforcement Comply?
After living in Tucson, Arizona, for 20 years, Tanya Guzman-Martinez was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and placed in a detention center for suspected undocumented immigrants
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Kansas Governor Signs Bill for Massive Tax Cuts
Some have decried the bill because it is projected to potentially reduce funding for education and other services.
Evidence Mounts That Afghan Massacre Was Linked to Special Operations Forces’ Response to Improvised Explosive Device
Interviews with survivors, relatives of the civilians massacred in Panjwai on March 11, and with other local residents add new evidence suggesting that the massacre was linked to the …
Boeing HQ Shut Down by Anti-NATO Summit Protesters to Cap Week of Action
Protesters staged a "die-in" outside of the defense contractor's office.
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The Jamaicanization of the Euro Zone
Jamaica, an English-speaking Caribbean island nation of 2.9 million people, may seem worlds away from Europe. The country's income per person of $9,000 ranks it 88th in the world, …
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Gas Industry Aims to Block Zero-Carbon Building Goal
The natural gas industry is working behind the scenes in Washington to block a green building rule that was expected to be a national model.
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Corporate Lobbying Group Asks Supreme Court Not to Use “Empirical Evidence” When Reconsidering Citizens United
Late last year, the Montana high court, citing the state’s long history of corporate money corrupting politics, defied the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision and continued enforcing the state’s 100-year …
UN Chief Says Iran Deal Near on Inspecting Key Atomic Site
The flurry of diplomacy reinforced a shift of focus to talks from the possibility of military action by Israel.
Wisconsin Recall Roundup – May 22, 2012
Members of Congress Raise Questions about Walker's 2011 Testimony Three Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee wrote to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that he obtain clarification from Wisconsin …
The Politics of the Drug War in Mexico
The starting bell rang for the Mexican presidential campaigns on March 30, and the candidates are out of the gates. As the nation faces an unprecedented crisis in levels …