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NYPD on Trial: Police Say They Are Forced to Harass Kids in Order to Meet Quotas
NYPD whistleblowers say quotas are forcing them to make bogus, racist stops, summonses and arrests.
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50,000 March in Tunisia to Launch World Social Forum
Michael Levitin reports from the World Social Forum in Tunisia.
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The Death Penalty’s Fatal Flaws
Journalists Martin Clancy and Tim O'Brien make the case that - for the poor in America - justice is still unaffordable.
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City College of San Francisco and Public Education Under Attack
Hundreds of students, faculty, and community supporters of the City College of San Francisco rallied at City Hall to demand an end to cuts and layoffs and full funding …
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Walmart’s Death Grip on Groceries Is Making Life Worse for Millions of People
Walmart's tightening grip on the food system is unprecedented in US history.
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Injection Well Linked to Destructive Earthquake in Oklahoma, Raising New Fracking Fears
Geologists are reporting an uptick in minor earthquakes across the country linked to fracking.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Corporations Rake in Record Profits, Yet Pay Half as Much in Taxes, and More
The pro-equality crowd is hopeful that the Supreme Court will strike down DOMA.
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Step Up, FCC: Lower the Cost of Prison Phone Rates
Injustice often operates in secret ways. This has certainly been the case with predatory prison phone rates. But after nearly a decade of advocacy from public interest and civil …
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DHS Emails Question Federal Law Enforcement’s Role in Violence at Occupy Wall Street and Oakland Rallies
More than a year after tens of thousands with Occupy Wall Street protested economic and social inequality and corporate influence on government, the public still does not know if …
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California Health Workers Get a Second Chance
As the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced a revote of a 2010 representation election, many the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) might have another chance at victory.