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Violence and Voyeurism: A Guide on How to Write About Honduras
When referring to Honduras you must make the reader understand that Honduras is the original Banana Republic, no exceptions. The country is now more so known for its crime, …
PM Erdogan Orders End to Protests in “24 hours”
Protesters are met with new wave of police brutality, as thousands of lawyers join demonstrations.
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Berlin and Hamburg Referenda to Reverse Electricity Grid Privatization
Germany's two biggest cities are on course to re-nationalize their electricity grids. In both Berlin and Hamburg, citizen coalitions have successfully forced referenda to re-organize their cities' distribution of …
Is Edward Snowden a Hero? A Debate with Journalist Chris Hedges & Law Scholar Geoffrey Stone
Edward Snowdenu2019s decision to leak a trove of secret documents outlining the NSAu2019s surveillance program has elicited a range of reactions.
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Jail Bankers Not Grandmas
Protest against the plight of the elderly, poor, disenfranchised and dispossessed as opposed to the fate enjoyed by wealthy plutocrats took the form of multi-pronged actions on June 11 …
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An Apologia: In Defense of Public Education
This is a defense of public education. Much like Socrates, public education is on trial. And despite the defendant making an excellent defense, the judges may still convict as …
NSA Collection of Metadata Hands Government Sweeping Personal Info
As the American Civil Liberties Union sues the Obama administration over its secret NSA phone spying program, we look at how the government could use phone records to determine …
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Decades After Helping a Nation Emerge, Watching It Struggle
Paul Krugman: Krugman-bashing is a huge industry, says the economist who believes he is doing the world a service by distracting these destructive people.
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The Turkish Spring: Lawyers Rounded Up
Marjorie Cohn of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law argues that the Turkish government must stop the violence against its own people.
The Far North of Experience: In Praise of Darkness (and Light)
Rebecca Solnit: In the dark we find ourselves and each other, if we reach out, if we keep going, if we listen, if we go deeper.