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“The Savage City” Revisits Notorious Crimes to Reveal Biased Policing
(Photo: Tim Musson / Flickr) Probably few of the Americans who heard Martin Luther King preach his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the …
Occupy the Mortgage Lenders
Washington, DC – Participants in the Occupy Wall Street movement are right to argue that the big banks have never properly been investigated for the mortgage origination, aggregation, and …
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“Occupy Obama” Could Turn Up Heat on the Democrats
President Barack Obama is no longer running unchallenged in all the major primary states, thanks to activists in Iowa who are focusing their Occupy Wall Street activism onto the …
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Secure Communities Silences Domestic Violence Victims
For years, Yan endured brutal beatings and repeated rapes at the hands of her husband. An undocumented immigrant from Asia, she never called the police out of fear that …
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How to Make Banks Really Mad: Occupy Foreclosures
Could the next step after camping in Zuccotti Park be camping out in homes facing foreclosure?
“It Should Be Like This Everywhere”: The Free Economy of Liberty Plaza Park
Demonstrators are served lunch at the makeshift food center at the Occupy Wall Street protest. (Photo: Robert Caplin / The New York Times) "The process is the …
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Qaddafi is Dead. Now What for Libya?
Libyans gather for Friday prayer at Martyr's Square in Tripoli, Libya, Oct. 21, 2011. (Photo: Joao Pina / The New York Times) Washington - With the death …
US Looks Increasingly Irrelevant as Mideast Peace Broker
Washington - While a growing number of influential voices here and in the region insist that the nearly 20-year, U.S.-sponsored “peace process” has reached its terminal phase, the administration …
Which Bank Is the Worst for America? 5 Behemoths That Hold Our Political System Hostage
(Photo: LifeSupercharger / Flickr) The economic crash led to the loss of 9 million jobs and the biggest drop in American home-ownership since the Great Depression.