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Report on College Protest Crackdown Urges Changes for Police
Protesters hold signs during a rally at the University of California, Davis campus in Davis, California, November 21, 2011. (Photo: Annie Tritt / The New York Times) Oakland, California …
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A Poet’s Pain Launches a Peace Movement in Mexico
Javier Sicilia: Can a poet overcome a state of lawlessness and corruption to bring peace to Mexico? (Photo: Mark Karlin)Sicilia, 55, is a poet, a journalist, a novelist, a …
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9/11 Case Finally Gets Hearing at Guantanamo; Accused Plotters Take Defiant Stand Before Judge
(Photo: Larisa Epatko / Flickr)Guantanamo Bay Navy Base, Cuba - Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators put on a defiant show at their war court …
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Police Warrant Squads Were Used to Monitor Wall Street Protesters, Suspects Say
On Monday, the New York Police Department sent its warrant squads after an unusual set of suspects: people who had old warrants for the lowliest of violations, misconduct too minor, usually, …
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Exclusive Investigation: The Truth Behind the Official Story of Finding Bin Laden
Posters of 22 fugitives, including Osama bin Laden, line a wall at the FBI headquarters in Washington, October 10, 2001. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times)A few …
Mideast Tweeters Probe the Tenderest of Authoritarian Sore Spots
"On the one hand, it's deeply worrying that the government is seeking to create a surveillance culture that encompasses spying on all digital media. "On the other, that same …
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Obama Campaign Grapples With New Voter ID Laws
A voter registration form in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, on March 22, 2012. The Obama campaign has begun national outreach to train volunteers and staff about the new voter …
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No Such Thing as Too Much Truth: Saving Ethnic Studies in Arizona
Cesar Chavez. Paulo Freire. Karl Marx. Howard Zinn. Are these authors socialists and communists and, if so, does this mean that they should not be taught to American high …
CISPA Critics Warn Cybersecurity Bill Will Increase Domestic Surveillance and Violate Privacy Rights
As it heads toward a House vote, critics say the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) would allow private internet companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft to hand …
Disabled People Protest to Preserve Their Benefits
Joann Cross didn't travel from El Paso, Texas, to Washington, DC, to get arrested. In fact, she's always believed that getting arrested was the wrong way to make a …