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Virginia Carpet Cleaning Service Doesn’t Have Right to Demand Identity of Yelp Critics, Public Citizen Tells Court; Case Could Set Important Standard for First Amendment Rights on the Internet for Virginians
A carpet cleaning service that got bad reviews on Yelp should not be able to use the courts to find out the identities of its critics, Public Citizen told …
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Russell “Maroon” Shoatz Files Lawsuit Protesting 22 Consecutive Years in Solitary
Earlier this week, on Wednesday, May 8, lawyers for Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz filed a federal lawsuit regarding his placement in solitary confinement for over 22 consecutive years. The written complaint, directed …
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Chris Hedges: Murder Is Our National Sport
Death Row inmate William Van Poyck fights for his life by blogging his experience as he waits for lethal injection.
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Mexico – Ground Zero in the Fight Against Monsanto for the Future of Maize
Mexico, the birthplace of maize, is at the centre of the global fight to protect the cropu2019s diversity
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Death Is Preferable to Life at Obama’s Guantanamo
More than 100 detainees at Guantanamo Bay are starving themselves to death, and 23 of them are being force-fed and allegedly punished for their hunger strike.
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Sequestering Our Mothers: Spending Cuts and Effects on Women
A breakdown of how spending cuts will affect women and mothers in the US, by the numbers.
In Praise of Richard Falk
Shortly after the 15 April 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in …
Angela Davis and Assata Shakur’s Lawyer Denounce FBI’s Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorists List
One day after the exiled former Black Panther Assata Shakur became the first woman named to the FBIu2019s Most Wanted Terrorists list, weu2019re joined by another legendary African-American activist, …
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Liberal America, Wake Up!
The hollow symbolism of America's first black president is no replacement for real substance.
In Mexico City, Protesters Denounce Obama Deportations
ANDALUSIA KNOLL, PRODUCER, TRNN: On his first visit to Latin America since he started his second term, President Obama met with new Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to discuss …