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Organizing Against Violence
The problem will require a far more comprehensive approach than just locking up u201cbad guys.u201d
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Is Fixing Stop-and-Frisk Worth the Bother?
Should we listen when former first deputy police commissioner of the NYPD John Timoney - now in the presumably lucrative employ of the authoritarian Gulf monarchy of Bahrain - …
How Did D.C. Navy Yard Gunman Get Security Clearance While Being Treated by VA for Mental Illness?
A gunman opened fire at a naval base in Washington, DC, on Monday, killing 12 people and wounding several others before dying in a shootout with police.
Andrew Bacevich on “Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country”
Andrew Bacevich looks at the growing gulf between Americau2019s soldiers and the society that sends them off to war.
In the War on Drugs, Crime and Terror, We Are All Now Potential SWAT Team Targets
Truthout talks with Radley Balko about how the friendly police officer walking the streets has evolved into the warrior cop.
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Act Erratically and the Police Will Shoot You
That is precisely what happened to two men, in two different states, over the past weekend.
How the People Pushed Back on Syria – and Won (for Now)
Members of Congress reported an avalanche of calls and emails from constituents, almost all opposing military involvement.
“Terrorism Is Part of Our History”: Angela Davis on ’63 Church Bombing, Growing Up in “Bombingham”
“Some of my very earliest childhood memories, are the sounds of dynamite exploding,” says Angela Davis.
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Turning to Community, Indian Women Are Organizing to Fight Sexual Violence
Women in the Jor Bag neighborhood of New Delhi are organizing in their communities to protect their daughters and sisters from sexual assault as they face the wave of …
Revolutionary Egypt: The Worst of Times, The Best of Times
Nothing less than our collective, twenty-first century understandings of such terms as u201cdemocracy,u201d u201crevolution,u201d and u201cviolence/nonviolenceu201d are being forged on the streets of Egypt today.