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"Who's Killing Philly Public Schools?": Daniel Denvir on Plan for School Closings, Privatization
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, children, corruption, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, media, news, politics, rights, society )

Kit
- 1 hour ago - truth-out.org
Video and full interview.In Philadelphia, school officials have proposed a controversial plan to close more than 60 schools in the next five years and potentially privatize those remaining.
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Snarling Banks --- Jim Hightower
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, Banks, bankers, corruption, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, freedoms, government, law, media, politics, society )

Kit
- 5 hours ago - truth-out.org
We're sick and tired of being bullied and stomped on by the Powers That Be in Washington, and by gollies, we're not going to take it anymore! Or are we?
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Stupid In America----Video   video
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, child, children, corruption, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, government, humans, interesting, internet, law, news, politics, rights, safety, society, usa, violence, world )

Kenneth
- 4 days ago - youtube.com
"Stupid In America, How We Cheat Our Kids" 20/20 news videos about the intentional or unintentional dumbing down of the vital part of any society--- its children and youth learning years.
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Court: Amish Sect Leader Can Afford to Pay for Attorney
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, society, crime, law, government, Amish court case, politics, interesting, media, humans, corruption, dishonesty, rights, news )

Cal
- 23 days ago - cnn.com
The leader of an Amish sect in Ohio, who was indicted on federal charges for allegedly shaving the beards and cutting the hair of community members, must pay for his own legal defense after making millions off an oil-and-gas deal, court documents show.
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Branding People as Hoarders
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, corruption, culture, education, ethics, family, freedoms, rights, society, interesting, humans )

Maria Ele
- 35 days ago - care2.com
I AM SICK OF THE NEW BRAND "ANIMAL HOARDER", IT'S PERFECT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE ANIMALS...I AM SICK OF LABELS...IT IS NONE OF ANYONE'S FNG BUSINESS HOW MANY OR WHAT KIND OF ANIMALS PEOPLE LIVE WITH
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Peru - Not For Sale: End Human Trafficking and Slavery
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, children, corruption, crime, culture, environment, ethics, family, health, rights, sadness, safety, slavery, society, trafficking, violence, women )

Rosemary
- 37 days ago - notforsalecampaign.org
In Peru, our Not For Sale representative and local abolitionist, Lucy, operates a safe house for women living on the streets of Lima. Named after a victim of sex trafficking who was found strangled in a hotel room, Veronica's House provides immediate....
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Indonesian Christians Plead for Freedom & Return of Confiscated Churches
Society & Culture  (tags: Indonesia, religious freedom, church seizure, Islamists, intolerance, Christianscorruption, government, religion, rights, law, freedoms, corruption, religion, rights, law, government )

Rob and J
- 38 days ago - maghrebchristians.com
They denounce the abuses and violations by dozens of Islamist groups, the manipulation of the law to their liking and the inertia of the state and institutions in granting religious freedom & stopping seizing of churches by Islamists.
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The Drug Policy Forum of Texas
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, corruption, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, family, freedoms, government, humans, health, law, police, politics, religion, rights, safety, society, violence )

Kit
- 45 days ago - dpft.org
Marijuana is much less dangerous than alcohol. [2] Marijuana is not a "gateway" that causes the use of any other drug. Making marijuana illegal may lead to the use of other drugs, the reverse of our intentions. [3]
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The Duplicity of the War on Drugs
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, corruption, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, freedoms, government, law, media, police, politics, religion, rights, safety, society, violence )

Kit
- 46 days ago - friendsoffreedom.com
The intent of this essay is to demonstrate that the War on Drugs [under the Reagan/Bush administrations] was America's first great psy-war campaign perpetrated against its own people and that such abuse of power is likely to happen again. (1990)
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When Racism Is The Law
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, Bigotry, children, corruption, crime, culture, death, dishonesty, education, environment, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, media, police, politics, Racism, religion, safety, society, violence, us )

Kit
- 51 days ago - socialistworker.org
Frederick Douglass wrote a century and a half ago, the rulers of the South maintained their power over "both the poor whites and the Blacks by putting enmity between them. They divided both to conquer each."
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Hoodie Politics: Trayvon Martin and Racist Violence in Post-Racial America
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, children, corruption, crime, culture, death, dishonesty, education, government, murder, police, politics, rights, society, violence )

Kit
- 53 days ago - truth-out.org
What is missing in this debate over the legalities of the case (as against questions of justice) is a hard look at the underlying economic, racial and political conditions that make such a senseless act of violence possible.
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In Lille, the Left Front
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, corruption, culture, dishonesty, elections, freedoms, France, government, Human rights, media, news, politics, society, world )

Kit
- 53 days ago - truth-out.org
After the retaking of the Bastille on 18 March by a mass of 120,000 people, the Left Front struck another blow on Tuesday evening. Some 23,000 people attended presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon's meeting in Lille . 15,000 inside the packed-out-->
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The Shocking Facts About Our Food System
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, children, corruption, culture, death, dishonesty, education, government, Farm Workers, health, law, media, politics, safety, society )

Kit
- 55 days ago - alternet.org
We hear of the sweatshops behind our computers, sneakers and other attire--yet the exploitation of farmworkers has become normalized.
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OUTRAGEOUS! PAKISTAN--Hindu Girls Targeted in Coerced Conversions
Society & Culture  (tags: world, society, religion, politics, crime, women, women's rights, religious warfare, safety, news, family, ethics, culture, children, corruption, violence, rights, law )

Cal
- 56 days ago - ipsnews.net
Hindus are just over one percent of the population of Pakistan of 180 million. The independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has noted a worrisome increase in kidnappings of Hindu girls who are then coerced to embrace Islam.
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Trayvon Martin: The 5 Key Unanswered Questions
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, children, child, corruption, crime, culture, death, dishonesty, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, media, news, police, politics, sadness, safety, society, violence )

Kit
- 57 days ago - alternet.org
It's been more than a month since Trayvon Martin was shot dead by George Zimmerman. (Get a full rundown of the facts of the case here.) Last night, ABC News released video footage of Zimmerman arriving at the police station. The video depicts a clean>
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