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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
- 3 hours 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
- 6 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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Former Stock Clerk Arrested Over Death of Etan Patz
Society & Culture  (tags: children, society, death, Etan Patz, freedoms, law, police, sadness )

Cal
- 1 day ago - cnn.com
Pedro Hernandez, a former Manhattan stock clerk who once lived in the same neighborhood as Etan Patz, was arrested Thursday in connection with his murder, more than three decades after the 6-year-old went missing.
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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
- 5 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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School Officials' Facebook Rummaging Prompts Mom's Privacy Crusade
Society & Culture  (tags: education, children, crime, internet, society, politics, news, interesting, law, safety, rights )

Cal
- 7 days ago - redtape.msnbc.msn.com
A mother who says her middle-school daughter was forced to let school officials browse the 13-year-old girl's private Facebook page is speaking out against the practice because, she says, "other parents are scared to talk about it."
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ACTIVISM: PNG Gas Project Fuels Discontent
Society & Culture  (tags: world, culture, society, politics, environment, children, activists, police, law, government, freedoms )

Cal
- 9 days ago - greenleft.org.au
When locals blocked earthmoving equipment in protest, officials threatened to withhold 10 million kina (nearly A$5 million) in disaster response fundingThe government announced on April 2 that soldiers would be sent to Hela and Porgera in neighbouring Eng
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Bring Criminals on Native American Reservations to Justice
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, crime on reservations, justice, politics, safety, society, ethics, culture, americans, law, government, freedoms )

Cal
- 14 days ago - forcechange.com
Urge the United States Department of Justice to take action in criminal cases that occur within Native American communities.
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Cops to Be Tried in Alleged Fatal Beating of Homeless Man Caught on Video
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, death, ethics, humans, law )

Phyllis
- 15 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Two Fullerton, Calif., police officers will be tried in the death of a mentally ill homeless man whose apparent beating by police was captured on video, a judge ruled today.
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Human Rights---Video Song   video
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, child, children, culture, education, ethics, family, freedoms, GoodNews, goodnews, government, health, humans, interesting, law, media, news, police, politics, religion, rights, sadness, society, usa, violence, women, world )

Kenneth
- 18 days ago - youtube.com
Human Rights are simply the rights you have because you're human. There are 30 of them and they are in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Too few people know they even exist. They're for you and ALL people.
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America's Top Prison Corporation: A Study in Predatory Capitalism and Cronyism
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, family, freedoms, government, law, media, police, politics, rights, society, violence )

Kit
- 22 days ago - truth-out.org
Last week I wrote about the private prison company The GEO Group and how allowing private businesses to operate prisons can affect our justice system, our laws and the fate of our prison population.
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Tell House Democrats: Draw a Line in the Sand on Social Security and Medicare Cuts! TAKE ACTION!.
Society & Culture  (tags: Social Security, Medicare, society, government, politics, obama, republicans, healthcare, healthcare, ethics, congress, americans, interesting, law )

Robert
- 22 days ago - act.credoaction.com
One crucial way to reverse President Obama's preemptive caving is to get Democrats on the record saying they simply won't vote for a deal with these cuts.
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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
- 24 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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The Perils of Being LGBT in Italy
Society & Culture  (tags: gayrights, culture, world, society, politics, Italy, violence, safety, law, government, ethics, family )

Cal
- 29 days ago - www2.macleans.ca
Where the closets are crowded with a lot more than Prada and Gucci
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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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Bill Ayers on the Coming Revolution (Videos)
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, americans, culture, education, freedoms, government, law, media, police, politics, religion, rights, society, women )

Kit
- 41 days ago - truth-out.org
I'd interviewed Bill Ayers many times over several years, mostly about public education policy and school and classroom reform. As the Arab Spring uprisings were gaining momentum, -->
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