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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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Protesters March Through Chicago to NATO Summit
Society & Culture  (tags: u.s., americans, freedoms, ethics, government, news, politics, activists, culture, GoodNews, interesting, police, rights, society )

John
- 5 days ago - windstream.net
Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday in one of the city's largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other complaints as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit.
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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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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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Six-Year-Old Girl Handcuffed and Arrested for Throwing Tantrum at Georgia Elementary School
Society & Culture  (tags: 6 year old girl arrested and handcuffed, children handcuffed, Children's Hope and Voice, child advocacy, child, children, girl, temper tantrum, rage, police, school, GA )

Tonya
- 35 days ago - cbsnews.com
(CBS/WMAZ) MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - A 6-year-old elementary school student was handcuffed and arrested Friday after she allegedly threw a tantrum in class.
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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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Anonymous Announces OpCannabis, Phase 1
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, humans, law, media, news, police, politics, religion, rights, safety, society, violence )

Kit
- 45 days ago - tokeofthetown.com
The online activist organization Anonymous has begun Phase 1 of OpCannabis, its effort to educate the public and work on behalf of cannabis legalization worldwide.
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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
- 46 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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JUSTICE IN NEW ORLEANS: Officers Receive Long Sentences in Katrina Shootings
Society & Culture  (tags: politics, rights, poliice shootings int he aftermath of Ka, violence, society, government, police, law, dishonesty, americans, usa, interesting )

Cal
- 51 days ago - csmonitor.com
A federal judge sentenced four officers to 35 to 60 years in prison, while expressing frustration that other officers received light sentences under negotiated pleas.
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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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ACTIVISM: Students Angry Over Pricey Courses Pepper-Sprayed
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, education, culture, children, law, government, freedoms, rights, usa, society, police, ethics )

Cal
- 52 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Campus police pepper-sprayed as many as 30 demonstrators after Santa Monica College students angry over a plan to offer high-priced courses tried to push their way into a trustees meeting, authorities said
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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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Police Tracking of Cell Phones May Be Coming to a Phone Near You
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, freedoms, government, law, police, politics, rights, society )

Kit
- 54 days ago - truth-out.org
Law enforcement tracking of cellphones, once the province mainly of federal agents, has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for local police officials, with hundreds of departments, large and small, often using it aggressively-->
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