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Boston: 7 Foreign Muslims Caught Trespassing At Drinking Water Reservoir Late At Night
Society & Culture  (tags: Muslims, Drinking Water, Boston, Suspicious Behavior, crime, health, religion, safety, society, usa )

Rob and J
- 1 day ago - boston.cbslocal.com
'State Police say the five men and two women are from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore, and "cited their education and career interests" for being in the area.' But after midnight? Poisoning water has been threatened by Jihadists before.
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Sovereign Nations Walk Out of Meeting With U.S. State Department Unanimously Rejecting Keystone XL Pipeline
Society & Culture  (tags: First Nations, society, safety, environment, crime, culture, activists, family, freedoms, humans, politics, religion, rights, violence, world, sadness, government, corruption, abuse, news, murder, health, ethics, media, law, internet, usa, police, interes )

Roxie
- 21 hours ago - earthfirstnews.wordpress.com
To sanctify their solidarity with The Lubicon Lake First Nation of Canada, who are the traditional stewards of the land that 70% of the tar sands oil sit on, along with tribes across Canada and The United States, Chief Arvol Lookinghorse has called for a
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75 Years In Prison For Videotaping Police [Video]
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, culture, ethics, freedoms, government, law, rights, society, safety )

Kevin
- 1 day ago - disclose.tv
"Michael Allison faces 75 years in prison for five counts of recording law enforcement officials without their consent in Robinson, Illinois."
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End Slavery in the U.S. Tomato Industry By Walk Free.....PLEASE SIGN!!!!!
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, ethics, freedoms, americans, violence, abuse, dishonesty, corruption, human rights )

Isa
- 13 hours ago - thepetitionsite.com
Florida's tomato farms supply 50% of U.S. fresh tomatoes but are also called America's 'ground zero for slavery.' Countless workers are held against their will, threatened with violence and forced to haul hundreds of heavy tomato buckets a day for little
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Veto Anti-Islamic Bill - ForceChange
Society & Culture  (tags: ethics, freedom, law, religion, rights, usa )

Shaheen
- 10 hours ago - forcechange.com
After passing through the house and senate of the state legislature, the controversial Missouri Bill SB-267 is now a governor's signature away from going into effect. This bill is a tragic example of legislative cultural insensitivity,
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Petition - Give Students the Same Interest Rates on Loans as the Big Banks
Society & Culture  (tags: society, education, rights, news, ethics )

David
- 7 hours ago - petitions.moveon.org
Wall Street banks shouldn't be getting a better interest rate on their government loans than young people trying to go to college. Unlike the big banks, students don't have armies of lawyers. But they do have us. Let's do what's right and bank on students
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Is Killing a Fetus Murder? - John Andrew Welden Is Charged With the Murder of a Person Who Was Never Born
Society & Culture  (tags: ARIEL CASTRO, KERMIT GOSNELL, ABORTION, TRUE CRIME, JOHN ANTHONY WELDEN, LIFE NEWS )

David
- 6 hours ago - salon.com
"I was never going to do anything but go full term with it," she told reporters this week. "And he didn't want me to." -- It's an appalling tale, which will once again force us to ponder what constitutes a human life -- and when one has taken it...Guilty?
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Florida Teen Fights Expulsion and Criminal Charges for Same Sex Relationship
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, culture, freedoms, gayrights, politics, religion, ethics, intolerance, bigotry )

Mike
- 5 hours ago - examiner.com
Most high school seniors are excitedly preparing to put on their cap and gown and looking forward to the future right now. Kaitlyn Hunt, 18, is instead fighting bigotry and hoping she won't be forced to go to jail instead of college. Her crime? Dating...
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Jacksonville Dog Rescue Group Helping Canine Victims of 'Trunking' With Rehab (Photos)
Society & Culture  (tags: death, culture, crime, corruption, safety, violence, women, sadness, society, police, law, prevention, treatment, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, abused, animaladvocates, cruelty, death, dogs, endangered, killed, killing, suffering )

Kelly
- 6 hours ago - examiner.com
Please help these true victims if you can. If not please share with all you know. Thanx. On May 2, Miami-Dade County Animal Services rescued five adult dogs and four puppies in Goulds after a good Samaritan called authorities
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Chiefs Declare Keystone XL Consultation Meeting Invalid, Walk Out on State Department Officials
Society & Culture  (tags: Keystone XL, Native Americans, Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Associati, Rapid City, South Dakota, Treaty Rights, DOS, environment, culture )

Angelika
- 1 hour ago - indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
"On this historic day of May 16, 2013, ten sovereign Indigenous nations maintain that the proposed TransCanada/Keystone XL pipeline does not serve the national interest and in fact would be detrimental not only to the collected sovereigns but all future
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Canada: Aboriginal Leader Elijah Harper Dies
Society & Culture  (tags: anada, Cree, First Nations, Manitoba, Elijah Harper, NDP, MLA, MP, Meech Lake Accord, Newsmaker of the Year 1990, aboriginal leader )

Mike
- 1 day ago - winnipegfreepress.com
OTTAWA: Well-respected Manitoba aboriginal leader Elijah Harper has died. Harper was 64. He was the first Treaty Indian to be elected as a provincial politician. Photo: Tom Hanson,The Canadian Press
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Save Victim of Domestic Violence From Death Penalty - ForceChange
Society & Culture  (tags: Save, Chinese, woman, death penalty, killing, husband, abuse, abuse, corruption, crime, culture, death, dishonesty, education, environment, ethics, family, freedoms, government, humans, health, law, murder, news, politics, religion, rights, sadness, safety )

Laura
- 11 hours ago - forcechange.com
To save a Chinese woman from the death penalty after killing her husband in order to save herself from his abuse.
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A Penny a Pound, Plus Power: The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Changes History | NationofChange
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, americans, family, government, humans, law, news, rights, society, usa )

Elaine
- 5 hours ago - nationofchange.org
For most tomato pickers in the U.S., a bucket brings in 50 cents, a piece rate that has remained virtually unchanged for more than 30 years. Because the rate is set so low, a worker has to pick more than two and a quarter tons of tomatoes per day
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Activist Post: US Suspends Constitution in Permanent World War on Terror
Society & Culture  (tags: government, ethics, crime, corruption, congress, freedoms, rights )

Kevin
- 7 hours ago - activistpost.com
"First, the senate is debating an expansion of the already broad powers of the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) so the U.S. can essentially engage any area in the world in the war on terror, including America. Which brings us to the..."
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Giving White People The Illusion Of Darker Skin Makes Them Less Racist | Popular Science
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, humans, interesting, news, society, world )

Elaine
- 4 hours ago - popsci.com
"It comes down to a perceived similarity between white and dark skin," lead author Lara Maister of Royal Holloway University of London said in a press statement. "The illusion creates an overlap, which in turn helps to reduce negative attitudes because pa
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Army Sergeant Assigned to Sex-Abuse Prevention Being Investigated for Pimping, Sexual Assault
Society & Culture  (tags: mailitary, rape, women, violence, usa, safety, politics, police, crime, corruption, abuse, troops, cover-up, lies, society )

Anna
- 4 hours ago - usnews.nbcnews.com
By Courtney Kube and Jeff Black, NBC News Just a week after an Air Force lieutenant colonel working in its sexual-assault prevention office was arrested and accused of sexual battery, a second U.S. service member assigned to a military sexual assault
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