All Views Articles for 2013-07-14
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Christopher Brauchli Secrets Exposed: How the NSA Rubber-Stamps Warrentless Spying If we are to regard ourselves as a grown-up nation—and anything else will henceforth be mortally dangerous—then we must, as the Biblical phrase goes, put away childish things; and among these... the... Read more |
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Jelani Cobb George Zimmerman, Not Guilty: Blood on the Leaves The not-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial came down moments after I left a screening of “Fruitvale Station,” a film about the police-shooting death of Oscar Grant four years ago in Oakland... Read more |
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César Chelala It is Criminal to Execute the Mentally Disabled The planned execution on July 15 of Georgia prisoner Warren Hill—who has been diagnosed as ‘mentally disabled’—is a gross violation of U.S. federal laws and specifically of the 8th amendment that... Read more |
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Adwoa Masozi The Sham Debate over Detention Read more |
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John Nichols NAACP Seeks DOJ Intervention in Martin Case, Targets 'Stand Your Ground' Laws “We are not done demanding justice for Trayvon Martin.” Read more |
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Aura Bogado White Supremacy Acquits George Zimmerman A jury has found George Zimmerman not guilty of all charges in connection to death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. But while the verdict came as a surprise to some people, it makes perfect sense to... Read more |