All Views Articles for 2014-11-29
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Lynette Holloway NAACP Marchers to Trek 120 Miles From Ferguson to Mo. State Capital The seven-day march, which is to begin at 12 p.m. Central time Saturday, is an effort to draw attention to problems in the nation’s criminal justice system. Read more |
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Robert Shetterly Myths of Accountability and the Death of Michael Brown "The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free." —Henry David Thoreau I remember the hilarity of popping birthday balloons when I was a kid—that tiny, anxious hiatus... Read more |
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Robert Reich Patrolling the Boundaries Inside America America is embroiled in an immigration debate that goes far beyond President Obama’s executive order on undocumented immigrants. It goes to the heart of who “we” are. And it’s roiling communities... Read more |
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Hilal Elver What Comes After Ebola: Hunger West Africa is on the brink of a major food crisis as a result of the Ebola outbreak. Read more |
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Leigh Phillips Democracy Is the Solution Democracy isn’t a barrier to solving global issues like climate change. It’s humanity’s best hope. Read more |
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John Atcheson Backing Hillary in 2016: Bad for Progressives and Bad Politics, Too A closer look at the 2014 mid-term elections shows why the “inevitability” of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential candidate is not only ethically questionable, it’s bad politics as well... Read more |
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Kevin Gosztola UN Committee Against Torture Calls Out Chicago Police for Brutality, ‘Excessive Use of Force’ The United Nations Committee Against Torture released its report on the United States and its compliance with the Convention Against Torture. Remarkably, the committee indicated it was particularly... Read more |