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Catholics Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of Social Justice Mission

First they threatened to take down health-care reform over abortion coverage. Now they're threatening services to the sick and… more

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America’s Real Death Panels

Jurors in capital cases must pledge support for the death penalty.

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No Such Thing as a Free Putsch

Lies, violence and the fight for freedom in Honduras.

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Sold to the United States for Cash

In May, President Barack Obama began floating the idea that his administration might seek the power to "preventatively detain"… more

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Live Free, Die Free

The Final Exit Network, a right-to-die organization, battles government euthanasia accusations.

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Freedom from Fear

Those of us living in the Rocky Mountain region are steeped in America's famous gun culture--and we therefore know… more

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Same-Sex Marriage in the Heartland

Iowa becomes the first state in the Midwest to extend the right to marry to gays and lesbians.

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Road Tripping Through Whitopia

Rich Benjamin set out to write about race‚ and wrote about class instead.

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Will Holder Hold Cops Accountable?

Eric Holder, the first African-American attorney general, takes over a Department of Justice (DOJ) that has been AWOL in… more

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Contemplating King’s Legacy

Unlike every other American holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day has ideas of peace and social justice at its… more

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Why Is Yazan Sawalha in Prison?

Israel has detained the son of a prominent Palestinian peace activist, and refuses to say why.

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Hanging Hate

Backlash against the Jena Six case sparks an epidemic of public nooses

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Third Time’s the Charm?

The military didn't even bother to retain most of the documents from the Combatant Status Review Tribunals conducted in 2004, so the government has no documents showing any reason for holding these men

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El Salvadors Patriot Act

Last year the government adopted a "Special Law Against Acts of Terrorism," which gives police and judges leeway to clear the streets of demonstrators and imposes mandatory sentences of 60 years for what was once considered a freedom of expression

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Justice for Some

Restrictions on federal grants starve the poor of much-needed legal representation.

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Jena and the Post-Civil Rights Fallacy

Around the country, black males face a criminal justice system that incarcerates them more than eight times the rate of whites

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A Mother’s March For Justice

Jena Six mother Tina Jones talks about clearing the reputation of her son Bryant Purvis

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Inside the Secret Facility

In an Orwellian twist, the U.S. government monitors all correspondence between a Guantánamo attorney and her client

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An Unholy Alliance

Across the Deep South, religion, culture and politics collide to make 'abortion' a dirty word.

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Funding Indonesia’s Abusive Military

Despite numerous human rights abuses, the United States continues to pump money into the Indonesian military under the guise of the war on terror

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Gitmo’s Last Honest Man

Abraham found that "evidence" was generally gathered by inexperienced staff with little legal or intelligence training, and he got no assurance that he was given access to all available evidence on a detainee

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The Drug War’s Collateral Damage

Those victimized by a crackdown on marijuana since the early '90s can be denied everything from food stamps to voting rights to the right to adopt a child

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Despite Raids, IDs For All

New Haven takes the lead in recognizing undocumented immigrants' rights to carry identification

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Torture By Another Name

The origins of "enhanced interrogation techniques" can be traced to the German Gestapo

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Locking Attorneys out of Guantánamo

Government launches war against habeas counsel under claim that lawyers are "acting as a conduit for the media"

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Defining Hate in the United States

Despite widespread public support, hate crime law across the country remains inconsistent and the crimes often go unpunished.

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In Defense of a Free Press

Journalist Sarah Olson talks about her defiance in the face of a subpoena by the Army, the rights of U.S. journalists and what the wider context is of the Army's court martial of First Lt. Ehren Watada

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Inside America’s Gulag

A Guantánamo lawyer reports from a parallel legal universe

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Kiko Martinez: Watch Listed for Life

Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Francisco "Kiko" Martinez, a Colorado civil rights attorney and long-time Chicano activist, was flying… more

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Diary of a Guantánamo Attorney

I fell into the world of Guantánamo in October 2005. The Chicago Council of Lawyers had organized a luncheon… more

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Rebiya Kadeer: The Uighur Dalai Lama

Falsely imprisoned, this human rights activist is fighting the Chinese government's right to rule her people.

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Corporal Punishments Hidden Costs

Corporal punishment of children linked to later interpersonal violence.

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