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Saving a Public Park
Benton Harbor citizens fight to stop Whirlpool's luxury golf course
Paul Street
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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
Jacob Wheeler
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Lobbying for Cancer
Corporations are co-opting the federal Data Quality Act to paralyze scientists with frivolous allegations of inaccuracy, driving a stealth assault on public-health research
Michelle Chen
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Transgendered Behind Bars
A recent study by the San Francisco-based Transgender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project on rape in California prisons found that 59 percent of transgender people reported being sexually assaulted in prison in 2006, compared to 4 percent of the general prison population
Lewis Wallace
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Harassment Unchecked at Army Hotel
Sexual abuse and rape in military culture--and a lack of action by military authorities--are long-standing problems, brought to light with the Tailhook scandal in 1991
Kari Lydersen
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FCC Rocks Chicago, Chicago Rocks Back
At the recent FCC hearing in the Windy City, citizens came out in droves to voice their displeasure over the media landscape
Jessica Pupovac
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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
Ben Terrall
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Ehud Barak’s Second Coming
In Israel's current political atmosphere, the onetime dove returns dressed in a hawk's feathers
Ralph Seliger
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AFRICOM: Round One in a New Cold War?
Two dozen military bases in Africa will help the United States compete for influence with China in the otherwise forgotten continent
Christopher Moraff
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The Crime Against Debbie Almontaser
Even Bloomberg now admits that the victim of the New York "Intifada" t-shirt hysteria is no terrorist
Robert Hirschfield
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Why Iraq is Getting Worse
A new civil war between Shiites erupts within the old civil war between Sunnis and Shiites
David Enders
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Restoring Classroom Justice
Restorative justice in schools has picked up steam in response to "zero tolerance" policies, which lead to "schoolhouse-to-jailhouse tracking"
Lewis Wallace
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The Promise of Low Power FM
The voices aired on low-power stations include evangelists, social critics, tomato pickers and indie rockers--all linked by the credo that radio should reflect the heterogeneity of the communities it serves
Michelle Chen
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Universal Health Care for Wisconsin?
In late June, the Wisconsin state senate ratified "Healthy Wisconsin," a plan that is "the boldest and most comprehensive health care reform from any state," according to the Progressive States Network
David Moberg
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No Match? No Mas!
The Department of Homeland Security is trying to force employers to either fire workers whose names and Social Security numbers don't match. Widespread job loss often results when the government dons its immigration-enforcement blinders
Mischa Gaus
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Sins of Omission
As the FAA seeks to expand air travel, is it giving concerns about aviation's effects on climate change the attention they deserve?
Megan Tady
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Civil War by Other Means
Rigoberta Menchú's presidental bid could turn the page on Guatemala's bloody past
Jacob Wheeler
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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
Silja J.A. Talvi
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Despite Raids, IDs For All
New Haven takes the lead in recognizing undocumented immigrants' rights to carry identification
Melinda Tuhus
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Mainers Give Grads Debt Relief
Their state's economy at a crossroads, politicians embrace Opportunity Maine, which eases the financial burden of going to college
Adam Doster
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Iraqi Unions Fight the New Oil Law
"Written in the United States," the law would permit joint ownership of many Iraqi oil fields by foreign companies
David Moberg
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The Not-So Superfund
Congress lets fund to hold companies responsible for cleaning up their pollution run dry
Chelsea Ross
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The Plight of New Orleans Workers
Hands hired to clean up the Big Easy have been subjected to wage theft, exposure to dangerous substances, layoffs, tough discipline and discrimination
Rachel Metz
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Militarizing Mexico’s Drug War
More than 1,000 police officers, soldiers and members of enemy cartels have been killed this year as President Calderon has turned up the heat
John Gibler
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