GVSU student, Derek Copp, shot in chest by police for smoking marijuana: Executing children for the War on Drugs
by chycho Derek Copp, a 20-year-old student at Grand Valley State University was shot in the chest by police in a marijuana raid. Apartment neighbors of Grand Valley State University student Derek Copp say they cannot fathom what prompted police to… more »
The Painful Cost of Breed Standards: Mutilation Vs. Cosmetics
by Walter Brasch Legislatures in Pennsylvania and Illinois are considering bills that would reduce or eliminate what animal welfare advocates call mutilations, and what breeders and American Kennel Club (AKC) call “breed standards.” Because dogs are… more »
For whom the bell tolls
Arun Shrivastava CMC 1. Introduction The joint stock East India Company [EIC] ruled India from about 1770 to 1857, about 87 years. During those nine decades the eight millennia old farming tradition was uprooted and subjected to colonial rapacity. A… more »
Treatment of Imprisoned Muslims at Terre Haute's Communications Management Unit CMU
Stephen Lendman In February 2007, it was learned that Washington had a secret new facility for so-called "high-security risk" Muslim and Middle Eastern prisoners in violation of federal law that prohibits severely limiting or cutting them off entirely… more »
Durban II: Politicizing Racism
Ramzy Baroud Many countries are set to participate in the Conference against Racism, scheduled to be held in Geneva, April 20-25. But the highly touted international meeting is already marred with disagreement after Israel, the United States and other… more »
NYCLU Announces Findings about Statewide Impact of Rockefeller Drug Laws
from Jennifer Carnig The New York Civil Liberties released a detailed report illustrating the disastrous effects the Rockefeller Drug Laws have inflicted on New York State. The report analyzes the drug laws’ economic and social impact on the entire… more »
Boehner Demagogues the Failing Economy
Len Hart The GOP's most influential mouthpiece --John Boehner --has said that now is the time that the US government 'tighten' its belt' to show the people that the government 'gets it'. Boehner doesn't get it! And neither does his stupid party! The US… more »
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