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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
Bill of Rights

California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives

H. Scott Prosterman

Efforts to legally declare any criticism of Israeli policy to be sanctionable anti-Semitism have reached a crisis point

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

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How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

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Egypt
Egypt: Sisi Celebrations marred by mob sexual assault in Tahrir Square

Egypt: Sisi Celebrations marred by mob sexual assault in Tahrir Square

CAIRO — Egypt’s police arrested half a dozen men for sexually assaulting women during celebrations for the inauguration of Egypt’s newly-elected president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, as public outrage mounted over an online video appearing to show a sexually…

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Crime
Top 3 White Terrorist Attacks in America this Week

Top 3 White Terrorist Attacks in America this Week

By Juan Cole Our capitalist class may be becoming an absolute danger to ordinary Americans. By promoting a doctrine of absolute right to gun ownership […]

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Constitution
That time when White Terrorists Ambushed Nevada Police after Fox Supported Bundy Gunmen Threatening Law Enforcement

That time when White Terrorists Ambushed Nevada Police after Fox Supported Bundy Gunmen Threatening Law Enforcement

They shouted, “This is a revolution!” ABC News: “Deadly Shooting Spree in Las Vegas” Related posts: Fox News asks Rand Paul if Reid is right […]

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Christianity
Pope Francis hosts Israeli, Palestinian Leaders as "Brothers"

Pope Francis hosts Israeli, Palestinian Leaders as “Brothers”

Deborah Lutterbeck reports: “Pope Francis, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attend a peace prayer meeting in “neutral” Vatican gardens.” Reuters: “Pope […]

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Iraq
Iraq: 450,000 have fled al-Anbar as Gov't Deploys Militias against al-Qaeda

Iraq: 450,000 have fled al-Anbar as Gov’t Deploys Militias against al-Qaeda

Euronews reports: “Security slips further in Iraq as car bombs hit Baghdad” Ahmad Hadi gives the background at Niqash.org Members of an extremist Shiite Muslim […]

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Barack Obama
Student Debt: Blame Law-Makers, Tax-Shirking Rich, War on Drugs, not Universities

Student Debt: Blame Law-Makers, Tax-Shirking Rich, War on Drugs, not Universities

By Juan Cole In honor of President Obama’s support for Senator Elizabeth Warren’s bill to address the student debt crisis by offering students with older […]

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Afghanistan
Dear Sen. McCain:  No, the Taliban Prisoners didn’t Carry out 9/11; but you Supported Muslim Radicals

Dear Sen. McCain: No, the Taliban Prisoners didn’t Carry out 9/11; but you Supported Muslim Radicals

By Juan Cole Sen. John McCain on Sunday maintained that President Obama, in releasing the five officials who had served in the Islamic Emirate of […]

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Constitution
5 Falsehoods Defenders of NSA keep Repeating that Destroy their Credibility

5 Falsehoods Defenders of NSA keep Repeating that Destroy their Credibility

By Cindy Cohn and Nadia Kayyali Over the past year, as the Snowden revelations have rolled out, the government and its apologists have developed a […]

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Economy
Despite dire predictions, Denver crime falls over 10 percent in wake of pot legalization

Despite dire predictions, Denver crime falls over 10 percent in wake of pot legalization

Despite dire predictions by anti-marijuana activists, overall crime rates in the city of Denver are down more than five months after legal marijuana sales began in the Rocky Mountain state. According to the Denver Department of Public Safety, rates…

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