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This Company Can Find Stolen Smartphones (If Only AT&T, Verizon And Sprint Will Let It)
By Gerry Smith When Lawrence Flynn’s smartphone was stolen in Atlanta in July, he assumed it was gone for good. Weeks went by. Police had no leads. “I had given up hope,” he said. But an investigator at Absolute Software … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolute Software, AT&T, Dominican Republic, lost phone, smartphone, Sprint, technology, Verizon Communications
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Mandela and the Question of Violence
By Ta-Nehisi Coates I was right to be wrong, while you and your kind were wrong to be right. —Pierre Courtade I have the misfortune of being near the end of Tony Judt’s Postwar at a moment when of the great … Continue reading
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Tagged George Washington, humanism, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, United States
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Fox News Anchor: Santa Is White and Jesus Was, Too
By Stephen A. Crockett Jr. Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly isn’t comfortable with the idea of a black Santa and wants to make a few things clear, especially to kids: Santa Claus is white and so was Jesus. The anchor, … Continue reading
A Newtown Moms Reflections On Love And Loss One Year Later
By Alissa Parker Last week, I received a frantic phone call from Robbies brother, James, who was looking for his wife, Natalie. James and Natalie moved to Connecticut two months after our family did and have been our solid rock … Continue reading
In Newtown, memorials are gone but reminders are everywhere
By Lee Higgins Just two weeks after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December, the elaborate memorials that drew hundreds of mourners from around the country came down. Gone were the 26 Christmas trees — one for each … Continue reading
Miami Gardens Police Chief Resigns After NAACP Outcry Over Racial Profiling, Bullying
By Allie Conti Just two days after the NAACP said that the Miami Gardens Police Department may be committing “the most pervasive, most invasive, and most unjustified pattern of police harassment in the nation,” the city’s police chief has resigned. … Continue reading
More Than Half of Americans Now Have Tougher Gun Laws
By Mark Follman An unthinkable massacre ignites an intense national debate. Then, Congress does nothing. The powerful gun lobby wins again. End of story. So went the popular narrative last spring with the collapse of gun control legislation on Capitol … Continue reading
Jobs That Pay Less Than $15 An Hour Are Replacing Higher Wage Work
By Bryce Covert A growing share of the country’s jobs pay less than $15 an hour, replacing higher wage jobs, according to a new report from the Alliance for a Just Society. The number of jobs in occupations that pay … Continue reading
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We Are This Close to Losing Our Democracy to the Mercenary Class
By Bill Moyers I met Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1987 when I was creating a series for public television called In Search of the Constitution, celebrating the bicentennial of our founding document. By then, he had served on … Continue reading →