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Marissa Alexander Released On Bail
By Kirsten West Savali Around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday night, Marissa Alexander was granted a pretrial release with special conditions, according to the Duval County Clerk of Court. First Coast News reports the conditions of Alexander’s release below: • Remain under … Continue reading
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Tagged Bail, domestic violence, Duval County, Florida, Marissa Alexander, stand your ground
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Could privacy-protecting software become a new Internet standard?
By MIT Technology Review Following NSA surveillance revelations, talks advance on making the privacy-protecting tool Tor an Internet standard. The Internet’s main engineers have asked the architects of Tor—networking software designed to make Web browsing private—to consider turning the technology … Continue reading
Pizza Hut Manager Fired For Refusing To Open On Thanksgiving
By Rebecca Leber A Pizza Hut manager in Indiana says he was fired because he refused to open on Thanksgiving Day. Tony Rohr, an employee of more than 10 years, told his managers that Pizza Hut could “be company that stands … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Friday, Christmas, day off, low wages, Pizza Hut, Thanksgiving, United States, vacation
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The Governments Secret Plan to Shut Off Cellphones and the Internet, Explained
By Dana Liebelson Update: The Electronic Privacy Information Center reports that the court just granted the government more time to decide whether to release the kill switch plan. It now has until January 13. This month, the United States District … Continue reading
Pope Francis calls unfettered capitalism ‘tyranny’ and urges rich to share wealth
Pope Francis has attacked unfettered capitalism as “a new tyranny”, urging global leaders to fight poverty and growing inequality in the first major work he has authored alone as pontiff. The 84-page document, known as an apostolic exhortation, amounted to … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, Catholic Church, Catholicism, faith, inequality, Pope Francis, poverty, religion
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Tagged crime, mass shootings, race, United States, violence
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Colorado Legislator Brings Chicken To Poverty Hearing After Colleague’s Racist Chicken Comments
By Josh Israel Two weeks after Colorado State Senator Vicki Marble (R) came under fire for racially charged comments suggesting that the reason for poverty among certain minority groups was that they eat too much chicken and barbecue, a second … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, Colorado, Colorado Senate, Lori Saine, racism, United States, Vicki Marble
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Wealthiest Americans Take Home Biggest Share Of Income Ever Recorded
By Bryce Covert The top ten percent of earners in the United States took home more than 50 percent of all income in 2012, the highest amount ever recorded since data was first collected in 1917, according to an updated … Continue reading
5 Acts of Terror By the People We Chose to Protect Us
By Paul Bucheit Every clear-thinking American knows that education and jobs are needed more than armed guards in poor neighborhoods. But average Americans are led to believe in a terrorist threat that may or may not exist, and that in any … Continue reading
9/11: What Didn’t Change
By David Corn It changed everything. That’s the mantra that emerged from the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001. In certain areas of our collective lives, it was an accurate description. Security concerns increased. The United States went to war … Continue reading
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