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Diversity Turning Red State Georgia Purple
Georgia’s Diverse Electorate Chipping Away at Republican Stranglehold on Power Georgia, long a fiery “red state,” is in the process of changing colors. And for Democrats, left-leaning pundits and...
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Angelou Out of Baseball Event because of Health
OWN NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou will not attend the 2014 MLB Beacon Awards Luncheon, where she will be honored. Major League Baseball cited “health reasons” Friday in saying the 86-year-old won’t...
View ArticleLSC President Sandman Appointed to D.C. Access to Justice Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has appointed Legal Services Corporation (LSC) President James J. Sandman to the D.C. Access to Justice Commission. Sandman will serve a...
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The Epidemic of Violence In Our Communities with Silky Slim
Arthur “Silky Slim” Reed used to be a gang leader. Today, he’s a motivational speaker and president of We Shoot First Films and founder of Stop the Killing, Inc., an organization dedicated to ending...
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Info in drone-strike memo would harm national security if released, US says...
The U.S. government, fearful of a national security breach, is seeking to redact more information before releasing a document laying out its legal reasoning for drone killings of Americans overseas who...
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ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to...
Life in a women's prison definitely has its downside in a popular Netflix show, Orange is the New Black. But the reality is much worse, contend advocates for prison reform. Using the show as a...
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ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to...
Life in a women’s prison definitely has its downside in a popular Netflix show, Orange is the New Black. But the reality is much worse, contend advocates for prison reform. Using the show as a...
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Massachusetts SWAT teams claim immunity from open records laws
Some Massachusetts police departments belong to regional law enforcement councils that claim to be private corporations not subject to the state’s open records law, according to the American Civil...
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PRICE v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF CHICAGO
Williette PRICE, on behalf of herself and all persons similarly situated, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF CHICAGO and Barbara Byrd–Bennett, in her official capacity,...
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Civil rights group sues Philly DA, says illegal civil forfeiture ‘machine’...
In a class action lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Philadelphia, a civil rights group accuses city officials, including the district attorney, of operating an illegal civil forfeiture "machine"...
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