Injustice

The Great Populist Wave

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Populist Wave, Populism, Military Families, Voter Mobilization, National Front, Liberals, France, Buying Legislation, Shared Prosperity, Progressives, Shared Sacrifice, Hispanics, Inequities, Injustice, Financial Felons, Voter Registration, Jesus, Job Destruction, Buying Elections, Cheating, Medicare, Fairness, Britain, Voter Suppression, Bank of America, Homeowners, Democracy, Democrats, Voter Turnout, Wells Fargo, Austerity, Stealing Elections, Fraud, Abraham Lincoln, Patriotism, Human Rights, Voter Rights, Elites, Insurers, Consumers, John Kennedy, China, Chen Guangcheng, Republicans, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

At this moment, in our land, it is time for the true champions of the 99 percent to launch the largest voter registration, mobilization and turnout campaign in the history of freedom.

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Oppression, Injustice, and Violence: Let's Stop Changing the Subject

Rev. Cody J. Sanders | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Violence, LGBT Rights, Religion and Politics, Injustice, Hate Crime, Oppression, Trayvon Martin, Politics News
Rev. Cody J. Sanders

Up close, the tightly woven fabric of oppression may exhibit unique features from swath to swath, but a step back will reveal the thematic semblance interwoven throughout.

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A License to Steal: The Perils of Questionable Legal Representation

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Attorneys, Law, Lawyers, Dumb Crime, Crime, American Dream, Justice, Injustice, American Bar Association, Crime News
Anthony Papa

Cases like mine give the profession of lawyering a black eye. Individuals need to be careful when choosing a lawyer.

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Top 7 Reasons Why You Should Invest in Private Prison!

Ari Hart | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Investing, Social Justice, Money, Prison, Injustice, Crime News
Ari Hart

Dear readers, do I have a hot stock opportunity for you. Why invest in boring stocks like Exxon, McDonalds, or Lockheed Martin when you could invest ...

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Why Draconian Alimony Laws Are On Their Way Out

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Florida Alimony Reform, Alimony, New Jersey Alimony Reform, USA Today, Divorce, Injustice, Divorce News
Elizabeth Benedict

In both Florida and New Jersey -- and formerly Massachusetts -- the default position is lifetime permanent alimony, which means the higher earner pays the lower earner even if both are working full-time and making good money, until death.

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Derrick Bell: Changing the Odds for Others

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Derrick-Bell-Death, Remembering-Derrick-Bell, Derrick Bell, Derrick Bell Death, Advocate, Remembering Derrick Bell, Advocacy, Civil Justice, Activist, Law, University of Southern California, Education and Welfare, Lawyer, Harvard, Race, Injustice, School Desegregation, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, Thurgood Marshall, Racism and American Law, Naacp, Racial Justice, Office for Civil Rights, University of Oregon, University of Pittsburgh, Race and Law, Legal Defense Fund, Harvard University, Oregon Law School, U.S. Department of Health, Racial Inequality, Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism, New York University, Inequality, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Throughout his storied career as a lawyer, law professor, and legal scholar until his death last October at age 80, Derrick Bell was well-known for his willingness to stand up and speak out about the injustices he saw around him, even when it cost him his own positions.

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Who Is Really Occupying Your Plate?

Nil Zacharias | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Speciesism, Social Justice, Environmental Justice, Animal Rights, Carnism, Oppression, Eating Animals, Vegan, Occupy Wall Street, Environment, Injustice, Vegetarian, Green News
Nil Zacharias

Eating animals is a practice that shapes and is shaped by the same mentality that enables other oppressions that we accuse governments and big corporations of.

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Why I Am Against Justice

Scott Cairns | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Mercy, Justice or Mercy, Justice and Mercy, Divine Justice, Against Justice, Christianity, Divine Mercy, Justice, Injustice, Religion News
Scott Cairns

Justice is, without question, a laudable goal whenever and wherever injustice abounds, but I'm fairly certain that our love for justice is wrong when it eclipses mercy.

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The Debt Ceiling Deal Disaster

Brent Budowsky | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Economy, Wealth Disparity, Jobless, 1937 Mistake, Democrats, Deficit Cutting, Surrender, Injustice, Debt Ceiling, Debt Ceiling Crisis, Deficit, National Debt, Barack Obama, John Boehner, Economic Terrorism, Tea Party, Job Creation, Inequality, Debt Ceiling Deal, Satan's Sandwich, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

Congratulations to the Tea Party for a great victory. Congratulations to President Obama and Democrats for another brilliantly executed surrender. Condolences to the jobless whose plight will become even worse after this deal.

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Radley Balko

Myths Of The Criminal Justice System

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Law, Double-Jeopardy, Death Row, Death Row Exoneration, Crime, Wrongful Conviction, Sentencing, Criminal Justice, Injustice, Philadelphia Police, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Crime News

Note: In conjunction with the launch of HuffPost's Crime vertical, senior writer and criminal justice reporter Radley Balko looks at several myths and...

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Tainted Evidence from Nassau County Crime Lab May Be Nightmare for DA Rice

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, Andrew Cuomo, New York News, New York Attorney General, Injustice, Nassau County, Kathleen Rice, New York News
Anthony Papa

Will DA Rice pursue justice for dozens, hundreds, perhaps thousands of people who may be wrongfully incarcerated? Can Nassau County afford retrials?

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Lyrics of the Egyptian Revolution

Hani Almadhoun | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Egypt Revolution, Music, Egypt Riots, Injustice, World News
Hani Almadhoun

Now it's fashionable to sing praises for the revolution in Egypt, after all this is a winning revolution. A week ago most of these songs started comi...

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The F Word: Corruption and Inequality Begin at Home

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Corruption, West Virginia, Massey Energy, Class War, Judges, Massey, Economy, Crony Capitalism, Grit Tv, Coal, Injustice, Judicial, Laura Flanders, Don Blankenship, Glenn Greenwald, Grittv, Revolution, Inequality, Politics News
Laura Flanders

The U.S. media seems to have found a new language for the economy. There's been talk of "solidarity" and even "class war." The only problem? They're talking about Egypt.

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Scott Sisters Freed! Gov. Barbour Wants a Kidney for their Freedom

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wrongful Conviction, Theft, Pardons, Politics News, Gov. Haley Barbour, Racism, Gladys and Jamie Scott, Armed Robbery, Scott Sisters, The Supreme Court, Injustice, Crime, Mississippi, Clemency, Political News, Politics News
Anthony Papa

I wish the Scott Sisters the best in their regaining their freedom and hope they lead fruitful lives. And I pray that Governor Barbour does not use the freedom for organs tradeoff anymore in the future to save the state of Mississippi tax dollars.

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A Reality (and Sanity) Check for Progressives- Speech to Petaluma Progressive Festival

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: People Power, Cynicism, Progressives, Immigration, Obama, Power, Petaluma, Injustice, Beck, Gandhi, South Africa, Iran, Democratic System, Activism, Obedience, Revolution, Martin Luther King Jr., Quality of Democracy, Tea Party, Fox, Limbaugh, Civil Resistance, Philippines, Social Change, California, Strategy, Mlk, Propaganda, Chile, Democracy, Progressive Movement, Corporatism, Capitalism, Nonviolent Struggle, Democrats, Elections, Anger, Movement, Ahmadinejad, Palin, Civil Rights Movement, Progressivism, Nonviolent Action, Resistance, India, Satyagraha, Truth, Politics News
Cynthia Boaz

Transcript of my comments to the annual Progressive Festival in Petaluma, CA, September 26, 2010: First of all, thank you to the organizers of this e...

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Rebuttal to Josh Treviño on Anwar Ibrahim's Trial

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahathir Bin Mohamad, Josh Trevino, Umno, Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia, Democracy, Unfair-Trial, Accountability, Injustice, World News
Azeem Ibrahim

It is true that most Western media have not taken the accusations against Anwar Ibrahim too seriously. There are three good reasons for this.

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Cocaine Sentencing Injustice Slightly Lessened

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Freebase, President Obama, Congress, Obama, Sentencing, War on Drugs, Coke, Injustice, Barack Obama, Drug, Crack, Sentence, Richard Pryor, Mandatory Minimum, Five Year, Prison, Chris Weigant, Disparity, Powder, Jail, Drug War, Dealer, Cocaine, Politics News
Chris Weigant

In true incrementalist fashion, Democrats have now made things slightly less unfair, but fell far short of actual fairness. It's as if, right after the Civil War, Congress announced that black people would now count as four-fifths of a person.

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Great Blog Post But Bad Commenting Ecosystem

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pet Peeve, Facebook, Injustice, Tumblr, Initial Post, Blogs, Pros and Cons, Heart, Share Information, Social Networks, Blog, Disservice, Ecosystem, Dozens, Intense Debate, Mistake, Media News
Ramon Nuez

There is very little value in having a blog and creating exceptional content to then have a poor commenting system or worse no commenting system at all.

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The Companion by Lorcan Roche: Kindness and its Evil Twin

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kindness, Lorcan Roche, Books, Injustice, Illness, Books News
Nina Sankovitch

Lorcan Roche has written a truly original novel, and rooted as it is in the ancient tradition of storytelling as societal mirror and moral fable.

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Martin Luther King and War: When Truth Kills

Janet Kinosian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Injustice, Martin Luther King, Racial Injustice, Economic Injustice, Martin Luther King Beyond Vietnam Speech, Exploitation of the Poor, War, Violence, Beyond Vietnam, Riverside Church, The Gospel, Injustice, Inequality, Martin Luther King Assasination, Politics News
Janet Kinosian

2010-04-05-MLK.jpg When Martin Luther King was gunned down on April 4, 1968 many believe those shots were a direct result of his famed Riverside Church speech "Beyond Vietnam" given exactly one year prior.

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Pray Immigration Reform Into Passage

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, President, Leadership, Neighbor, Stories, Prophetic, Family, Children, Scripture, Prayers, Elections, Economy, Scriptures, Prayer Vigil, Immigration Reform Bill, Pray, March, Immigration, Immigrants, Commitment, Prophet, Prayer, Movement, Legislation, Injustice, Deportation, America, Immigrant, Testimonies, Members of Congress, Values, Religious Leader, Rally, Justice, Stranger, Faith, Leaders, Bipartisan Spirit, Jesus, Politics, Religious, Community, Congress, Faith Communities, Families, Migrants, Bipartisan, God, Democrats, Reform Legislation, Compassion, Children of God, Deportations, Streets, Immigration Reform, Faith Community, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Moral Imperative, Injustices, Republicans, Bipartisan Support, Politics News
Jim Wallis

If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we, the people of faith, will. It's time to stop playing politics with people's lives.

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Immigration Reform: Change Takes Courage and Faith

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

If our political leaders won't make room for the "strangers" among us, we will -- because Jesus commands us to do so.

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U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...

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Holder's Baby Step On Medical Marijuana

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2835, Necessity, Medical Necessity, President Obama, Glaucoma, Marijuana, Barney Frank, Dea, Doj, Raid, Oakland Cannabis Buyers Cooperative, Medical, Medical Marijuana, Obama, War on Drugs, Injustice, Drug, Eric Holder, California, Drug Enforcement Agency, Gonzales v Raich, Federal Prosecutor, Schedule I, Schedule, Ed Rosenthal, Marinol, Schedule II, Medical Use, US v Rosenthal, Drug War, Department of Justice, Justice, Federal Attorney, Oakland, Gag Rule, Federal, Attorney General, Necessity Defense, US v OCBC, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Holder, Controlled Substances Act, Ag, Cannabis, Chris Weigant, Ashcroft v Raich, hr2835, Drug Policy, Medical Necessity Defense, Raich, Ocbc, Rosenthal, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Obama's plan is good news for medical marijuana advocates, but although this is a historic shift in the War on Drugs, it does not go far enough because it does not resolve the illogic of the underlying legal issue.

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Celebrating Berlin While Enabling Israel's Apartheid Wall

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Apartheid, West Bank, Israel Wall, Middle East, Berlin, Angela Merkel, Israel, Berlin Wall, Injustice, Palestinians, Barack Obama, I, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall highlights both the inherent thirst for freedom and proclivity to hypocrisy ingrained in the human condition.

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