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New York's Juvenile Prisons Are a Crime

David A. Love | Posted 12.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Youth, Abuse, Child Abuse, Cradle to Prison Pipeline, Criminal Justice System, Prison, New York Times, Criminal Justice, Department of Justice, Juvenile Justice System, Sexual Abuse, Justice Department, New York, Children's Defense Fund, Juvenile Justice, Politics, New York News
David A. Love

If you can judge a society by the way it treats its children, then New York fails in a big way. In fact, the Empire State should be found guilty of child abuse and neglect.

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Yoga Breeds Compassion After Physical Abuse

elephant journal | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Pain, Stress, Yoga, Anger, Abuse, Trauma, Relationships, Violence, Meditation, Forgiveness, Compassion, Domestic Abuse, Physical Abuse, Living News

While on the mat, I thought of all the difficulties that life had dealt this man, my ex-husband, my abuser....

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Obama Small Business Plan Falls Short of Real Solutions

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, Small Business, Abuse, Hewlett-Packard, 3M Corporation, Boeing, asblLockheed Martin, General Dynamics, Staples, Barack Obama, Small Business Lending, Fraud, Northrop Grumman, AT&T, Booz Allen Hamilton, Loans, Xerox, Contracting, American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Today, President Barack Obama held a press conference in Landover, MD to announce the administration's plans for a, "New Small Business Lending Initia...

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When Parents Are Too Toxic To Tolerate

nytimes.com | RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D. | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Parent, Abuse, Abusive Parents, Parenting, Toxic, Toxic Parents, Wellness, Parents, Living News

You can divorce an abusive spouse. You can call it quits if your lover mistreats you. But what can you do if the source of your misery is your own par...

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Tyler Perry Gets It Right

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Tyler Perry Movies, Child Abuse, Rape, Madea, Domestic Violence, Tyler Perry, Abuse, Film, Entertainment News
Trish Kinney

His latest film is based on a subject that the filmmaker knows way too much about, based on his recent disclosure of severe childhood abuse.

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A Nobel Prayer

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, President Obama, Abuse, Henry Kissinger, Sacrifice, United States, Prophecy, Pray, Bill Kristol, Gandhi, Weapons, Rush Limbaugh, Commitment, Desmond Tutu, Presidency, Peace, Prayer, America, Foreign Policy, Muslim, Nelson Mandela, Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Prize, Conflict, Martin Luther King Jr., Military, New York Times, Worldview, Israeli, Politics News
Jim Wallis

The vitriol against Obama's peace prize and "those Norwegians" who gave it to him is much deeper than the president's lack of achievements thus far; it is based on a fundamental clash of worldviews.

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Congress To Keep Detainee Abuse Photos Hidden

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 10.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Aclu, Abuse, Detainee Photos, Afghanistan, Prisoner Abuse, Prisoners, Freedom of Information Act, Detainee Abuse, Iraq, Afghanistan War, Abu Ghraib, Detainees, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Congress is set to allow the Pentagon to keep new pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S. captors from the public, a mov...

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Drew Peterson's Stepdaughter Writing Book On Years Of Alleged Abuse

ABCNews | Sarah Netter and Santina Leuci | Posted 10.05.2009 | Books

Read More: Drew Peterson Books, Murder, Abuse, New Books, Drew Peterson, Books, Drew Peterson Stepdaughter, Books News

The stepdaughter of Drew Peterson said the years of alleged abuse at the hands of a man now accused of killing his third wife had made her realize tha...

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Joseph Christopher Rocha: Gay Sailor's Abuse To Be Reviewed By Navy

Youth Radio | Rachel Krantz | Posted 11.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Hate Crimes, Hazing, Abuse, K-9, Joseph Christopher Rocha, Navy Canine Unit, Bahrain, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay, Dadt, Youth Radio, Gay Rights, Gays in the Military, Military, Navy K-9 Unit, Navy Canine, Navy, US Navy, Sailor, Home News

After Youth Radio exposed a culture of hazing, including psychological and physical abuse, at a U.S. Navy canine unit in Bahrain, the nation's top Nav...

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The Curse of Domestic Violence: A Cycle of Abuse from Father to Son

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Abuse, Spousal Abuse, Economy, Economic Crisis, Violence, Drugs, Parenting, Dysfunctional Family, Murder, Pediatricians, Child Abuse, Health, Alcohol, Domestic Violence, Family, Santa Fe, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

How can boys raised in an abusive environment learn any differently? It is nice to say we have to show them or teach them by example, but what example can we use?

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Tyler Perry Does Good All By Himself

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 11.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Gospel Music, Abuse, Madea, Tyler Perry, Entertainment News
Jackie K. Cooper

The music, the story, the solid acting of all the cast make this a movie to remember.

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Serena vs. the Tiny Teller

Trish Kinney | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Abuse, Serena Williams, Tennis, Disassociation, US Open, Entertainment News
Trish Kinney

The instant power that is generated when someone "tells" never ceases to amaze me. The New York crowd stuck up for the tiny teller and the abuser loser left the court in shame, boos following her into the tunnel.

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12-Year-Old Girl Dies While Giving Birth In Yemen

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Girls, Child Bride, Women's Rights, Sexual Violence, Sexual Health, Islam, Yemen, Children's Rights, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Women's Health, Underage Marriage, Childhood, World News

SAN'A, Yemen — A 12-year-old Yemeni child-bride died after struggling for three days in labor to give birth, a local human rights organization s...

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Obama Administration Policies Will Divert Funds From Middle Class Economy

Chris Gunn | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Small, General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, 3m, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Small Busniess, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Rolls-Royce, Middle Class, Textron, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business, General Dynamics, Fraud, AT&T, Fortune 1000, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, British Aerospace (BAE), American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Chris Gunn

We project that by counting big businesses in the United States and Europe as small businesses the Obama Administration may be shortchanging middle class firms out of as much as $100 billion a year in contracts.

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Obama Officials Avoided Questions from Press on Misleading Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Small, General Electric, Raytheon, Fortune 500, 3m, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Small Busniess, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Rolls-Royce, Middle Class, Textron, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business, General Dynamics, Fraud, AT&T, Fortune 1000, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, British Aerospace (BAE), American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

According to information in the Federal Procurement Data System, eight of the top ten recipients of federal small business contracts were actually large businesses or divisions of large businesses.

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Obama Administration Policies Could Be Big Problem for Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Abuse, Prcurement, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Contracting, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The Obama Administration released the federal government's latest statistics on the volume of contracts awarded to small businesses. Small business owners were stunned, angered and disappointed.

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Obama Spouts Pro Small Business Rhetoric, But Gives Small Business Billions to Corporate Giants

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Raytheon, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, L-3 Communications, Gtsi, Abuse, Lockheed Martin, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing, Economy, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Asbl, Loopholes, General Dynamics, Staples, 3M Company, Fraud, AT&T, Northrop Grumman, Small Business Administration, Booz Allen Hamilton, Barack Obama, Office Depot, Xerox, American Small Business League, Dell Computer, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

When you look closely at Obama's policies towards small businesses you start to think its just a matter of time before he loads small business owners into crowded train cars headed for prison camps.

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Mainstream Media Should Expose Billions In Abuses In Government Small Business Contracting

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, Abuse, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Obama, Obama Administration, Sba, Contracting, American Small Business League, Politics News
Lloyd Chapman

For the ninth consecutive year, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has released fabricated and inflated data on the volume of federal contracts awarded to small businesses.

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Obama Administration Fabricates Small Business Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Abuse, Federal Government, Small Business Administration, Freedom of Information Act, Business News, Sba, Asbl, Contracting, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Under Obama, the same Fortune 500 firms that were allowed to receive small business contracts during the Bush Administration continue to receive federal small business contracts.

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SBA Goes to Federal Court of Appeals to Withhold Phone Records

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Long Island Business Journal, Small Business, Abuse, Mike Stamler, Federal, Economy, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Lawsuit, Government, Fraud, Barack Obama, Phone Records, Contracting, Procurement, Purchasing, American Small Business League, Legal Battle, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Anytime you want to look at what the Small Business Administration is doing, you have to go to federal court to get it. Clearly they have something to hide.

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Stop Beating Students with Disabilities in Schools

Alice Farmer | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Aclu, Abuse, Psychological Stability, Corporal Punishment, Punishment, Elementary School, Human-Rights-Law, Students, Disabled-Children, Child Abuse, Human Rights Watch, Disabilities, ACLU Torture, Behavioral Psychology, Politics News
Alice Farmer

Corporal punishment causes pain, humiliation, and in some cases deep bruising or other serious injury; it also can have long-lasting psychological consequences.

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The Road To Addiction: One Reader's Story

Carole Bennett, MA | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Recovery, Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse, Abuse, Alcoholism, Personal Tragedy, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Carole Bennett, MA

Having an entire department of Mental Health professionals pounding everyday to convince me that I was wrong and I was simply a hopeless addict actually hindered my recovery by years. It made the mountain so much harder to climb.

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Obama Administration Stalls the Release of Small Business Contracting Data, According to the American Small Business League

Chris Gunn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Scorecard, Small Business, Abuse, Goaling Report, Barack Obama, Sba, Obama Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Contracting, Procurement, Loopholes, American Small Business League, President, Business News
Chris Gunn

Since 2003, over a dozen federal investigations found billions of dollars in federal small business contracts have wound-up in the hands of corporate giants.

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Kennedy, Menendez And Gillibrand Introduce Bills To Stop Immigrant Detainee Abuse

The Washington Independent | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Immigrant Rights, Edward Kennedy, Abuse, Human Rights, Prison, Homeland Security, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Immigration, Prison Abuse, Robert Menendez, Kirsten Gillibrand, Immigration Detention Centers, Politics News

Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Thursday responded to a growing number of reports about t...

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Small Businesses Short Changed on Stimulus Funds

Chris Gunn | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Economic Stimulus Package, Abuse, Barack Obama, Economy, Small Business Administration, Middle Class, Sba, Economic Stimulus, Lloyd Chapman, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Mark Deo, Business News
Chris Gunn

When small businesses thrive, our economy grows. Yet today, millions of these businesses are being threatened by the very plan that was supposedly intended to help them.

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