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Gov. Bill Richardson Rejects Laura Ling/Euna Lee Public Records Request

Dave Maass | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Kim Jong Il, Journalists, Imprisonment, Laura Ling, North Korea, Rachel Maddow, Euna Lee, Bill Richardson, Media News
Dave Maass

I wanted to ascertain to what extent taxpayer resources were used to facilitate media appearances on non-New Mexican issues.

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Behind the Wall

Jamie Wetherbe | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Jail, Writing Workshop, Imprisonment, Crime, Prison, Writing, Living News
Jamie Wetherbe

I was working for a nonprofit, which offersclasses -- like acting, music and even meditation -- and programs, like GED, to youth offenders. The guys at this facility are lucky: For the most part, other centers just let kids sit in cells.

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Persecuted Often Find Prison in the United States

Human Rights First | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

Read More: Immigration Reform, Human Rights, Imprisonment, Prison, Human Rights First, Immigrants Prison, Immigration, Immigration Debate, World News
Human Rights First

Welcoming the persecuted with handcuffs and prison uniforms is simply not consistent with this country's values or its commitments under refugee protection and human rights conventions.

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Is God Stupid?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Abortion, Single Mothers, Unemployment, God, Imprisonment, Unemployment Rate, The Envirinment, Dropout-Rates, Prayer, Black, Faith, High School Dropouts, Aids, HIV/AIDS Africa, Pope Benedict, Karl Marx, Islam, Jews, Episcopalians, Jesus Christ, Christianity, Green News
Michael Henry Adams

Wouldn't benevolent God be more likely to be like your mother or grandmother, than like most of our fathers? It's not that I am an avowed atheist, no...

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President Obama Must Free Leonard Peltier

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Industry, Native Americans, Leonard Peltier, Obama, Justice, Prison Inmates, Imprisonment, Crime, Prisoners, Fbi, Amnesty International, Criminal Justice, Unfair Sentencing, Criminal Justice System, Political Prisoners, Jail, Prisons, 1970s, Politics News
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Imprisoned in the late 1970s for allegedly murdering two FBI agents, Leonard Peltier has never been given a fair trial.

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A Bailout for Gonzales?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lawyers, Imprisonment, Jail Time, Bailout, Alberto Gonzales, Wall Street, Attorney General, Defense Lawyers, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Prisons are hugely profitable these days which may explain why the U.S. now has the dubious distinction of having the highest incarceration rate in the industrialized world .

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