Injustice

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Celebrating Berlin While Enabling Israel's Apartheid Wall

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

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

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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U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers

Jim Luce | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York

Read More: India, Aterciopelados, Summer Olympics Beijing 2008, U.N. Department of Public Information, Emmanuel Jal, U.N. Day Concert 2009 a Tribute to Peacekeeping, Humanitarian, Shankhar Mahadevan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, The War Against War, Angelique Kidjo, Cnn International, Jayashri Wyatt, Sierra Leone, Global Citizens, Wyclef Jean, Lauren Saffa, U.N. Secretary General, Norway, Lang Lang, Salman & Samina Global Wellness Initiative, Earth Wind and Fire, Xian Song & Dance Troupe, Africa, Zahir Hussain, Senegal, Leonardo Dicaprio, Cotonou, U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operation, Oslo, Education Sans Mutilation, Wikipedia, Rwanda, Melissa Etheridge, Sting, South Asia, Berlin Philharmonic, Entwined Twins, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Pakistan, Isha Sesay, Culture Project, You Are Not Alone, Amnesty International, Blood Diamond, Shrinivas Uppalapu, Julianne Hoffenberg, John Mahavishnu McLaughlin, Benin, New York, Junoon, Barack Obama, Time 100, Colombia, Killing Me Softly, Ghatam, The First Time Ever, General Assembly, Salman Ahmad, Fisher Stevens, Interfaith Dialogue, Thought Leaders, Steven Lawrence, China, Bbc, Allan Buchman, National Geographic, Day-O, United Nations, Jim Luce, Harry Belafonte, Paris, Injustice, Vienna Philharmonic, Sudan, She Mama Africa, Selvaganesh Vinayakaram, Malaika, Cancion Protesta, John Lee, Sister Fa, Samir Chatterjee, Blue Helmets, Roberta Flack Singing, War Child Film, Berlin, Grammy-Award, Mridangam, Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Nile Rodgers, Indi-Jazz Fusion, Afghanistan, Kanjira, Eleanor Roosevelt, Freedom of Expression Award, Nobel Peace Prize, We Are the World, Alain Le Roy, God Grew Tired of Us, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, The Price of Silence, Two Sheps That Pass., Female Genital Mutilation, Emma McCune, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, New York Times, U.N. Peacekeepers, Swahili, Alicia Keys, Hutu-Tutsi Conflict, Sufi Rock, Remember Shakti, Michael Owen, USA for Africa, New York News

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 10.25.2009 | Politics

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

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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Where is the Outrage Over Our Current Health Care System?

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Debt, Politicians, Vigil, Health Care Reform, Outrage, Moveon, Foreclosure, Illness, Injustice, Politics News

Why are Republicans and Blue Dogs playing political tricks just to defend insurance companies and peddling a perverted version of an America where the government aiding its citizens is treated like an act of treason?

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Daring Guatemalan Publisher Convicted on Trumped-Up Charge

Susan Benesch | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Photographs, Guatemala, Publishers, Human Rights, Trumped-Up Charge, Guatemala Violence, Freedom of Expression, Injustice, World News

A courageous publisher risks spending a year in jail for printing a photograph of a dog in one of the world's most crime-ridden nations.

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Will Cameron Douglas Do More Prison Time Than Colombia's Top Drug Kingpin?

Anthony Papa | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Breaking Entertainment News, Methamphetamine, Injustice, Michael Douglas, Mandatory Minimums, Drug-Lord-Arrested, Drug Sentencing, Cameron Douglas, War on Drugs, Colombia-Drugs, Unfair Sentencing, Cameron Douglas Drug Bust, Jail Time, Colombia-Drug-War, Diego Montoya, Drug Lord, Entertainment News

It's time to end these draconian war on drugs laws and implement a sentencing structure that promotes fairness and justice.

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How Do We Be Safe?

John Graham | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Poverty, Conflict Resolution, National Security, Injustice, Human Security, Caux Forum on Human Seccurity, Homeland Security, Foreign Policy, World News

"Human security" means far more than physically protecting people from the violence of wars and terrorist attacks. It means addressing the root causes of insecurity that are real seeds of violence.

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Town Tells Manager: Marry a Porn Star and Lose Your Job

Theresa Darklady Reed | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pornography, Fort-Meyers, Scott-Janke, Adult Entertainment Industry, Jazelle Moore, Prejudice, Porn, Porn Star, Injustice, Larry Kiker, Politics News

Fort Myers Beach town manager Scott Janke was a great employee. Alas he's lost his job -- because the Town Council doesn't like what his wife does for a living.

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Harry's Finest Moment... Cut from Film

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 08.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Morality, Harry Potter, Injustice, Choice, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Entertainment News

We must face not only the physical death suffered by one of Harry's mentors but the death of our ability to blindly idealize our leaders, to accept them as unquestionably good.

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Lazarus and the Iranians

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global, Wealthy, President Obama, Lazarus and the Rich Man, Jesus, Grassroots, Justice of God, Poor, Injustice, Luke, Government, Streets, Image of God, Iran, Muslim, Wealth, Muslim World, Protest, Muslims, Story of Lazarus, Justice, Poverty, Iranians, Lazarus, Politics News

A connection has been made. A connection clearly seen between a young generation here in the United States and a young generation of Iranians who have taken to the streets.

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American Violet: A Powerful Movie about Race and the Drug War

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Review, Frontline, Movie, Drugs, War on Drugs, Michael O'Keefe, Racial, Prejudice, Injustice, Drug, Boyd, Systemic Racism, Tim Blake Nelson, Institutionalized Racism, American Civil Liberties Union, Erin Brockovich, District Attorney, Racism, Drug War, Confidential Informant, Justice System, Nicole Beharie, Regina Kelly, Graham Boyd, Texas, Film, American Violet, John Paschall, Chris Weigant, Sydney Poitier, Aclu, Mississippi Burning, Plea Bargain, Xzibit, Beharie, Kelly, Hearne, Paschall, Da, Politics News

Without spoiling the ending, American Violet is an excellent movie, and tells the story in a moving and heart-wrenching fashion.

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The Scott Sisters: Two Life Sentences for 11 Dollars?

Anthony Papa | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Political News, Wrongful Conviction, Racism, Injustice, The Supreme Court, Crime, Gladys and Jamie Scott, Scott Sisters, Mississippi, Theft, Armed Robbery, Politics News

How do you wind up in prison serving two life terms for a robbery that netted 11 dollars? That question has haunted first time offenders Gladys and Jamie Scott for the past 15 years.

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Senate Wanking Committee

Mike Bonifer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Quit all the debating about the work and get to work, to the business of getting citizens into lifeboats. A seat on a lifeboat will lead to a profoundly productive life that will benefit all of us.

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Teacher's Pop-Up Porn Nightmare Ends, Sort Of

Kim Mance | Posted 12.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Pornography, Pornography Websites, Justice, Internet Porn, Michael Regan, Julie Amero, Pop-Up Porn Case, Injustice, Judicial Process, Julie Amero Porn, Teacher Crimes, Living News

A substitute teacher was led away in handcuffs and convicted of felony charges after she couldn't stop a stream of pop-up pornography ads on a computer in her seventh grade classroom.

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America Needs to Reevaluate Social Conditions That Let Poverty Persist

Jane Devin | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Equality, Politics, Child Poverty, Education, Poverty, Injustice, Solutions to Poverty, Class Warfare, Obama Poverty, Mccain Poverty, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Home News

In the political dialogue of soccer moms, bubbas, the liberal elite, family values, Joe Six-Packs, and the omnipresent nuclear family, the poor have all but become invisible. It's not trendy to talk about the poor in an age dominated by bootstrap philosophies, plastic surgery, jogging suits, and positive thinking mantras.

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