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Guantanamo: It's About Us

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.12.2013 | Politics
Shannyn Moore

Our country's founding principles of habeus corpus were in a direct response to the "lock them away in the Tower" abuses in Britain. We were going to be different. Oh, I know Guantanamo isn't on American soil, but our flag flies over that prison -- the same one we pledge "liberty and justice for all" to.

Robert Jackson, Transit Forward, a Million Hoodies and Moms Demand Action on Yetta Kurland LIVE!

Yetta Kurland | Posted 05.04.2013 | Gay Voices
Yetta Kurland

This week I spoke to City Council Member Robert Jackson on education funding in NY and the recent lawsuit to restore $250 million to the city school b...

PHOTOS, VIDEO: Teen Brutally Beaten By Cops

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 02.13.2013 | New York

After members of the New York Police department arrested a teenager for "spewing profanities" and "ignoring requests to show his hands" outside a Quee...

McCain Dethrones the Rule of Law

Bruce Fein | Posted 07.31.2011 | Politics
Bruce Fein

John McCain's latest war gospel hangs an alarming tale. The rule of law has been dethroned and the president has been endowed with absolute power as the American Empire has eclipsed the American Republic.

The Constitution and the Tea Party Part Company

Bruce Fein | Posted 07.16.2011 | Politics
Bruce Fein

If Tea Party Caucus Members wish to keep their constitutional escutcheons unsullied, they should not tarry in taking legislative action against unconstitutional presidential wars and unconstitutional unaudited military spending.

Educating for Democracy: The 'War on the Poor'

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.28.2011 | Home
Joel Shatzky

Over 45 years after the "War on Poverty", we are faced with a "For the Few Deal" -- what I would call a full-fledged "War on the Poor."

PHOTOS: 11 Paintings, 10 Studios, And A Plein Air Paradise

John Seed | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
John Seed

Above: Artist Carolin Peters working late in her studio, Photo by Sasha R. Contreras My series on paintings and studio shots contin...

Educating for Democracy: Charter and District School Parents Unite at Rally

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Joel Shatzky

Since the charter school movement has been getting considerable attention these days from adherents and critics, I believe it's important to hear the voices of charter school parents themselves.