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Tag Archives: Criminal Justice

Truth Against the Machine Article: Boston Local Businesses May Be Stopping Heroin Addiction Recovery

June 23, 2017 Criminal Justice Drug War Health Policy Truth Against the Machine Leave a comment

FBI Director Comey Doesn’t Understand the 1st Amendment

May 5, 2017 1st Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice International Relations Media Media Freedom National Security War Crimes Wikileaks Leave a comment

Truth Against the Machine Article: AR Police Maliciously Overcharge Diamond Pipeline Protester

March 25, 2017 Criminal Justice Due Process Environment Environmental Protection Legal Injustice Oil Pollution Truth Against the Machine Leave a comment

Don’t let Rioters in Charlotte Distract from the Real Protesters’ Message

September 22, 2016 Black Lives Matter Civil Rights Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination Inequality Media Police Police Brutality Racism 1 Comment

DOJ Announces a Reduction in its Private Prison Usage…With One Enormous Caveat

August 23, 2016 Corruption Criminal Justice DOJ Immigration Policy lobbying Private Prisons Privatization Undocumented Immigration 3 Comments

SCOTUS Erodes 4th Amendment, Legitimizing Evidence from Illegal Searches

June 24, 2016 4th Amendment Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Law and Order Legal Injustice Supreme Court 5 Comments

Justice Scalia’s Death Puts 2016 Race into Overdrive

February 16, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Corporatism Corruption Criminal Justice Dark Money Democrats Donald Trump Elections extremism Hillary Clinton Jeb Bush Law and Order Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Republicans Supreme Court Ted Cruz 1 Comment

The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #1

January 26, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination gay rights gender equality Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Inequality marriage equality Policy political candidates Progressive Racism Women's Rights 1 Comment

Somebody Needs to go to Jail for Poisoning Flint’s Water Supply

January 8, 2016 Austerity Corruption Criminal Justice democracy Environment Environmental Policy Environmental Protection 10 Comments

Right Wing Terrorists Occupy Federal Building

January 5, 2016 Conservative Criminal Justice Domestic Terrorism extremism Gun Control Tea Party 4 Comments

Prosecutor Sabotages Own Case, Denies Justice to 12-Year Old Victim of Police Violence

December 29, 2015 Criminal Justice Discrimination Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Racism 5 Comments

Terrorists Attack San Bernardino, What are the Ramifications?

December 5, 2015 Criminal Justice Discrimination Domestic Terrorism extremism Gun Control guns ISIS Islam National Security Racism Religion in Politics Terrorism 7 Comments

ISIS Attacks Paris, France and the USA Must Not Repeat the Mistakes of 9/11

November 16, 2015 Criminal Justice Current Events Domestic Surveillance extremism Islam Religion in Politics Terrorism War 52 Comments

First Democratic Debate a Return to Political Sanity, Media Drops Ball in Covering It

October 15, 2015 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Campaigns Corporatism Criminal Justice Current Events Defense Policy Democrats Economics Elections Foreign Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Media Policy Progressive Tax Policy Voting 2 Comments

Incarcerated and Incapacitated: The Failing State of Healthcare in Our Prison System

October 2, 2015 8th Amendment ALEC Civil Rights Constitution Corporate Greed Criminal Justice Guest Post Health Policy Legal Injustice Prison Private Prisons Racism 1 Comment

NYPD Commits Black Woman to Mental Hospital after Illegal Traffic Stop

September 16, 2015 4th Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Police State 5 Comments

DOD Manual Declares that Military Officers have Power to Detain Journalists as “Unprivileged Belligerents”

August 26, 2015 1st Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice freedom of speech Indefinite Detention Media Media Freedom Military Police State Terrorism War War Crimes 2 Comments

Chelsea Manning Faces Indefinite Solitary Confinement for Possessing Toothpaste and Magazines

August 13, 2015 Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination International Relations Legal Injustice Military Police State Prison spying Terrorism Whistleblower 6 Comments

5 Strategies Police Apologists Use to Protect Officers after a Killing and Minimize the Deaths of Black Victims

August 6, 2015 BlackLivesMatter Civil Rights Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination Inequality Media Police Police Brutality Police State Racism 5 Comments

CDC Report on Opiate Epidemic: Since 2002, Addiction up by 63% and Overdoses up by 387%

July 8, 2015 Criminal Justice Discrimination Drug War Health Policy Police Police State Policy Regulation 1 Comment

Since the Charlestown Massacre, a Black Church has been Burned Every Two Days in the Old Confederacy

July 1, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Criminal Justice Discrimination Domestic Terrorism extremism Inequality Law and Order Racism Tea Party Terrorism 4 Comments

Removing the Confederate Flag from Statehouses is Good but Ending the Slavery that it Represents is More Important

June 29, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Police State Prison Private Prisons Racism Republicans 35 Comments

The Charleston Shooter, Right Wing Terrorism, and Political Hate Media

June 22, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Criminal Justice Current Events Discrimination extremism guns Media Racism 2 Comments

Teen Imprisoned in Solitary Confinement for Years Without a Trial Kills Himself

June 12, 2015 Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Law and Order Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Police State Prison Racism 1 Comment

The Little-Known SCOTUS Case that Could Lead to a 21st Century 3/5 Compromise

June 3, 2015 Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Disenfranchisement Legal Injustice Police Prison Racism Supreme Court Voter Disenfranchisement Voting Voting Rights 3 Comments

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