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Crack sentence reform is still burdened by racism

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Does Israel Plan to Attack Iran in the Near Future?

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Conservative Group Calls for Blanket Ban on New Mosques

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Gitmo Judge Admits That a Detainee Confessed After Being Threatened With “Gang-Rape to Death”

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CIVIL LIBERTIES

Anwar al-Awlaki

Dennis Kucinich Makes a Serious Push to Ban Govt. Assassinations of US Citizens

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IMMIGRATION

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IMMIGRATION

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Joshua Holland / AlterNet

TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT

Right-Wing Digg Scheme Just One Example of Widespread Effort to Censor Progressive Media

Ole Ole Olson / News Junkie Post

ENVIRONMENT

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Jill Richardson / AlterNet

WORLD

Jihadist Web site Uses Mass Baptism of Marines As Proof of 'Christian Crusade' in Afghanistan

Bruce Wilson / AlterNet

FOOD

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NEWS & POLITICS

White House Spokesman Apologizes After Saying 'Professional Left' Should Be Drug Tested

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ECONOMY

Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Pure Theft

Dave Johnson / Campaign for America's Future

WORLD

The US Blockade of Cuba Is Pure Punishment for Cuban and American People

Anna Kalinina / Foreign Policy in Focus

TEA PARTY AND THE RIGHT

Days of Rage -- The Noxious Transformation of the Conservative Movement into a Rabid Fringe

Max Blumenthal / Nation Books

REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE

5 Things Society Unfairly Expects of Men

Greta Christina / AlterNet

ECONOMY

Elizabeth Warren, chairs a Congressional Oversight Panel hearing on Capitol Hill, on May 26, 2010 in Washington, DC. Warren, an attorney and Harvard law professor, was named in November 2008 as chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, a body of lawmakers set up to investigate the crisis and the government's bailout of the financial and auto industries.

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FOOD

The Ploy to Promote Genetically Engineered Seeds and Pesticides to Poor Mexican Farmers Is Impoverishing Their Communities

Jill Richardson / AlterNet

MEDIA AND CULTURE

Google Goes Totally "Evil" -- Wants to Destroy the Internet That Made It So Rich

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NEWS & POLITICS

Your Bedroom Isn't That Different Than a Caveman's

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