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America Needs Another Civil Rights Movement

“This nation is steeped in racial violence and racial prejudice, and anyone who thinks differently is living in a dream world,” a trial attorney and author tells MintPress, stressing the need to address the underlying issues driving police violence.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese
Police wearing riot gear walk toward a man with his hands raised Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (Photo/Jeff Roberson,AP)

Police wearing riot gear walk toward a man with his hands raised Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (Photo/Jeff Roberson,AP) The recent rash of acquittals and refusals to prosecute for police-initiated deaths has triggered national outcry against police brutality in the United States. The Staten Island grand jury’s acquittal of Officer

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U.S. Laws Criminalizing Homelessness Mount, Even As Courts Strike Them Down

Rather than redoubling efforts to address growing rates of homelessness and hunger since the 2008 financial crisis, many local governments seem intent on criminalizing aspects of homelessness such as panhandling and sleeping in cars.

Carey L. Biron
بواسطة Carey L. Biron

Four homeless men warm themselves on a steam grate by the Federal Trade Commission, blocks from the Capitol, during frigid temperatures in Washington. (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP) WASHINGTON --- Homelessness increased across the country over the past year even as substantial demand for emergency shelter was unmet, according to a major report

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Photo Essay: Washington D.C. Honors The Child Victims Of The Taliban

On Wednesday, Dec 17, a vigil was organized at Dupont Circle in Washington DC to grieve with and support the Pakistani community, which lost more than 100 children slain by the Taliban in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday.

Sean Nevins
بواسطة Sean Nevins

A family attends the DC with Peshawar vigil in Dupont Circle, Washington DC. (Photo: Sean Nevins/MintPress News)   Friends share a flame. (Photo: Sean Nevins/MintPress News)   Dr. Sami from Karachi, Pakistan: He told MintPress, “The true meanings of Islam are love, peace, humanity, acceptance, and tolerance. This is what our prophet

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Israel Detains Palestinian Student, Child As House Demolitions Continue

Unrest has gripped Jerusalem and the West Bank on an almost daily basis for the past five months, flaring up after a group of Zionist settlers kidnapped and burned a young Palestinian to death because of his ethnicity, and worsened by the deadly Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip in July and August.

Al Akhbar
بواسطة Al Akhbar
Palestinian

Debris of a Palestinian building demolished by Israeli forces in annexed East Jerusalem on December 01, 2014. (Photo: Anadolu/Salih Zeki Fazlıoğlu) Updated at 12:12 pm (GMT +2): Israeli forces detained a 17-year-old student and an 11-year-old child in Jerusalem, witnesses told Ma’an news agency Wednesday, as Israeli demolition orders could

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Law Enforcement Is the Fattest Profession, Study Finds

Almost half of America’s police, firefighters and security guards are obese.

MintPress News Desk
بواسطة MintPress News Desk

Police officers, firefighters and security guards have the highest rates of obesity of all professions, according to a Wall Street Journa lanalysis of data from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. According to the Journal, 40.7% of police, firefighters and security guards are obese. Other jobs with high obesity rates include clergy,

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Sydney Siege Aftermath: Australian Government Seeks More Anti-Terrorism Laws

Right on schedule, following a high profile terrorist attack, the government of Australia is now “investigating new security laws” and other methods that can be used to gut the civil liberties, privacy, and general way of life of Australian citizens.

Brandon Turbeville
بواسطة Brandon Turbeville
Australia Police Operation

New South Wales premier Mike Baird left, and police Commissioner Andrew Scipione speak to the media during a press conference after a siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. The commissioner said that during the siege three people had been killed including the lone gunman. (Photo: Rob

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