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Reading, Writing, M16s, and MRAPS: US education getting schooled over militarization

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September 18, 2014
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Just one month after the shooting death of African-American teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer, which brought military-grade vehicles and weapons onto the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, in...

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Florida city drops saggin-pants law after NAACP lawsuit

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September 18, 2014
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A controversial ban on saggy pants in Ocala City, Florida, has been pulled up after a threatened lawsuit from the civil rights group NACCP. The NACCP had criticized the law,...

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US will have ‘many more’ 9/11s if it fails to act against Islamic State

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September 17, 2014
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If the US fails to attack Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria, the country could face the prospect of “many” terrorist attacks similar to September 11, a top-ranking...

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Mike Brown jury gets extension, charges for Ferguson officer may be delayed until January

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September 17, 2014
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A St. Louis judge has granted an extension to the grand jury that has been tasked with deciding whether to charge a Ferguson police officer in the fatal shooting of...

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Occupy group abolishes nearly $4 million in student loan debt

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September 17, 2014
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On the third anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, an offshoot group announced that it has erased $3.8 million worth of private student loan debt. The group, Strike Debt,...

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Netropolitan, the Facebook for people with more money than brains

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September 17, 2014
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Consider this hypothetical situation: You, a wealthy socialite, want to make friends over the internet, but without encountering any of the riff-raff that hangs out on traditional social networking sites....

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Satanic Temple to distribute materials to school children in Florida

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September 16, 2014
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The Satanic Temple has announced that it will provide pamphlets on Satanism to students in Florida, following the school board’s decision permitting the distribution of religious materials. Among the materials...

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US Department of Justice launches new intel-gathering program to ‘counter extremism’

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September 16, 2014
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The US Department of Justice said it is launching a national pilot program in a number of cities to try and detect American extremists interested in joining terrorist organizations and...

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Texas Gunshop Creates Controversy With ‘Obama Family Beheading’ sign

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September 16, 2014
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A Texas gun shop known for its controversial signs has managed to raise eyebrows once again by criticizing President Barack Obama and bringing up the gruesome issue of beheadings to...

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[WATCH] US Navy nurse facing expulsion and losing career after refusing to force feed Gitmo detainees

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September 15, 2014
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A Navy nurse who refused to force feed hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees over the summer, once threatened with court-martial, could now lose his career. The nurse, a Navy lieutenant who has...

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SUPERBUG TIME BOMB: FDA only vets 10% of antibiotics that farm animals share with humans

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September 15, 2014
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The regular administration of antibiotics to US farm animals could have disastrous effects for humans, scientists fear. Many of the drugs are same as those given to humans and there...

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FBI’s facial recognition program hits ‘full operational capability’

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September 15, 2014
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Next Generation Identification System, a biometric database reliant on tens of millions of facial-recognition records, is now fully operational, the agency announced Monday. The NGI...

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SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: ‘Drones will create Orwellian future’

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September 15, 2014
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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has voiced concerns that, without sufficient protections, the age of unmanned drones and ubiquitous surveillance will usher in an “Orwellian world.” Sotomayor told faculty...

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DEMOCRAT LAWMAKERS: Burger King ‘unpatriotic’ to avoid high corporate tax rate

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September 13, 2014
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US lawmakers are keen to prevent the fast food giant Burger King from taking advantage of lower tax rates in Canada, arguing that it is ‘unpatriotically’ moving its operations there...

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[WATCH]DC cop under fire by own chief after harassing man filming arrest

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September 13, 2014
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The Police Chief in Washington, DC, is speaking out against one of her officers and in support of a man who stopped to record police arresting a man on a...

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[VIDEO]’His hands were up!’ New footage shows Ferguson witnesses reacting to teen’s death

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September 12, 2014
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New footage of the moments just after Ferguson, Missouri teenager Michael Brown was killed by a local police officer indicates that a witness on the scene said the unarmed 18-year-old’s...

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CIA estimates 20k-30k fighters in Syria, Iraq after Obama pledges to destroy ISIS

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September 11, 2014
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The Central Intelligence Agency believes the Islamic State militant group “can muster between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters” throughout both Iraq and Syria, CNN reports. If true, that would mean the...

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VETO: Missouri lawmakers approve 72-hour wait for abortions

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September 11, 2014
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Missouri’s Republican-dominated Legislature voted late Wednesday to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s earlier veto of a bill that institutes a 72-hour waiting period before a woman can have an abortion. Missouri...

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FBI: Entirety of US gov’t has been hacked, leading to ‘unprecedented’ collaboration with industry

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September 11, 2014
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Every sector of the United States government has likely been hacked at some point, according to the FBI, which has lent to “unprecedented” partnerships with private industry to protect financial...

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Police agencies that use military weapons at riots may be forced to repay federal grants

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September 10, 2014
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A representative of the DHS, one of three federal agencies responsible for allocating military equipment to local police forces, indicated during the first congressional hearing devoted to the last month’s...

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[PHOTOS] Police arrest Ferguson protesters blocking major highway

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September 10, 2014
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At least a dozen people have been arrested during a protest along a major interchange on Interstate 70 in Ferguson, Missouri. Demonstrators tried to shut down the highway to demand...