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    • 18 Ratings
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    George Zimmerman: Right-wing American Jesus and Martyr

    APRIL 27, 2012 11:14AM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: culture, racism, law, civil rights, media, reuters, race, trayvon martin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 3201 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    George Zimmerman: I am Sorry Your Son Ran Into My Bullet

    APRIL 23, 2012 4:39PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: trayvon martin, george zimmerman, race, crime, law, civil rights

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 3250 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Obamacare: Unconstitutional, but Necessary

    APRIL 13, 2012 9:24AM

    By blucey


    Topics: healthcare, law, legislation, obamacare, republicans, democrats

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 6435 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    Trouble in Sanford! Negroes Plot Revenge for Trayvon Martin!

    APRIL 6, 2012 2:29PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: trayvon martin, media, race, history, civil rights, law, racism, culture

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 5236 Views
    • 57 Comments
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    Smearing Trayvon Martin: Blacks Commit More Crime And...

    MARCH 29, 2012 2:36PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: culture, racism, law, civil rights, race, trayvon martin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 6091 Views
    • 109 Comments
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    ObamaCare’s Day in Court: Reductio ad absurdum

    MARCH 28, 2012 2:10PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: chief justice roberts, roger pilon, cato institute, free market solutions to health care costs, ayn rand, rand paul, national public radio, nina totenberg, emtala, the emergency medical treatment and active labor act, supreme court review of the affordable care act, individual mandate, obamacare, affordable care act, health care reform, health care, public policy, law, justice alito, : justice scalia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 7092 Views
    • 57 Comments
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    Trayvon Martin is Dead Because Black People are "Scary"

    MARCH 26, 2012 1:51PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: politics, racism, whiteness, law, media, civil rights, race, george zimmerman, trayvon martin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 46 Ratings
    • 2898 Views
    • 87 Comments
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    Legalized Murder

    MARCH 24, 2012 7:20AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: legislation, law, gun laws, foul language, offensive language, bleeping, censorship, censoring, road rage, papers please, trayvon martin, trayvon, make my day, stand your ground, nra, guns, shooting, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 44 Ratings
    • 25099 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    Trayvon Martin and Life Lessons for Young Black Boys

    MARCH 19, 2012 2:06PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: culture, racism, law, civil rights, race, trayvon martin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2298 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Federal judges: A Not-So-Quick Note on Misguided Rhetoric

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 11:17AM

    By potterpoliticalpickle


    Topics: newt gingrich, face the nation, meet the press, supreme court, us supreme court, united states supreme court, rick perry, michelle bachmann, michele bachmann, rick santorum, federal judges, constitution, erwin chemerinsky, los angeles times, open call, politics, law, gop presidential candidates, 2012 presidential elections

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 2356 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Hey Mitt, Corporations AREN’T People Too

    SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 8:35AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, law, corporate personhood, republican primary race, mitt romney, conservative thought, corporations are people too, idiotic statements, legal fictions, legal personhood, 14th amendment issues, supreme court chief justice john g. roberts, citizen’s united, adam smith, massey energy, don blankenship, nra, abc news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 42 Ratings
    • 2081 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    Just a Gut Feeling I Have

    JULY 7, 2011 8:54AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: robot, pool cleaning, verro 500, scaffolding, potential corporation, potential life, manipulation, manipulated, law, impact, affected, affect, effect, life, baby, fetus, gut feeling, gut reaction, sensing, seeing, hearing, listening, sounding out, ultrasound, required, forced to watch, waiting period, outsourcing, layoffs, wishful thinking, irobot, aquarium, coral reef restaurant, disney world, mickey mouse, abortion, emotional, emotion, visceral, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 35 Ratings
    • 1266 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    I Do Solemnly Swear

    APRIL 25, 2011 9:16AM

    By femme forte aka candace


    Topics: some things stay with you all your life, an outhouse in the city, havenot, living in poverty, second degree murder, black in the 'sixties, criminal justice, law

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 885 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Crazy About Sharia

    MARCH 15, 2011 1:21PM

    By Hesham A. Hassaballa


    Topics: rebellion, sedition, muslims, islam, muhammad, ban, law, sharia, tennessee

    • Editor's Pick
    • 34 Ratings
    • 5371 Views
    • 97 Comments
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    Was the recent Wisconsin Senate action really Illegal?

    MARCH 10, 2011 9:37AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: process, confrontation, manipulated, manipulation, power grab, act, union rights, unions, rights, collective bargaining, politics, wisconsin, illegal, compliance, open meetings law, illegal act, legislature, state legislature, due process, process denied, justice denied, inappropriate, overstepped, overreach, overreached, explanation, analysis, review, objection, objected, rule, law, legislation, republican, democrat, coup, rush, notice, lack of notice, 2 hours, 24 hours, procedure, senate, wi

    • Editor's Pick
    • 80 Ratings
    • 6006 Views
    • 84 Comments
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    My Day in Court as a Character Witness

    SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 10:36AM

    By cartouche


    Topics: law, restitution, mercy, true story

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 3644 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    Up Against the Wall, Granny!

    APRIL 29, 2010 3:12PM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: senior citizens, elderly, hypocrisy, humor, law, legislation, immigration, arizona

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 2257 Views
    • 51 Comments
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    The Obama Memo: Opening the Hospital Doors

    APRIL 16, 2010 9:35AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: next of kin, hospital visitation, lgbt, gay and lesbian rights, human rights, medicine, white house, president barack obama, discrimination, health care surrogate, law

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 4895 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    When Your Body Is Donated To Science, Involuntarily

    FEBRUARY 3, 2010 9:18AM

    By Linda Shiue


    Topics: news, biomedical ethics, books, henrietta lacks, hela cells, law, medicine, science

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1721 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Deployed

    JANUARY 7, 2010 3:13PM

    By W. David Friesenhahn


    Topics: life, politics, crime, law

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