The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Why 5,000 U.K. Police Officers Could Be Off the Job Due to Austerity Cuts
As unruly protests by New York City police continue to rile U.S. media, police officers in the U.K. are finding themselves on the austerity frontlines with thousands of jobs threatened in the coming years.
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Parliament Square Fence Crushes Protest Rights, Says Occupy Democracy
Lawyers have written to London’s mayor threatening legal action after he sanctioned the construction of “unlawful” fences around the square.
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Squats of Istanbul: After Gezi, The Fight Continues Over Public Space
Istanbul is experiencing acute growing pains as explosive growth devours public spaces while doing nothing to stifle rising rents throughout the city.
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The Police in America Are Becoming Illegitimate
The crooked math that's going to crash American law enforcement if policies aren't changed.
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Hong Kong Police Arrest Last Protesters, Clearing Umbrella Movement Occupation
Politicians, a pop singer and a media tycoon were among those detained as pro-democracy demonstrators were forcibly removed from city center on Thursday.
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Beyond Rage, It's Time for Solutions and Leadership from Black America
The anger and frustration at a discriminatory system is palpable – now, can the anti-police brutality movement go beyond rhetoric and offer concrete ideas for new policies and legislation?
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Outsourcing Atrocity: The School of the Americas and the C.O.I.N. Fundamentalists
It’s no exaggeration to say that the School of the Americas has painted an entire region in blood.
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Medical Students Hold Nationwide "White Coat Die-Ins" to Protest Police Brutality
Students at more than 70 medical schools – in New York, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere – protested Wednesday.
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CIA Torture Report Brands Post-9/11 Program As Brutal and Ineffective
Report released by Senate after four-year, $40 million investigation concludes the CIA repeatedly lied about brutal techniques in the years after 9/11.
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A Society of Captives: Battling Police Violence and the Business of Injustice
Mass acts of civil disobedience, now being carried out across the country, are the only mechanism left that offers hope for systematic legal and judicial reform.
