Medea Benjamin
| 10 Good Things About the Year 2014
Medea Benjamin, Commmon Dreams
Benjamin writes: "It's been a year of fervent activism on police accountability, living wages, climate change, personal freedoms, immigrant rights, an open internet and diplomacy over war."
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Medea Benjamin, Commmon Dreams
Benjamin writes: "It's been a year of fervent activism on police accountability, living wages, climate change, personal freedoms, immigrant rights, an open internet and diplomacy over war."
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2014 Exposed
the US Myth of Equality Under the Law
Christian Christensen, Al Jazeera America
Christensen writes: "The description of the United States as the world's policeman has always been laced with a heavy dose of irony and sarcasm. In democratic societies, the police are meant to uphold the law, but the U.S. has shown time and again that international legal conventions are not things to which the U.S. considers itself bound."
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Christian Christensen, Al Jazeera America
Christensen writes: "The description of the United States as the world's policeman has always been laced with a heavy dose of irony and sarcasm. In democratic societies, the police are meant to uphold the law, but the U.S. has shown time and again that international legal conventions are not things to which the U.S. considers itself bound."
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The NYPD's
Insubordination, and Why the Right Should Oppose It
Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Friedersdorf writes: "In New York City, 'NYPD traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94 percent following the execution of two cops,' the New York Post reports, attributing the 'virtual work stoppage' to rank-and-file police officers who 'feel betrayed by the mayor and fear for their safety.'"
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Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Friedersdorf writes: "In New York City, 'NYPD traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94 percent following the execution of two cops,' the New York Post reports, attributing the 'virtual work stoppage' to rank-and-file police officers who 'feel betrayed by the mayor and fear for their safety.'"
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Palestinian
Statehood Bid Falls One Vote Short, With US and UK Voting 'No'
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "The UN Security Council has rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for peace with Israel within a year and an end to Israel's occupation by 2017."
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Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "The UN Security Council has rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for peace with Israel within a year and an end to Israel's occupation by 2017."
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Toddler Kills
Mother With Her Own Gun
Jamie Tarabay, Al Jazeera America
Tarabay writes: "A Walmart store in northern Idaho was the scene of the latest tragedy in a spate of accidental killings on Tuesday, when a toddler shot and killed his mother with the gun she was carrying in her purse, authorities said."
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Jamie Tarabay, Al Jazeera America
Tarabay writes: "A Walmart store in northern Idaho was the scene of the latest tragedy in a spate of accidental killings on Tuesday, when a toddler shot and killed his mother with the gun she was carrying in her purse, authorities said."
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Child Brides:
Married Off in Mozambique
Katya Cengel, Al Jazeera America
Cengel writes: "Teenage pregnancy is a widespread problem in the developed and the developing world. But in this coastal country in southern Africa, it is often accompanied by early marriage, which, studies show, sets a girl up for a life of extreme poverty and deprivation."
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Katya Cengel, Al Jazeera America
Cengel writes: "Teenage pregnancy is a widespread problem in the developed and the developing world. But in this coastal country in southern Africa, it is often accompanied by early marriage, which, studies show, sets a girl up for a life of extreme poverty and deprivation."
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Senate Panel
Sets Hearing on Keystone XL
Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill
Barron-Lopez writes: "The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline next week. The hearing, announced Tuesday, will be the first one held by new Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)."
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Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill
Barron-Lopez writes: "The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline next week. The hearing, announced Tuesday, will be the first one held by new Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)."
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