Bernie Sanders | We Must End For-Profit Prisons
Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News
Sanders writes: "It's wrong to profit from the imprisonment of human beings and the suffering of their friends and families. It's time to end this morally repugnant practice, and along with it, the era of mass incarceration."
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Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News
Sanders writes: "It's wrong to profit from the imprisonment of human beings and the suffering of their friends and families. It's time to end this morally repugnant practice, and along with it, the era of mass incarceration."
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VA Culture of Reprisals Against Whistleblowers Remains Strong After Scandal
Joe Davidson, Washington Post
Davidson writes: "Testimony at a Senate hearing Tuesday demonstrated that despite vigorous efforts from the new VA leadership, the department remains a dangerous place for whistleblowers who report wrong doing."
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Joe Davidson, Washington Post
Davidson writes: "Testimony at a Senate hearing Tuesday demonstrated that despite vigorous efforts from the new VA leadership, the department remains a dangerous place for whistleblowers who report wrong doing."
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Los Angeles Officials Propose Spending $100 Million on Homelessness Emergency
The Associated Press
Excerpt: "Los Angeles officials said Tuesday that they would declare a state of emergency on homelessness and proposed spending $100m to reduce the number of people living on city streets."
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The Associated Press
Excerpt: "Los Angeles officials said Tuesday that they would declare a state of emergency on homelessness and proposed spending $100m to reduce the number of people living on city streets."
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The Growing Fight Against the Resurgence of Debtors' Prisons
Bryce Covert, Think Progress
Covert writes: "Caging people when they're too poor to afford to pay court debt is ubiquitous - it's happening in all 50 states."
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Bryce Covert, Think Progress
Covert writes: "Caging people when they're too poor to afford to pay court debt is ubiquitous - it's happening in all 50 states."
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CBO: Defunding Planned Parenthood Increases Government Spending
Peter Sullivan, The Hill
Sullivan writes: "Permanently defunding Planned Parenthood would end up increasing government spending by $130 million over ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office."
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Peter Sullivan, The Hill
Sullivan writes: "Permanently defunding Planned Parenthood would end up increasing government spending by $130 million over ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office."
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Jessica Valenti | Money Isn't the Only Reason Why Police Have Ignored 80,000 Rape Kits
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK
Valenti writes: "Rape victims have long complained about terrible treatment at the hands of police and the criminal justice system, and we know that rapists overwhelmingly go unpunished in the United States. When victims are treated poorly by law enforcement, they're less likely to trust them with their stories - and they're less likely to come back."
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Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK
Valenti writes: "Rape victims have long complained about terrible treatment at the hands of police and the criminal justice system, and we know that rapists overwhelmingly go unpunished in the United States. When victims are treated poorly by law enforcement, they're less likely to trust them with their stories - and they're less likely to come back."
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Bill McKibben | With Clinton and the Pope on Board, the Climate Movement Has Wind in Its Sails
Bill McKibben, Guardian UK
McKibben writes: "I'm not a Catholic, but credit where credit is due: at the very least Tuesday's arrival in America of the people's Pope coincided with a small brace of minor miracles on the climate front."
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Bill McKibben, Guardian UK
McKibben writes: "I'm not a Catholic, but credit where credit is due: at the very least Tuesday's arrival in America of the people's Pope coincided with a small brace of minor miracles on the climate front."
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