Friday, September 2, 2016

RSN: Judge Denies Mumia Abu-Jamal Hepatitis C Treatment on Technicality, WikiLeaks: NY Times Article 'a Conspiracy Theory, Congressional Democrats Call on FBI to Investigate Their Political Adversaries' Kremlin Ties '





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Glenn Greenwald | Congressional Democrats Call on FBI to Investigate Their Political Adversaries' Kremlin Ties 
The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey. (photo: Melissa Golden/Redux) 
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept 
Greenwald writes: "Leading House Democrats on Tuesday sent a letter to FBI Director James Comey, which they promptly published, asking the agency to investigate whether the Trump campaign and the Russian government have entered into a joint plot 'to interfere with the U.S. presidential election.'" 
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Judge Denies Mumia Abu-Jamal Hepatitis C Treatment on Technicality 
Renee Feltz, Guardian UK 
Feltz writes: "The internationally known imprisoned 
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WikiLeaks: NY Times Article 'a Conspiracy Theory' 
Katie Bo Williams, The Hill 
Williams writes: "The anti-secrecy platform WikiLeaks on Wednesday night pushed back on The New York Times over an article suggesting that it acts to benefit the Russian government, calling the reporting 'false' and a 'conspiracy theory.'" 
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Georgetown University to Offer Admissions Advantage to Descendants of 272 Slaves It Sold 
Breanna Edwards, The Root 
Edwards writes: "Georgetown University is looking to atone for its past, troubled history regarding slavery by offering preferential status in the admissions process to the descendants of 272 slaves who were sold in order to keep the university afloat." 
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Supreme Court Blocks North Carolina Voter ID Law 
TIME 
Excerpt: "The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to reinstate North Carolina's voter identification requirement and keep just 10 early voting days this fall." 
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Court Costs Entrap Nonwhite, Poor Juvenile Offenders 
Erik Eckholm, The New York Times 
Eckholm writes: "Fines, fees and restitution mandates are levied on juvenile offenders to varying degrees in every state, a new national survey of these practices has found. The effects are greatest on the poor and racial minorities, creating a two-tiered system of justice." 
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The Overlooked Crisis on the US-Mexico Border 
Alejandro Davila Fragoso, ThinkProgress 
Fragoso writes: "On the Calexico-Mexicali border - and along the U.S-Mexico border for that matter - where the sky is a dumping ground used by two nations with divergent laws, the purifying power of the Clean Air Act has been limited." 
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