rt.com Artice Reprint The key Islamic heritage site, including Prophet Mohammed’s shrine, is to be bulldozed, as Saudi Arabia plans a $ 6 billion expansion of Medina’s holy Masjid an-Nabawi Mosque. However, Muslims remain silent
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Federal Court Approves Use of Hidden Surveillance Cameras on Private Property Without Warrants
By Madison Ruppert Article Reprint Yet again, a federal judge undermined the Constitution in a wholly disturbing fashion, this time by allowing police to install hidden surveillance cameras on private property without obtaining a search
Read moreObama Pushing to Diversify Federal Judiciary amid GOP Delays
By Philip Rucker Article Reprint In Florida, President Obama has nominated the first openly gay black man to sit on a federal district court. In New York, he has nominated the first Asian American lesbian.
Read moreMeridian, Mississippi Sued by Federal Civil Rights Lawyers for Operating ‘School to Prison’ Pipeline
huffingtonpost.com Article Reprint Federal civil rights lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Meridian, Mississippi and other defendants in which they accuse city officials of operating a “school-to-prison pipeline” that jails students days at a time
Read moreThe Handful of Countries Without a Minimum Wage
In a surprising move, President Obama proposed during the State of the Union address to increasing the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour. A perpetually controversial issue, the minimum wage remains a flashpoint between
Read moreVideo of Cops Dragging Man Behind Car Triggers Outrage
By Bazi Kanani Article Reprint The videotaped death of cab driver who was tied to a police car and dragged down the street is being investigated as a murder, South African police said today. In
Read moreProtests Mark Anniversary of Travon Martin’s Shooting Death
By Barbara Liston and Jonathan Allen Article Reprint SANFORD, Fla./NEW YORK (Reuters) – Demonstrators symbolically wearing hoodies gathered in New York, Florida and California on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the shooting death of
Read moreDrug Arrests Drop in Chicago but still Snare Thousands in Black Neighborhoods
by Mick Dumke Article Reprint It’s not exactly the same old war on drugs. As law enforcement officials focus their efforts on violent, big-time drug operations, Chicago police made fewer street-level drug arrests in 2012
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