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Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage case: Who said what (with audio)
The Supreme Court is considering whether the Constitution requires states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and whether states must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states where they are legal.
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Will new laws give federal cybercops too much power?
Critics say the bills are about surveillance not security
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Federal Agents Seize $16,000 From a Young Man on a Train
Joseph Rivers left his hometown of Romulus, Michigan, boarded a train, and headed for Los Angeles, California, where he hoped to become a music-video producer. The 22-year-old says he’d been saving money for years to make the trip and that his mother had scraped together some additional cash to help him get his start. In total he carried $16,000.
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The Dark Side of Police Reform
The costs and benefits of modern American policing have not been distributed evenly.
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Plessy V. Ferguson
The Birth of Jim Crow. (April, 1964)
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Sex and the Supreme Court
The key cases on reproductive rights hinged on privacy instead of equality. Was that a mistake? By Jill Lepore.
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The Weird End of the NSA's Phone Dragnet
A majority of Senators wanted to stop a spy program that they never approved. They failed despite having more votes. And it only gets more bizarre from there. by Conor Friedersdorf.
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Philip Zimmermann: king of encryption reveals his fears for privacy
The brains behind PGP has moved his mobile-encryption firm Silent Circle to Switzerland to be free of US mass surveillance
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The Conservatives Who Gutted the Voting Rights Act Are Now Challenging ‘One Person, One Vote’
The newest challenge to voting rights would be a dramatic powergrab for the GOP.
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The Liberal Diversity Dilemma | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Commencement 2015
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‘I am a citizen’: when border patrol agents violate the rights of US residents
As one Arizona border community calls for closure of checkpoint, concerns grow over increased racial profiling and invasion of civil rights
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Why we spend billions to keep half a million unconvicted people behind bars
Imagine staying behind bars for months or years -- without ever facing trial
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Preying on Prisoners
A scourge in Texas eludes measures to combat it.
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Voters Generally Support Clinton Voting Push
Americans strongly support the premise that it would be a good thing for the country if everyone voted- 67% share that view, compared to 19% who think that it would be a bad thing. There is bipartisan agreement on that point with majorities of Democrats (86/6), independents (60/21), and Republicans (52/34) all saying they believe it would be good.
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Nina Simone: ‘Are you ready to burn buildings?’
From singing the soundtrack to the civil rights movement to living in self-imposed exile in Liberia, Nina Simone never chose the easy path. As a new documentary is released, Dorian Lynskey looks at the angry, lonely life of a soul legend.
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How an Infamous Movie Revived the Confederacy
In the immediate aftermath of last week’s appalling act of terror at Charleston’s Emanuel A.M.E. Church, Republican presidential candidates found themselves in a tight bind: how to acknowledge what everyone in the civilized world seems to understand—yes, the crime was racially motivated...
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EXCLUSIVE: Bree Newsome Speaks For The First Time After Courageous Act of Civil Disobedience
Social justice activist Bree Newsome released the following statement exclusively to Blue Nation Review: "I realized that now is the time for true courage the morning after the Charleston Massacre shook me to the core of my being. I couldn’t sleep. I sat awake in the dead of night. All the ghosts of the past seemed to be rising..."
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American History X-ed
How The Confederate Flag Was Divorced From Slavery & Segregation
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Supreme Court denies states’ request for proof of voter citizenship
The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case allowing states to require proof of citizenship for those applying to vote in federal elections, effectively upholding a lower court ruling against Kansas and Arizona.
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Letter to My Son
“Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage.” By Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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