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The criminalization of political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the west. In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for...
Solitary confinement has no boundaries and is an infinite pit of corruption, lies, sadistic behaviour, pain, loneliness and self destruction. It is a blessing for someone like CCR to give you a voice...
Omar Khadr should have never been brought to Guantánamo. At 15 years old, he was just a child when he was captured, and his 10-year detention, prosecution for purported war crimes, and torture by the...
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Discrimination and free speech were strong buzzwords at a Massachusetts State House hearing Tuesday, where lawyers, legislators, faith leaders, and organizers testified both for and against a...
As reported Wednesday in numerous outlets , a group of 43 Democratic and Republican U.S. senators have teamed up to introduce a bill, drafted with the help of the American Israel Public Affairs...
Health care may be stalled, but Congress is still weighing plenty of terrible legislation. As The Intercept reports, bills in both houses would make it a literal felony for any American to support a...
On Tuesday, July 18, the elephant in the room at Gardner Auditorium of the Massachusetts State House had a giant coming-out party. The occasion was a hearing on “An Act to Prohibit Discrimination in...
In response to a lawsuit claiming that hundreds of asylum seekers were illegally turned away at San Diego ports of entry, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D.-Calif., has asked Homeland Security Secretary John...
