By KEVIN McGILL Article Reprint NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering and other corruption that spanned his two
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This Land Is Their Land
The Braves, Chiefs, and Washington NFL team all play on land seized from American Indians. By Claudio Saunt Article Reprint Between 1776 and the present, the United States dispossessed Indians of more than 1.5 billion
Read moreA Public Health Crisis at the Border
Detained children must be screened more rigorously for communicable disease. By Marc Siegel Article Reprint Diseases that are endemic to other countries are not always the same ones that we face in the United States.
Read moreIraqis in Miami have hopes, fears for homeland
For the small community of Iraqi Americans living in Miami, the past month’s whirlwind of headlines from Iraq is intensely personal. By Emma Court Article Reprint Hind Rahman never thought she would long for the
Read moreTSA to Heighten Airline Security on US Bound Flights Before Holiday Weekend
by CNN Wire Article Reprint The Obama administration is stepping up security for some flights headed to the United States from Europe and the Middle East, reflecting heightened concern that terrorists are developing more sophisticated
Read moreSupreme Court: Police Need a Warrant to Search Cell Phone
by April V. Taylor Article Reprint The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in a landmark digital privacy decision concerning police officers’ ability to search a suspect’s cellphone upon arrest. Police officers had previously been able
Read moreTemple professors were paid by private prisons to produce favorable study
by Dr. Byron Price Article Reprint The latest effort by for-profit prison corporations to laud their superiority over publicly-run prisons is supported by two Temple University professors who failed to initially disclose that their research
Read moreL.A. city unions seek $15 minimum wage for workers and contractors
By Emily Alpert Reyes Article Reprint A coalition of city labor unions says it wants Los Angeles to increase the minimum wage for city workers and those employed by city contractors to at least $15
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