By: Cory Doctorow Article Reprint Billionaire VC Timothy Draper has gotten his longstanding proposal to break California up into six smaller states onto the 2016 ballot, where Californians will have the ability to vote on
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Memorial for man who killed New Jersey cop removed
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A memorial for a man who was killed after he ambushed and shot to death a 23-year-old rookie police officer in New Jersey has been removed.
Read moreFrench Bank Agrees to Pay $8.9 Billion Penalty for Helping Iran and other Governments Sanctioned by U.S.
By: Noel Brinkerhoff & Danny Biederman Article Reprint French bank BNP Paribas S.A. has agreed to pay nearly $9 billion in penalties for helping the governments of Iran and other nations avoid U.S. economic sanctions
Read moreCourt: Cops can’t stop drivers based on the color of their cars
By Justin Hyde Article Reprint “Probable cause” has long been one of those terms that made the jump from legal jargon to household term, especially with regards to drivers who get pulled over. The struggle
Read more10-year sentence for ex-New Orleans Mayor Nagin
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
Read moreThis 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
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