Articles focusing on politics

The New Jim Crow

How the war on drugs gave birth to a permanent American Under caste  Michelle Alexander Article Submission  Ever since Barack Obama lifted his right hand and took his oath of office, pledging to serve the United

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Angela Davis Acquitted Of Charges In ‘Soledad Brothers’ Case 41 Years Ago Today

By D.L. Chandler Article Reprint One of the most-infamous instances in the life of former Black militant and current scholar Angela Davis (pictured) was the “Soledad Brothers” trial in 1970. On August 7th of that

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IRS Paid Speaker $17,000 to Paint Michael Jordan at Event

By Kathleen Miller & Richard Rubin Article Reprint The Internal Revenue Service spent $17,000 to hire a speaker who painted pictures of Michael Jordanand U2 singer Bono to motivate employees at a 2010 conference in

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Housing Starts in U.S. Surge on Multifamily Unit Demand

        By Alex Kowalski Artice Reprint New-home construction in the U.S. climbed in March to the highest level in almost five years, propelled by a surge in multifamily building that will support

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An Olympic crackdown? Dagestan’s mayor snatched in Russian military raid

Experts say that the mayor’s dramatic arrest in connection with a 2011 murder is part of a larger Kremlin crackdown on the anarchic Caucasus region ahead of the Sochi Olympic Winter Games. By Fred Weir

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UPS to pay $40 million for illegal drug deliveries

UPS agrees to $40 million fine to end US probe into deliveries for illegal online pharmacies. UPS also agrees to block further deliveries from suspect pharmacies. FedEx is still under investigation. By Paul Elias Article

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Texas Police Officers Charged for Selling Drugs

webindia123.com Article Reprint Five police officers in the US state of Texas have been charged for selling the drugs they seized from drug traffickers. The men were members of the Panama unit, a joint task

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The Jamaican Shower Posse: A Family Business

By David Amoruso Article Reprint Christopher “Dudus” Coke controlled a state within a state on the poor west side of Kingston, Jamaica. He was the man who provided his underlings with free electricity. With schooling

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