The Russian Government has given the green light to build a transcontinental railway linking Siberia with North America. Traversing the Beiring Strait, it would be the world’s longest tunnel. The $65 billion project would aim to provide raw goods to North America while “developing a robust renewable energy transmission corridor…
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The Eastern District of New York ruled that probable cause and a warrant are necessary to access and obtain long-term cell phone records to track the owner’s location. (3)
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Sharon Ewell Foster of The Root writes about her discovery after a five-year research effort to locate the 1831 Virginia trial transcripts of Turner’s trial (precipitated by the Turner Slave Revolt): Nat Turner did not plead guilty and, moreover, Thomas Gray, who wrote “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” was not…
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Juan Cole, a progressive, has an excellent write-up, The Top Ten Myths about the Libya War. It is a must read. Cole argues that it was not the U.S. which led the charge, but the British and French. In addition, Cole argues that there are no NATO military brigades on…
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Texas schools continue to push the school-to-prison pipeline as students as young as five years old end up in courtrooms pleading guilty to school bus skirmishes, spilling milk, spraying perfume in class, running in the hall, and violating dress codes. The Washington Post reports that 6 in 10 students were…
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Restrictions on the free movement of labor are more costly than any other existing limits on freedom. (5)
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Bloomberg news is reporting that $1.2 trillion in public funds were secretly given to top Wall St. banks and brokerage firms. (4)
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Obama administration officials are pressuring New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to settle with banks over unlawful foreclosure practices. Doing so would inhibit Schneiderman and top prosecutors in other states from prosecuting illegal activity, including the bundling of securitized mortgages, which precipitated the unabated foreclosure crisis. (1)
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