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Surgical scars some see as racist provoke SD march

Hundreds of people marched Monday in support of a man who says the letters KKK were carved into his stomach by a surgeon at a South Dakota hospital.

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, Wisconsin Cops Confiscate Families' Bail Money

When the Brown County, Wis., Drug Task Force arrested her son Joel last February, Beverly Greer started piecing together his bail.She used part of her disability payment and her tax return. Joel Greer's wife also chipped in, as did his brother and two sisters. On Feb. 29, a jud …

Court: Man can't use parents to avoid deportation

The Supreme Court says someone brought to the U.S. as a child by legal immigrant parents can't avoid deportation for criminal activities.

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Norquist compares Sen. Schumer's tax-dodger bill to the Nazis, communists

The anti-tax activist Grover Norquist on Friday compared a new Democratic proposal to penalize Americans who renounce their citizenship to evade taxes to policies employed by the Nazis and communists. Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) introduced legislation th …

'Super PACs' Let Strategists Off the Leash

The intensifying flood of uncapped donations to outside political groups is transforming not just campaigns but the entire business of politics. Once seasonal affairs, campaigns from the presidential race down to House contests are becoming longer and more intense, driven by d …

Doctors Seek New Approach for Jailed Addicts

A group of prominent addiction doctors has mounted a quiet legal campaign on behalf of Cameron Douglas, the troubled son of the actor Michael Douglas, in hopes of finding a sympathetic ear for their view that drug addiction is best handled with more treatmen …

Dimon's Déjà Vu Debacle

Here’s what the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said about JPMorgan’s $2 billion loss (which may actually have been $3 billion, or $5 billion, or more, but who’s counting?): “This was a loss to shareholders and owners of JPMorgan and that&rsq …

Heist of the Century: Why Aren't Any of the Criminal Banksters Being Prosecuted by the Obama Administration?

The behaviour that caused the mortgage bubble and financial crisis of 2008 was a natural outcome and continuation of this pattern, rather than some kind of economic accident. This behaviour is criminal. We are talking about deliberate concealment of financial transactions tha …

Judge says State Police Can Keep Internal Reviews Secret

 A Kanawha County judge on Thursday denied a civil action that would have forced the West Virginia State Police to provide The Charleston Gazette with documents that detail internal investigations of trooper misconduct.

NYPD's Racist Marijuana Arrest Crusade And Its National Implications

New York’s marijuana arrests, says a growing chorus of critics, are a prime example of how the nation’s drug laws disproportionately impact black and Latino communities. NYPD's stop-and-frisk stops still on the rise[Photo: panafricannews.blogspot.com] 

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