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Archives for October 2012

Holy Land Five Seek New Trial For Allegedly Supporting FTO

(MintPress) – Activists with the Committee to Stop FBI Repression rallied in several U.S. cities on Thursday, calling for the release of five Muslim charity leaders serving life sentences for allegedly supporting Hamas, a Palestinian political party labeled as a terrorist group by the United States. Although a Dallas jury originally found the Holy Land Foundation […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels
Entesar Hamdan, center, wipes tears from the face of her 10-year-old son, Albara, right, as his 8-year-old brother, Omar, holds a poster of the two boys with their father, Abdel Jabbar Hamdan, of Jordan, during a news conference and rally sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Friday, July 30, 2004, in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Rene Macura)

(MintPress) – Activists with the Committee to Stop FBI Repression rallied in several U.S. cities on Thursday, calling for the release of five Muslim charity leaders serving life sentences for allegedly supporting Hamas, a Palestinian political party labeled as a terrorist group by the United States. Although a Dallas jury originally found the Holy

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Autonomy, Centrism And Compromise: The Politics Of Colin Powell

(MintPress) – For the second straight presidential election, former secretary of state and decorated former United States Army Gen. Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama. While its impact is yet to be seen for the Obama campaign, its significance points to a political philosophy that has faded with bipartisanship: centrism. As a Republican, Powell’s endorsement of […]

Joey LeMay
By Joey LeMay
In this Dec. 1, 2010 file photo, former Secretary of State Colin Powell meets with President Barack Obama, in the Oval Office at the White in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

(MintPress) – For the second straight presidential election, former secretary of state and decorated former United States Army Gen. Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama. While its impact is yet to be seen for the Obama campaign, its significance points to a political philosophy that has faded with bipartisanship: centrism. As a

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Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Joins The Fight To Save Minn. Family’s Home

The battle for the family began after seven years in their house, when one online payment did not process — an action they say the bank is responsible for.

Trisha Marczak
Martin Michaels
By Trisha Marczak
And Martin Michaels
Green Party vice presidential candidate Cheri Honkala speaks to community members Thursday evening at the Cruz family home in Minneapolis. Activists gathered, as they have been since May, to stand up against what they perceive as an unfair foreclosure process that's forcing their neighbors out of their home and onto the streets. (Photo Trisha Marczak/MintPress)

Minneapolis - Green Party vice presidential candidate Cheri Honkala joined dozens of passionate community members on the front steps of a South Minneapolis, Minn. home Thursday evening to stand up against a foreclosure process that could force one family out on the streets. “I bring greetings from poor and homeless from across the U.S. who are

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UK Plans To Deport Syrian Activist Condemned By Immigration Office

An eleventh-hour intervention that prevented the deportation of a Syrian activist back to Damascus has raised fresh concerns over British asylum policy for thousands of asylum seekers fleeing the bloodshed in Syria. The man, who is originally from the southwestern city of Dera’a, came to Britain on a student visa and has taken part in […]

Louisa Loveluck
By Louisa Loveluck
In this citizen journalism image taken on Monday March 26, 2012 and provided by Edlib News Network ENN, an anti-Syrian regime protester carries a boy on his shoulder with the Syrian revolution flag painted on his face, gesture during a demonstration in Binish town in Idlib province, northern Syria. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)

An eleventh-hour intervention that prevented the deportation of a Syrian activist back to Damascus has raised fresh concerns over British asylum policy for thousands of asylum seekers fleeing the bloodshed in Syria. The man, who is originally from the southwestern city of Dera’a, came to Britain on a student visa and has taken part in several

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The Confounding Decades-Old Legal Case Behind Stop-And-Frisk Has Left Boundaries Open To NYPD Discretion — But For How Long?

This week a federal judge adjourned proceedings in one of the most significant challenges yet to stop-and-frisk in New York City, and scheduled what are sure to be impassioned closing statements for early November. The eight days of testimony at Manhattan’s federal courthouse in the Ligon v. City of New Yorklawsuit struck at one of the fundamental […]

Maura OConnor
By Maura OConnor
Demonstrators hold signs during a silent march to end the "stop-and-frisk" program in New York, Sunday, June 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

This week a federal judge adjourned proceedings in one of the most significant challenges yet to stop-and-frisk in New York City, and scheduled what are sure to be impassioned closing statements for early November. The eight days of testimony at Manhattan’s federal courthouse in the Ligon v. City of New Yorklawsuit struck at one of the

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Fixing Health Care Isn’t About Party, ‘It’s About Building A Sustainable System’

It’s no secret that reforming the country’s health care system is an important issue in this year’s presidential election. According to a recent survey from the New England Journal of Medicine, one out of every five voters sees the 2010 health law as a top priority, but many are also still perplexed by it. That confusion has […]

Shefali S. Kulkarni
By Shefali S. Kulkarni
Kate Birdsall, L from Maine and Colleen Osborne, C, from Los Angeles cheer the announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Obama administration's health care law in a landmark 5-4 decision in Washington, DC, June 28, 2012. (Mannie Garcia / MintPress News 2012)

It's no secret that reforming the country's health care system is an important issue in this year's presidential election. According to a recent survey from the New England Journal of Medicine, one out of every five voters sees the 2010 health law as a top priority, but many are also still perplexed by it. That confusion has led about 15,000

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