Articles Posted in the Politics Category
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Let’s Make a New, New Deal
By Susan Feiner June 10, 2009 FDR realized that, “People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” Why do most economic policies run counter to this…
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Sotomayor: Do Not Give an Inch
Strong progressive support for Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, is a chance to further marginalize prejudiced and pro-corporate elements in the Republican Party. Photo: Larry Downing By Adriel Hampton June 8, 2009…
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Herrera Kicks Off Re-Election Campaign
City Attorney Dennis Herrera held his re-election campaign kickoff event yesterday at the Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco. Photos by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas June 7, 2009 City Attorney Dennis Herrera kicked…
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Why Saying Sorry Seems to be Bad
for the Human RaceThembi Mutch By Thembi Mutch June 7, 2009 At the moment in the UK there’s all kinds of political meltdowns; MP’s using public money to do ridiculous things like clean their moats, pay the window…
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Sadly Majority Says Torture OK
One of the infamous images documented by soldiers at Abu Ghraib shows a hooded man standing on a box. The detainee’s hands were attached to wires. He was told that he if he stepped off…
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Federal Judge Issues Mixed Rulings
in Warrantless Wiretapping CasesA secret room in the offices of AT&T in San Francisco where internet and phone data is allegedly being surveiled by the NSA without warrants or subpoenas. By Susan Vaughan June 5, 2009 A federal…
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Crime, Coercion and the CJC
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Photo by Luke Thomas By Jeff Adachi June 5, 2009 One of the ongoing debates of late surrounding the Community Justice Center (CJC) court concerns the question of how…
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