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Support the Marine Urination Brigade

Memo to U.S. forces: OK to invade foreign nation that posed no threat. OK to occupy said country for years. OK to impose a corrupt puppet government. OK to kill the locals. Probably OK to piss on them. Just don't film it.

Maui Time | Ted Rall | 01-18-2012 | War

Tags: Iraq, War on Terror, Afghanistan, war crimes

Marco Rubio Withdraws Support for PIPAnew

Florida Senator Marco Rubio — who co-sponsored the Senate’s PROTECT IP Act, known as PIPA — wrote today that, having "heard legitimate concerns about the impact the bill could have on access to the Internet," he has "decided to withdraw my support for the Protect IP Act."

The American Independent News Network | Marcos Restrepo | 01-18-2012 | Policy Issues

Tags: Marco Rubio, SOPA, PIPA

Georgia Bungled Response to Downtown Homeless Campnew

Governor should focus on addressing barriers that cause homelessness

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Chuck Bowen | 01-18-2012 | Homelessness

Tags: Homelessness, Homeless in Atlanta

Forsyth County DA Challenged on Racial Justice Stancenew

The Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity have increased pressure on Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill to disavow a Nov. 14 letter which urges N.C. state legislators to support Senate Bill 9, which critics say amounts to a repeal of the Racial Justice Act.

YES! Weekly | Keith T. Barber | 01-18-2012 | Race & Class

Tags: racial justice act, Jim O’Neill Forsyth County, N.C. senate bill 9

The End of Ethnic Studies in Tucson?new

Confusion reigns after the Tucson Unified School District board votes to eliminate ethnic studies.

Tucson Weekly | Mari Herreras | 01-18-2012 | Education

Tags: mexican american studies, tucson ethnic studies, tucson mexican-american studies

Homelessness in Indianapolisnew

Horizon House's John Joanette estimates between 4,500 and 7,500 people in Marion County experience homelessness every year.

NUVO | Nathan Brown | 01-18-2012 | Homelessness

Tags: Homelessness, Indiana Homeless

Obama Violates His Own Dictates on MMJnew

Pot shop seizure letters decried by National Cannabis Industry Association.

Westword | Michael Roberts | 01-17-2012 | Drugs

Tags: Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana in Colorado

Occupy Americanew

A proposal for the future of the Occupy movement.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | Steven T. Jones, Tim Redmond and Yael Chanoff | 01-17-2012 | #OCCUPY

Tags: Occupy Wall Street, #OCCUPY, Occupy Movement, Occupy America

New Orleans' Pit Bull Problemnew

According to local animal rescue groups, New Orleans' pit bull population is one of the country's largest, per capita.

Gambit | Alex Woodward | 01-17-2012 | Animal Issues

Tags: Pit Bulls, Pit Bulls in New Orleans

PIPA is the New SOPAnew

Keep Tweeting to protect an open internet.

San Diego CityBeat | CityBeat Staff | 01-17-2012 | Policy Issues

Tags: Internet, SOPA, PIPA

Schools as Scapegoatnew

Schools have become the default scapegoat for our seeming inability to come to grips with larger social and cultural issues.

NUVO | David Hoppe | 01-16-2012 | Education

Tags: education reform, school performance

23 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Colo. Targetednew

The 23 operations in question, in assorted cities across Colorado (no names yet), are each said to be within 1,000 feet of a school, and therefore presumably violate Drug Free School Zone laws, even if they were grandfathered in under local or state regulations.

Westword | Michael Roberts | 01-13-2012 | Drugs

Tags: Medical Marijuana, MMJ