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The cost of excessive suspensions
A stunning and utterly disturbing report from Texas released last month brought into sharp focus just how much strict school discipline policies are costing our children — and how much Maryland needs to do to reform its own approach.
The exhaustive...Tags: Schools, American Civil Liberties Union, Maryland, Constitutional Issues, African Americans
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Hoping for reprieve: Md. immigrants await new policy
Oscar Alfaro holds a steady job, pays taxes, is active in his church and is raising two young daughters in Maryland. Yet he spends much of his time worrying about deportation. The 36-year-old Honduran native lives in the United States illegally. "You're...Tags: Immigration, Justice System, Republican Party, Prosecution, Church and State Relations
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David Simon says he's being censored -- by me!
David Simon thinks I zapped comments he posted to an item on my blog, about his offer to do another season of "The Wire" if Attorney General Eric Holder stops the war on drugs.
I'm sure a MacArthur "genius" like David Simon can figure out how to post a...Tags: The Wire (tv program), Television, HBO (tv network), David Simon
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Eric Holder could get his wish: another season of 'The Wire'
Attorney General Eric Holder recently made a public plea for another season of "The Wire," and now David Simon says he'll do it.
But only if Holder does something for him.
"The Attorney-General's kind remarks are noted and appreciated," Simon wrote in...Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, David Simon
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Sharpton: The 'War on Drugs' is waged on poor African-Americans
Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton was a guest host on MSNBC the other night, and he and guest James Peterson of Lehigh University made the case that the "War on Drugs" has largely been a war on poor African-Americans.
In a segment called "Crack...Tags: Al Sharpton, Substance Abuse, Lehigh University, Prisons, War Crimes
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COLUMN - What war on the press?
Reuters(Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer May 24 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has declared war on the press, say writers at Slate, the Daily Beast, Reason, the Washington Post (Jennifer Rubin, Dana Milbank...Tags: CBS Corp., Charles Krauthammer, Central Intelligence Agency, Journalism, Republican Party
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Justice Department defends journalist email search
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department said on Friday that senior officials including Attorney General Eric Holder vetted a decision to search an email account belonging to a Fox News reporter whose story on North Korea prompted a leak...Tags: Barack Obama, Judges, Journalism, Justice System, U.S. Department of State
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Time for Eric Holder to spend more time with his family
Bill PressOne of many good things you can say about President Obama is that he is loyal to his friends. But sometimes, he is loyal to a fault, as is the case with Attorney General Eric Holder. Presidential buddy or not, it's time for Holder to go. You expect a...Tags: Barack Obama, Medical Marijuana Therapy, John Edwards, Lawyers, Justice System
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ANALYSIS-In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
Reuters(Repeats from earlier May 23 for wider distribution) By Joan Biskupic and Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23 (Reuters) - When embattled Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner was called before a congressional committee Wednesday, she declared...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Civil and Public Service, Republican Party, Justice System, Prosecution
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Man linked to Boston bombing suspect killed by FBI in Florida
ReutersORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chechen immigrant who was being questioned about his possible links to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot and killed by a federal agent in Florida on Wednesday after he suddenly turned violent,...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Shootings, Peter T. King
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Obama orders review of guidelines for probing journalists
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he directed Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a review of Department of Justice guidelines for investigations that involve journalists and report back by early July. Obama has come...Tags: Barack Obama, Freedom of the Press, News Media, Journalism, Washington, DC
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RPT-U.S. industry touts 'drone' promise as public debate flares
ReutersBy Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Public backlash against deadly overseas drone strikes may undermine promising uses of such technology for anything from disaster response to mail delivery, a top U.S. industry group said as it...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Military Equipment, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency
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