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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Is the first step to take a Second Look?

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words by Charles Brooks  One of Maryland's newest laws can drastically alter the racial disparities in Maryland’s state prison system ca...
Friday, July 25, 2025

How are community-based organizations addressing crime in Baltimore City?

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words by charles brooks  “…the power of the community is demonstrated in the decline of crime…”, Maryland State Public Defender , Natasha Da...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM MAY 13TH?

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words by charles brooks Mother's Day is just not the same for this working-class community in Philadelphia, where 6221 Osage Avenue sits...
Thursday, May 1, 2025

What are the conditions facing workers on May Day?

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words by Charles Brooks  The current moment is best described by the experiences of today’s working class.  This year’s International Worker...
Thursday, April 3, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil’s Attorney: “This Is the McCarthy Era All Over Again”

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 By Majorie Cohn, TruthOut A federal judge in New Jersey will soon issue a ruling on where the deportation case of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palesti...

House rejects GOP amendments, gives final approval to bill creating Reparations Commission

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 By William J. Ford  Maryland would become fourth state with a commission; it would study ‘appropriate benefits’ for those affected by ‘hist...
Friday, March 28, 2025

Measure that amends Florida’s compensation law for the wrongfully incarcerated passes Senate

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 By Mitch Perry A bill that would make it much easier for individuals wrongfully incarcerated to receive compensation has cleared the Florid...

Basic Reforms to New York’s Legal Code Are At Risk as Democrats Lurch Rightward

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 By Schuyler Mitchell A push to claw back a process-oriented change in New York’s criminal legal code shows just how readily Democrats will ...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Here Are the Texted War Plans That Hegseth Said 'Nobody Was Texting' on Signal

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 By Jon Queally In response to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claiming on live television earlier this week that "nobody was te...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

“I will wear my persona non grata as a badge of dignity”, said South African ambassador expelled by the US

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 By Pavin Kulkarni “ We must enter into trade negotiations with the USA because our economy and our people need them. But we must never trad...