Category Archives: United States

A Fine Example of Community Policing: South Carolina Police Officer Filmed Playing Football with Neighborhood Kids in a Housing Authority Development Area

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro A man named Lorenzo Adams was driving his car in Bennettsville, South Carolina the other day when he spotted a police officer playing football with some young kids. Adams stopped his car and decided to catch the … Continue reading →

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Common Cause and the Center for Media and Democracy Add to Evidence in “Whistleblower” Tax Fraud Claim Against ALEC

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Common Cause announced earlier this week that it and the Center for Media and Democracy had “sent federal authorities new evidence…that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is falsely passing itself off as a tax-exempt charity and effectively … Continue reading →

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Another Update in the Tamir Rice Case: The Police Officer Who Killed Him Last November Still Hasn’t Been Interviewed by Investigators

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Mother Jones and Daily Kos have reported that Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback, the two officers involved in the shooting of Tamir Rice, “still have not been interviewed by investigators from the sheriff’s department.” Loehmann is the officer who fired … Continue reading →

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Another Update in the Story about the Secret Service Agents Who Allegedly Crashed into White House Barricade While Drunk

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Alicia A. Caldwell of the Associated Press reported this week that the two secret service agents who were involved in driving a government vehicle through a secured area and hitting a barricade at the White House in March were … Continue reading →

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Developmentally Inappropriate: How Common Core Jeopardizes the Foundation of Learning and May Harm Some Children (VIDEO)

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Jonathan Pelto, who served five terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives, called Wendy Lecker “one of the most powerful and important voices on behalf of public education and against the corporate education reform industry’s unending assault … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Day for May 15, 2015: On the Subject of Fox News

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

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Picture of the Day for May 14, 2015: On the Subject of Science and Religion

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

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Unequal Justice in America?: General Petraeus Gets a Slap on the Wrist for Leaking Classified Information…While Former CIA Officer Jeffrey Sterling Gets 42 Months in Prison (VIDEO)

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro On Monday, Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced to 42 months in prison. Sterling is the former CIA officer who was convicted of “leaking classified information to New York Times reporter James Risen about a failed U.S. effort to … Continue reading →

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FBI Releases Preliminary Statistics for the Number of Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty in 2014

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Yesterday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released preliminary statistics for the number of law enforcement officers who were killed in 2014. According to the FBI, those statistics show “that 51 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in … Continue reading →

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Wendell Potter: Court Case Against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Shows How Insurers Rip Off Working People and Their Employers

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Wendell Potter is a former CIGNA executive who became a healthcare industry whistleblower. He is an outspoken critic of the US private health insurance industry–“particularly HMOs, and the sometimes-hidden tactics insurers can use to increase their profits by creatively denying policyholders their … Continue reading →

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