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Convicted Felon Sends Heartfelt Thank You Note To The NRA

Vintage gun illustration from OpenClipArt.Org.

This ringing endorsement for the NRA comes from a guy who also once wrote, ‘In all probability I’ll commit murder, perhaps even mass murder.’

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Drug War Responsible For U.S. Prison Population Exceeding Prisoner Population Of Stalin’s Gulag

Drug War Responsible For U.S. Prison Population Exceeding Prisoner Population Of Stalin’s Gulag

The United States has more people in prison today than the population of Stalin’s Gulag Archipelago when it was at its peak, because of the ineffective drug war.

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Brave Activists In Ireland Risking Up To 14 Years For Giving Women Information About Abortion

Brave Activists In Ireland Risking Up To 14 Years For Giving Women Information About Abortion

Those brave activists fighting to obtain women’s rights, and risking time in jail to do so, should be applauded by progressives and liberals around the world.

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Former Congressman Says John Boehner Called Staffer A ‘Fag’ And Is A ‘Drunk’ (VIDEO)

Former Congressman Says John Boehner Called Staffer A ‘Fag’ And Is A ‘Drunk’ (VIDEO)

Former Congressman Bob Ney (R-OH) takes a candid look at his own criminal behavior and divulges some of the GOP’s dirty secrets in his new book, ‘Sideswiped.’

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Incarceration Of African-Americans Has Dropped

A positive shift in incarceration rates; @Ebony.com

It may be the beginning of a trend that shows that acceptance is making progress, and that we’re actually moving toward equality.

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Better Mental Care, Anyone? One Mother Reveals all in Touching Letter on Mental Illness in America

Better Mental Care, Anyone? One Mother Reveals all in Touching Letter on Mental Illness in America

Her name is Lisa Long and she’s a writer based in Boise. Talking about guns is like talking about the weather; everybody does it but nobody does anything about it. But while it’s easy to talk about guns, it’s not as easy to talk about mental illness. But Lisa hopes to change this complete and utter lack of conversation.

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School-To-Prison Pipeline: Kids Arrested For ‘Making Adults Mad’

Juvenile justice?  @ BoddieLawGroup.com

The so-called ‘crimes’ committed by these children can range from school fights and disorderly conduct to wearing the wrong color of socks to school.

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For-Profit Prison Employees Participate In High School Drug Search

For-Profit Prison Employees Participate In High School Drug Search

Is it ethical for us to allow corporations to profit from a societal sickness?

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Mississippi Schools Sending Children To Prison As Punishment For Misbehavior

Mississippi Schools Sending Children To Prison As Punishment For Misbehavior

Any teacher, principal, judge, or police officer who is involved with this illegal scheme should be introduced to the real world themselves, in the form of prisons for adults.

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Rick Santorum Says Children With A Gay Father Would Be Better Off With A Father In Prison

Rick Santorum Says Children With A Gay Father Would Be Better Off With A Father In Prison

Rick Santorum continued his crusade against the LGBT community in New Hampshire on Saturday, this time at a college preparatory school in Dublin.

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Rand Paul Thinks The Koch Brothers Should Go To Jail

Rand Paul Thinks The Koch Brothers Should Go To Jail

A few days ago, Rand Paul did an interview in which he suggested that the Koch Brothers be sent to jail. After railing against environmentalists for trying to stop unregulated fracking, which is poisoning the nation’s water supply, Paul pivoted and stated that polluters who dump benzene, a carcinogenic chemical, into streams, should “go to jail.”

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Your Freedom: Sold To The Highest Bidder

Your Freedom: Sold To The Highest Bidder

There is a lot of talk lately about freedom, liberty and tyranny. Fear not, not-so-young tea partier, the government is not taking away our liberty. Where would the profit be in that? No, they aren’t taking it away. In true capitalist fashion, they are selling it to the highest bidder.

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