Razan al-Najjar, 21 Razan al-Najjar, 21, a paramedic helping injured protesters in the Gaza Strip, was murdered by what Benjamin Netanyahu insists the Palestinians recognize as the State of the Jewish People. How, in these conditions, can individuals who are...
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London's Bicyclists Have a Diversity Problem, City Officials Say
by Christian Britschgi | Jun 1, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice, Politics
London's cycling commissioner, Will Norman, is dismayed at the demographic makeup of the city's bikers, finding them to be too white, too male, and too middle class. "It touches on something which is a real challenge for London cycling, which is diversity," Norman...
The 1,500 ‘Missing’ Kids Are the Lucky Ones
by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | Jun 1, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Politics
If you’ve been on the internet in the past few days, it was impossible to avoid the articles and social media posts assailing the Trump administration for failing to keep track of 1,500 immigrant children who arrived at the United States border alone. Many...
TSA and Border Patrol stole his life savings but never charged him with a crime
by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | Jun 1, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
His American dream was helping his family in Albania. It ended when he walked through security at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. A U.S. citizen for more than a decade, Rustem Kazazi was flying back to Europe to help his Albanian family repair their home and...
Jury Leaves $4 to Family of Man Killed by Sheriff’s Deputy, Along With Many Questions
by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | Jun 1, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
For more than four years, questions swirled about the shooting death of Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr. at his home in Fort Pierce, Fla. After all, there were only three witnesses to how the entire episode unfolded: two St. Lucie County sheriff’s deputies and Mr. Hill. Mr....
Ex-cop who gunned down ex-wife has a nearly 700-page internal affairs file
by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | Jun 1, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
A former Neptune Township police sergeant who gunned down his ex-wife as she sat helplessly in the driver's seat of her car had an internal affairs file that is nearly 700 pages - and was asked to stay on the force even after he offered to retire prior to the 2015...
TGIF: How an Anti-Semitic American Law Created the State of Israel and a Whole Lot of Trouble
by Sheldon Richman | Jun 1, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Shlomo Sand, a remarkable scholar who studies how "peoples," including the Jewish people, have been invented through myths propagated by court historians and politicians, makes a startling yet obvious connection in his book The Invention of the Land of Israel (2014):...
Supreme Court Rules 8-1 Against Warrantless Police Search in Important Fourth Amendment Case
by Damon Root | May 30, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
Fourth Amendment advocates scored a victory today when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 against a warrantless police search that involved an officer entering private property for the purpose of examining a motorcycle stored under a tarp in the driveway near a home....
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