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Die Suche nach »incarcerat« hat 57 Resultate geliefert. Angezeigt werden die Resultate von 11 bis 20.



Terrorism and civil liberties
Independent Institute by Ivan Eland [T]he arrogance of the U.S. Congress is unbelievable. It expects foreign countries to bail the United States out from its self-made civil liberties quagmire. The U.S.... ...
Unfit for Combat
Dahr Jamail, Truthout: "Studies that go back to World War II have found that combat veterans are twice as likely to commit suicide as people in the general population. Other lesser known distressing facts... ...
A Black President Doesn't Mean Racism Is Gone in America
Peter Phillips, Truthout: "Racial inequality remains problematic in the US. People of color continue to experience disproportionately high rates of poverty, unemployment, police profiling, repressive incarceration... ...
The invasion of Iraq was clearly an illegal act of aggression
A war resister speaks from prison Common Dreams by Robin Long 03/19/09 The invasion of Iraq was clearly an illegal act of aggression. The U.S. was not under attack or the imminent threat of attack from... ...
Seymour Hersh Describes "Executive Assassination Ring"
Eric Black, MinnPost.com: "At a 'Great Conversations' event at the University of Minnesota last night, legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh may have made a little more news than he intended by... ...
The American Criminal Injustice System
By Paul Craig Roberts The US has the highest incarceration rate and the biggest prison population of any country in the world. With 5 percent of the world's population, the US has 25 percent of the world's... ...
America’s shame: Can Jim Webb fix the prison gulag?
AlterNet by Katrina vanden Heuvel 02/16/09 Our criminal justice system is broken. The U.S. represents 5 percent of the world’s population but accounts for nearly 25 percent of its prison population.... ...
Slammed: Welcome to the Age of Incarceration
Mother Jones by Jennifer Gonnerman 07/08 The number first appeared in headlines earlier this year: Nearly one in four of all prisoners worldwide is incarcerated in America. It was just the latest such... ...
Society of the Incarcerated
By Anna Clark http://www.commondre ams.org/archive/2008/05/19 /9065/ http://freepage. twoday.net/search?q=incarc erated ...
Ending America’s domestic quagmire
LewRockwell.Com by Paul Armentano 03/10/08 Ameri ca now spends nearly $50 billion dollars per year targeting, prosecuting, and incarcerating illicit-drug users. As a result, the population of illicit-drug... ...