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Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People's Movement Gains Steam with Upcoming Conference

Bruce Reilly, AlterNet. October 24, 2011.

A shift in the criminal justice landscape kicks off November 2nd, as hundreds of people who experienced living under the control of government agencies launch a national platform.

Momentum Builds to End Failed Drug War: 1,000 to Attend Upcoming Conference

Tony Newman, AlterNet. October 10, 2011.

Every day we see the horrors of the failed drug war. And while government is inactive, thousands are ready to consider alternatives and demand change.

Low Expectations for Climate Conference to Produce Legally Binding International Accord

Tina Gerhardt, The Nation. November 29, 2010.

As negotiators, nonprofit organizations and activists flock to the luxury resort in droves, serious tensions threaten to derail the process entirely.

Major Drug Conference in Mexican Drug War Says Prohibition Has Failed, Calls for New Policy

Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. February 26, 2010.

Coming as Mexico's war on drugs turns bloodier by the day, the conference concluded that current prohibitionist policies are a disaster.

Take Back America Next Week in DC

Deanna Zandt, June 11, 2007.

Deanna Zandt: It's time for activists, elected officials and candidates to get together at Campaign for America's Future's annual conference.

Christian Right Leaders: America Can Only Be 'Reclaimed' by Religious Revival

deleted, Church and State. April 20, 2007.

Religious Right leaders at the Reclaiming America For Christ Conference fretted that America cannot be "reclaimed" from the grip of the evil forces that now engulf it until religious revival sweeps the land.

Bush: Iraqis willing to "tolerate" violence [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, October 11, 2006.

Bush doesn't find report that over half million Iraqis are dead 'credible'...