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UC Davis Students and Faculty Face Prison Time for Peaceful Protest Against Bank

Mela Heestand, AlterNet. April 27, 2012.

The pepper spraying of UC Davis students shocked the nation, but the persecution that the Davis Dozen protesters face is far worse.

Where Were the Catholic Bishops when Troy Davis Died?

Dante Atkins, Daily Kos. February 19, 2012.

The Catholic Church officially opposes capital punishment. So why wasn't the Conference of Catholic Bishops outraged over Davis's execution?

Eyewitness Identification Has 50% Error Rate? How We Throw People in Prison Based on False ID

Patricia J. Williams, The Nation. January 23, 2012.

From Sacco and Vanzetti to Troy Davis, witnesses to crime scenes get it wrong too often. So why did the Supreme Court just make it harder to challenge such evidence in court?

How Students Landed on the Front Lines of Class War

Juan Cole, Truthdig. November 23, 2011.

University students find themselves victimized by the same neoliberal agenda that has created the current economic crisis.

Pakistani and Indian Newspapers Say US CIA Contractor Raymond Davis Organized Terrorist Activities

Dave Lindorff, This Can't Be Happening. February 27, 2011.

Davis is the CIA contractor in jail in Lahore facing murder charges for the execution-slayings of two young men believed to be Pakistani intelligence operatives.

Launch a Military Coup, Hire a High-Power PR Firm and Represent Democracy!

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 28, 2009.

Orwell would be proud.

I Debated the Honduras Coup With Lobbyist and Clinton Confidant Lanny Davis -- Here's How He Lied

Greg Grandin, AlterNet. August 17, 2009.

I debated the former Clinton adviser on Democracy Now, and he was spinning like a top.

Ted Stevens' Charges Dropped: A Tale of Two Justice Systems

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 1, 2009.

For the wealthy and the powerful, exculpatory evidence is important.

How the McCain Camp Came to Pick Palin

Digby, Hullabaloo. October 23, 2008.

"The way you pick a vice president is, you get a frame of Time magazine, and you put the pictures of the people in that frame."