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Chiropractor Sues Patient Over Negative Yelp Review

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CONSUMERIST.COM :Chris Norberg left a negative review on Yelp after he got into a billing dispute with chiropractor Steven Biegel. Instead of quietly fuming like most people who get bad reviews on Yelp do... READ MORE

Britain is criticised for deporting HIV patients

New Passport has arrivedSocial Justice Change

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GUARDIAN :The government is today, on World Aids Day, accused of double standards for permitting the deportation of people diagnosed in the UK with HIV to countries where they may not get the drugs they need to stay alive... READ MORE

Brazil targets illegal abortions

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BBC NEWS :Brazilian police are investigating more than 1,200 women suspected of having had abortions in a clinic in the state of Mato Grosso Do Sul... READ MORE

Noam Chomsky: “What Next? The Elections, the Economy, and the World”

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DEMOCRACY NOW! :World-renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky discussed the meaning of President-Elect Barack Obama’s victory and the possibilities ahead for real democratic change at a speech last week in Boston... READ MORE

Race, Politics, Religion, Popular Culture

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THE KITCHEN TABLE :Conversations with Dr. Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University and Dr. Yolanda Pierce, Associate Professor of African American Religion and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary... READ MORE

L.A. announces plan to reduce backlog of unexamined DNA evidence

Inside DNA: A Genomic RevolutionSocial Justice Change

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LOS ANGELES TIMES :Top city officials Tuesday unveiled a plan to help the Los Angeles Police Department's crime lab reduce its massive backlog of unexamined DNA evidence from violent crimes, but they acknowledged that the funding for the proposal was less than certain... READ MORE

The age when children begin attempting to appear racially colour-blind

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BPS RESEARCH DIGEST :Several embarrassing scenes in the spoof fly-on-the-wall series The Office feature the calamitous manager David Brent trying so hard to appear racially colour blind that he actually ends up causing serious offence... READ MORE

Straw puts victims first and says punishment is main point of prison

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GUARDIAN :Jack Straw, the justice secretary, is to signal a more punitive approach to prisons today by attacking the "criminal justice lobby" for putting the needs of offenders before those of victims... READ MORE

Making Punishments Fit the Most Offensive Crimes

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WALL STREET JOURNAL : Are people who download and view child pornography -- but aren't themselves molesters -- as much of a threat to society as rapists or murderers... READ MORE

Bureau of Prisons bans shackling pregnant inmates

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FEMINISTING : Some good news for your mid-week: The Bureau of Prisons recently announced it has changed its policy and now bans the shackling of pregnant women during transportation, labor and delivery... READ MORE