Rania Khalek

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Steinbecks: Leave Lennie alone
Steinbecks: Leave Lennie alone
August 8, 2012

Last night Texas shocked the world with the execution of 54-year-old Marvin Wilson, a mentally retarded man with an IQ of 61. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's 2002 ruling in Atkins v. Vir...

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Police Violence, Racialized Indifference and a Hunger for Justice in Anaheim
Police Violence, Racialized Indifference and a Hunger for Justice in Anaheim
August 8, 2012

On Saturday, July 21, 24-year-old Manuel Diaz laid face down in a pool of blood, shot dead by Anaheim police just ten minutes away from "the happiest place on earth." Anaheim, long known ...

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Innocent, but broke
Innocent, but broke
August 8, 2012

Glen Edward Chapman, or "Ed," was exonerated in 2008 after spending 15 years on death row for crimes he did not commit. Though North Carolina is one of the 27 states with statutes that pr...

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Unarmed Black Woman Shot and Killed by Chicago Police Officer Less Than a Month After Trayvon Mar...
Unarmed Black Woman Shot and Killed by Chicago Police Officer Less Than a Month After Trayvon Mar...
August 8, 2012

"Her death certificate says killed by police, but I feel like my sister was murdered," says Martinez Sutton, whose 22-year-old little sister, Rekia Boyd, was shot in the head by an off-du...

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Hunger Strikers at Virginia Supermax Face Retaliation for Protest Against Torturous Conditions
August 8, 2012

Dozens of inmates at Red Onion State Prison, Virginia's only supermax facility, have been on a hunger strike since Tuesday, May 22, in what supporters say is a protest against inhumane co...

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Pope blames tyranny of capitalism for making people miserable - theage.com.au/world/pope-bla… that's refreshing!

Pope blames tyranny of capitalism for making people miserable

theage.com.au — Gift of flight: Pope Francis frees a dove at the Vatican. Photo: Reuters Rome: Pope Francis has attacked the ''dictatorship'' of the global financial system and warned that the ''cult of money'' is making life a misery for millions. He said free market capitalism had created a ''tyranny'' and that people were being judged purely by their ability to consume goods.
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RT @PoliticalInsomn: @PWeiskel08 @RaniaKhalek @RaquelEvita Did the stairs & hiked around Wachusett Reservoir this morning. No one hassled m…
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RT @Watchthecops: #RamarleyGraham's parents speak at #MothersCry4Justice. Support them 2morrow 1PM @ 749 E 229 St. 2/5 to 225th St. http://…

Frank Graham & Constance Malcolm at Mothers Cry for Justice

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@onekade DARPA is such a creepy acronym…reminds me of HYDRA
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RT @DianeRavitch: John Merrow: Shame on the Washington Post for Refusing to Investigate DC Cheating Scandal wp.me/p2odLa-4Op

John Merrow: Shame on the Washington Post for Refusing to Investigate DC Cheating Scandal

dianeravitch.net — John Merrow has written a blistering critique of the Establishment's cover-up of the cheating scandal in D.C. The article he wrote exposing the cover up was rejected by a national magazine, unnamed. When Merrow directly asked Duncan about the scandal, Duncan bobbed and weaved.
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@doosthamishe thank you
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MT @theCCR: Djamel Ameziane. +11yrs in #gitmo. Cleared for release yrs ago. In solitary confinement for hunger strike pic.twitter.com/X9Iez6Za0t

theCCR: Djamel Ameziane. In #Guantanamo ...

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BTW, Happy Birthday to my buddy @jamiekilstein! He's all kinds of awesome!
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