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The Price of Mercy: How the Legal System Criminalizes Being Poor
Imagine losing your job, your apartment, and your children – not because a jury found you guilty of a crime, but because you didn’t have twelve quarters in your pocket on a Tuesday morning. When Emily Galvin-Almanza joined Lawrence O’Donnell … Continue reading
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Tagged bench warrant, criminal justice reform, Emily Galvin-Almanza, Failure to Appear, hall of justice, hungry judge, junk science, Lawrence O’Donnell, ms now, Partners for Justice, potential vs threat, poverty trap, public defense, sports fan, The Last WOrd, The Price of Mercy, Today Show, uber, white privilege
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Right or Left? How History Decides Which Side of the Road You’re On
If you’ve ever landed in the UK, Australia, or Japan and felt that brief moment of panic watching cars come at you “the wrong way,” you’re not alone. But here’s the part that surprises people: the United States and France … Continue reading
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Tagged ambidextrous, Australia, blueprints, Britain, British colony, common man, Conestogas, defensive driving, elite, engineers, france, freight wagons, history, identity, Japan, left-handed, Napoleon, Netherlands, outlier, Poland, political survival, practical, railway, right-handed, self-defense, side of the road, South Africa, UK, united states
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The Lion of Paris: How Abdol Hossein Sardari Saved Thousands of Jews from the Nazis
History has a habit of focusing on the loudest voices, but often, the greatest acts of heroism happen in quiet rooms, behind closed doors, and through the stroke of a pen. While many know the name Oskar Schindler, fewer have … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979 Iranian Revolution, Abdol Hossein Sardari, Amir Abbas Hoveyda, anti-Semitic, Aryan, diplomat, Holocaust, holocaust heroes, humanity, ideology, iran, iranian history, Iranian Jews, Iranian passport, Iranian Schindler, jewish history, Jews, Jugutis, loophole, Muslim, Nazi, Oskar Schindler, Paris, Persians, pseudo-science, Schindler's list, World War II
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The Great Alignment: Three Paths, One Human Heart
Today is a day that hasn’t happened in a century. In a rare cosmic and cultural coincidence, Fat Tuesday, Lunar New Year, and the start of Ramadan have all landed on the same 24-hour stretch. At first glance, these traditions … Continue reading
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Tagged beads, culture, dragon dance, faith, Fat Tuesday, heritage, king cakes, Lunar New Year, Maya Angelou, prayer, pre-dawn meal, Ramadan, red envelopes, reflection
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The Presidents’ Day Patchwork: Why Your Holiday Depends on Your Zip Code
Tomorrow is Monday, February 16, 2026. Are you wondering, Who is off on Presidents Day? For some of us, that means a glorious morning of sleeping in and searching for mattress sales. For others, it’s just another 9-to-5, and perhaps … Continue reading
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The Rule of Law Be Damned: The Human Cost of Unbridled Power
In a federal courtroom in Texas on January 31, 2026, Judge Fred Biery issued a ruling that should shake the conscience of the country. “Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and … Continue reading
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Tagged acute lymphoblastic leukemia, asylum, bait, blue bunny hat, cancer, chemotherapy, compassionate release, constitution, criminals, cruelty, deportation, deportation quotas, detention center, dilley, Elvis Joel Tipan Echeverria, fifth amendment, fourth amendment, human decency, ICE, ice agents, ice brutality, immigration, immigration court, innocent, judge fred biery, leukemia, liam conejo ramos, los angeles, maher tarabishi, medical neglect, minnesota, new orleans, no criminal history, physical abuse, pneumonia, pompe disease, rights abuses, rule of law, sepsis, spider-man backpack, stage 4 cancer, texas, texas federal judge, unbridled power, uphold constitution, us citizen, wael tarabishi
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The Dirt is Speaking: From Cyrus the Great to the 2026 Fight for Human Rights
A 2,500-Year-Old Idea That Still Haunts Today’s Politics Growing up Persian, whether in Iran or Irangeles (aka Los Angeles), London, New York, or San Francisco, you probably have heard of Cyrus the Great. Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump made … Continue reading
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Tagged 3.5% rule, autoritarian rule, Babylon, birthplace of human rights, censorship, crackdowns, cultural tolerance, Cyrus Cylinder, Cyrus the Great, desctruction, dignity, dissent, Donald Trump, equality, erasing cultures, erica chenoweth, forced worship, freedom, greg bovino, human dignity, human rights, identity, iran, justice, king, kristi noem, morality police, power, protection, protection of conquered people, protests, religious freedom, repression, restoration, roots, Scientific and Cultural Organization, slavery, UNESCO, united nations, United Nations Educational, voice
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Alex Pretti: A good man killed by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs
Statement from the family of Alex Pretti, Michael and Susan Pretti: We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Pretti, American veterans, Donald Trump, hero, ICE, icu nurse, kindness, last act, minneapolis, minnesota, nurse, pepper sprayed, VA hospital
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