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Body Cameras Will Be Mandatory for All NYPD Patrol Officers by 2019

New York City's mayor has announced that all of the city's patrol officers will wear body cameras by the end of 2019, a contract that could cost upwards of $250 million. While the implementation should result in a more accurate and fair justice system, clear policies for the use of body cameras still need to be ironed out.

February 2, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Human Rights

The War For Endangered Species Has Begun

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The efficacy of the Endangered Species Act has recently started being called into question. With no clear guidelines to dictate what constitutes a recovery, opponents can point to its one percent recovery rate as a sign of it not being effective.

February 2, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Sustainability

Trump Nominates Scalia "Clone" Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court Vacancy

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The Atlanta Black Star's Kamau Franklin says if confirmed, Gorsuch will mirror Scalia's reactionary rulings affecting blacks, women, the LGBT community and workers.

February 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Don’t Avert Your Eyes from “Inconvenient” Climate Disaster

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To many Americans, Al Gore is an overweight lightweight, a serial exaggerator and bragger of no real consequence. Problematically, those same people also think that talk about Climate Change is so much hot air.

February 2, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Facts on Trump’s Immigration Order

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President Donald Trump’s executive order — Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States – imposes a 90-day travel ban, with some exceptions, on the citizens of seven predominately Muslim

February 2, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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Neil Gorsuch, Trump's Supreme Court Pick, Has History of Ruling Against Workers, Women & Regulation

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President Donald Trump has announced his pick for the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia: Judge Neil Gorsuch. He’s a member of the Federalist Society and is widely

February 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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"Stolen Seat": A Look Back on How Republicans Blocked Obama's Supreme Court Nominee

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President Trump was only able to nominate Judge Neil Gorsuch to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia because the Republican-led Senate refused to consider Obama’s nominee for the post last year. Obama

February 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Legal System

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President Bannon?: Racist, Islamophobic Breitbart Leader Consolidates Power in Trump White House

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President Trump took the unprecedented step of giving Bannon a full seat on the "principals committee" of the National Security Council last week. Bannon has emerged as one of the most

February 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Rev. Jesse Jackson: Confirming Sessions as Attorney General Would Stick a Knife Through MLK's Work

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On Tuesday, Senate Democrats managed to delay a vote on Jeff Sessions’s nomination for attorney general. The move comes amid continued protest against Jeff Sessions over his history of opposing the Voting

February 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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#NoDAPL: We Fight On

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Last week Donald Trump told the US Army Corps of Engineers to stop their comprehensive environmental review of the Dakota Access Pipeline. It’s up to us to deny that request. Sorry, Donald.

February 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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