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Why is Israel Amending Its Open-Fire Policy?: Three Possible Answers | Ramzy Baroud
Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. (Photo: UNRWA) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 29, 2021 At the outset, the Israeli military decision to revise its open-fire policies in the occupied West ...
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“Harnessing social media to help solve and predict crime” — Mickey Z.
; Still image from the 2002 film, Minority Report Mickey Z. — World News Trust November 19, 2021 On January 30, 2020, The Brennan Center for Justice sent a letter to the Los Angeles Police ...
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Heroes or Parasites: Europe’s Self-serving Politics on Refugees | Ramzy Baroud
A fishing boat carrying refugees dock in Lampedus, Italy. (Photo: Vito Manzari, via Wikimedia Commons) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 13, 2021 Language is politics and politics is power. This ...
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Cigarettes (and snowballs) can be hazardous to your health —Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 10, 2021 If you’ve been following any of my stories — from juvenile delinquency to street activism — you know by now that confrontations and interactions with the ...
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The Truth About Amy Cooper (Hint: She’s not the “Karen” in this story) — Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 5, 2021 It’s been more than a year but I’m guessing each of you could still recite a basic description of the “Central Park Karen”: A privileged white woman ...
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Conversation as Commons | John Michael Greer
May 5, 2021 (EcoSophia) -- A little while back I fielded yet another attempt to bully me into censoring my comments pages. It was the same schtick as always. One of my commenters had expressed a ...
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That Time I Almost Accidentally Joined the NYPD — Mickey Z.
(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 29, 2021 In my youth, it was very common for the guys I hung around with to seek out city jobs: police, fire department, sanitation, etc. Steady pay, ...
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Reducing Police Inappropriate Use Of Force | Nora Luongo
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain April 22, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Experts on violence have policy and procedural recommendations for reducing police use of inappropriate force. A report from the Police ...
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Saks, Lies, and the Folly of Street Activism — Mickey Z.
(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust April 8, 2021 We begin this long and winding ode on August 7, 2012 — a classic hot-and-humid Big Apple summer day. I was taking part in a demonstration ...
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Wake-Up Call: Stop Telling People to “Wake-Up” — Mickey Z.
Zuccotti Park, the site of the original Occupy Wall Street: September 30, 2011 (Photo: Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust January 15, 2021 The past year has provided us with no shortage of ...
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