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Texas Catastrophe Is A Result Of Neoliberal Rot

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neoliberalism, Sanctions, snowstorm, Texas

Rania Khalek / January 26, 2014 / 76 Comments

Unarmed Man Shot And Killed By Houston Cop For Wearing A Hoodie While Black

Jordan Baker, a 26-year-old Houston Community College student and father, “took his last breath in a trash-strewn alley behind a Northwest Houston strip center” on Thursday, January 16, all because he was a black man wearing a hoodie. Houston police officer J Castro, an 11-year veteran who was moonlighting as a security guard for the strip […]

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Houston Police Department, News, police violence, racism, Texas

Rania Khalek / January 26, 2014 / 8 Comments

How NSA Spying Impacts Muslim Communities and Cultivates Islamophobia

In the second episode of our new podcast, Firedoglake’s Kevin Gosztola and I speak with Gadeir Abbas, a staff attorney with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), about the NSA surveillance as it relates to and impacts Muslim communities. This part really stood out and should leave you outraged: The saddest thing I’ve ever heard as a […]