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Los perfiladores policiales de migrantes son piezas clave para descubrir a personas que intentan salir ilegalmente de un país con documentos falsos o adulterados, sacar objetos, materiales y sustancias prohibidas, entre otros.Construyen identidades a partir de la experiencia adquirida en el trabajo de inteligencia que desarrollan que incluye entrevistas a los migrantes recopilando información que permite saber los motivos de su desplazamiento hacia...
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"The story of the decades-long fight to bring justice to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, culminating in Senator Doug Jones' prosecution of the last living bombers. On September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed. The blast killed four young girls and injured twenty-two others. The FBI suspected four particularly radical Ku Klux Klan members. Yet due to reluctant witnesses, a lack of physical...
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In this essay, I discuss, with empathy, the concept of same-sex marriage from the perspective of someone who has both religious faith and a legal mind. In my view, opposition to marriage equality is not only misguided, but also morally, ethically, and legally wrong, and undermines the very institution of marriage. As the Bible says, "Love is happy with the truth," and love is all that matters.
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Get the Summary of Chris Hedges's Our Class in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Our Class" by Chris Hedges is a profound exploration of the author's experiences teaching college courses in East Jersey State Prison. Hedges, a former New York Times reporter and ordained Presbyterian minister, delves into the lives of his incarcerated students, revealing the transformative power of education and the arts within the...
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Get the Summary of Thomas E. Woods and Jay Bhattacharya's Diary of a Psychosis in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Diary of a Psychosis" by Thomas E. Woods and Jay Bhattacharya provides a critical examination of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors question the effectiveness and necessity of lockdowns, mask mandates, and other restrictive measures, highlighting the inconsistencies in public...
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Frederick Douglass and George Fitzhugh disagreed on virtually every major issue of the day. On slavery, women's rights, and the preservation of the Union their opinions were diametrically opposed. Where Douglass thundered against the evils of slavery, Fitzhugh counted its many alleged blessings in ways that would make modern readers cringe. What then could the leading abolitionist of the day and the most prominent southern proslavery intellectual...
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Social justice matters because we-each of us-matter. Unless we learn to co-exist as equals, we will never live optimally. To denigrate any one of us is to demean all of us.
Absent the wholesale embrace of social justice, we risk succumbing to human tendencies to stereotype, "otherize," and scapegoat. Those tendencies, left unchecked, lead to horrific ends.
When we see ourselves in others, we understand that our shared humanity eclipses all else....
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Introduction This book was started based on my fight against a corrupt government. I served on a community board and ran for several public offices. The local city government and city council did not like my campaigns so I became a political target. I took a lot of heat from the local government for several years with them interfering with my business and my everyday life. I had to put up with their misinformation and defamatory campaigns. After...
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Discover the Magic of Law – Made Simple!Ever felt like the Law is a puzzle you can't crack?Meet "Indian Law for a Common Man," your friendly guide to understanding law without headaches!No fancy terms, just clear explanations – Unlock the Power of Legal Knowledge in Just 3 Hours! Uncover your rights and what you need to know as a citizen. Whether you're a student, worker, or a curious person, this book makes law easy, from property to protection...
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"Throughout her prodigious life, activist and lawyer Pauli Murray systematically fought against all arbitrary distinctions in society, channeling her outrage at the discrimination she faced to make America a more democratic country. In this definitive biography, Rosalind Rosenberg offers a poignant portrait of a figure who played pivotal roles in both the modern civil rights and women's movements. A mixed-race orphan, Murray grew up in segregated...
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The sole purpose of publishing this book is to share the hardships of our family nightmares after moving to New Hampshire and at the present time. The story describes how the biased judicial system affected our entire family lives in the nation that claims "no one is above the law." For the last seventeen years, beginning in 2004, our family has been enduring horrible acts of aggression at the hands of state authorities. After we purchased a property...
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The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy. This fable, featuring dreamy heroes and accidental heroines, has shuttered the movement firmly in the past, whitewashed the forces that stood in its way, and diminished its scope. And it is used perniciously in our own times to chastise present-day movements and obscure contemporary injustice. In A...
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Palestinians in Israel considers a key issue ignored by the official 'peace process' and most mainstream commentators: that of the growing Palestinian minority within Israel itself.
What the Israeli right-wing calls 'the demographic problem' Ben White identifies as 'the democratic problem' which goes to the heart of the conflict. Israel defines itself not as a state of its citizens, but as a Jewish state, despite the substantial and increasing...
14) Thomas Paine - Collected Writings Common Sense; The Crisis; Rights of Man; The Age of Reason; Agr
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Thomas Paine's collected writings - Common Sense; The Crisis; Rights of Man; The Age of Reason; Agrarian Justice, and much, much more.
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The term "Caucasian" is a curious invention of the modern age. Originating in 1795, the word identifies both the peoples of the Caucasus Mountains region as well as those thought to be "Caucasian". Bruce Baum explores the history of the term and the category of the "Caucasian race" more broadly in the light of the changing politics of racial theory and notions of racial identity. With a comprehensive sweep that encompasses the understanding of "race"...
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Most of the leaders in any kind of leadership role would always complain that their decisions that have been miscalculated and resulted in loss of time and material for the organization are because of wrong advice or incomplete information. Thereby, leadership theory needs to study the role of a side kick as an entirely independent and self regulating role in organization theory. This book points towards the importance of auxiliary roles in deciding...
17) Wake Up America
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The Sheriff of McCurtain County, Oklahoma, is to hire a hitman. Why, he doesn't like what the local News Paper is printing. His goal is to have both the Editor and the Reporter eliminated. They are father and son.
A district Judge in Garfield County falsely claims his pistol was stolen. The same caliber gun, shot bullets through the Judge's, brother-in-law's house. Later when arrested on felony charges in Austin, Texas, that exact firearm is in his...
18) The Life of a Movement Lawyer: Lewis Pitts and the Struggle for Democracy, Equality, and Justice
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Be inspired by the extraordinary life of a grassroots movement lawyer and civil rights hero.
Born in 1947, and raised in rural South Carolina, Lewis Pitts was ignorant of civil rights movements underway across the country. As a directionless, white college student, he committed to military service and was destined for Vietnam. However, five years later – after undergoing an intellectual and moral awakening, being discharged as a conscientious objector,...
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On July 5th, 1852, Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest orators of all time, delivered what was arguably the century's most powerful abolition speech. At a time of year where American freedom is celebrated across the nation, Douglass eloquently summoned the country to resolve the contradiction between slavery and the founding principles of our country. In this book, James A. Colaiaco vividly recreates the turbulent historical context of Douglass'...