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http://www.fios1news.com/newjersey/node/25151#.UzrCsa1dVWZ
http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2014/03/dc-mayor-vincent-gray-signs-far-reaching-marijuana-decriminalization-legislation-bill-n
New Jersey prosecutors have come out in favor of legalization and in DC Mayor Vincent Gray recently signed the legislation decriminalizing cannabis possession
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/un-human-rights-committee-united-states-cruel-inhuman-and-degrading-poor
The UN Human Rights committee has called the US’ policy of criminalizing homelessness “cruel, inhuman and degrading” after a mentally ill homeless man baked to death in a Rikers’ Island prison.
The commission is calling for an end to laws against homelessness, something that will make the job of Jason King of Sean’s Outpost very happy. He runs a homeless shelter in Pensacola totally funded by bitcoin donations.
via @LadyBits
http://netcaster.wired.com/2014/03/geeks-guide-karl-schroeder/
Futurist Karl Schroeder predicts artificial intelligence will soon replace the entire legal system, with major advancements in about six months. Soon we’ll have to replace lawyer jokes with robot ones.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Arizona-student-fights-for-right-to-walk-while-trans/46817.html
Monica Jones is a 29-year-old trans woman and student of the Arizona State University’s School of Social Work. She was arrested for walking while black and trans under the state’s extremely wide-ranging suspicion of prostitution law.
But the Arizona ACLU is fighting laws which give cops the power to arrest vulnerable women for “engaging passersby in conversation repeatedly.”
http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/yes-private-schools-beat-public-schools?utm_content=buffer29ea5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
#SchoolChoice programs consistently produce similar or better results for much less money.
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