“A new report from In the Public Interest (ITPI) revealed last week that private prison companies are striking deals with states that contain clauses guaranteeing high prison occupancy rates. The report, “Criminal: How Lockup Quotas and ‘Low-Crime Taxes’ Guarantee Profits for Private Prison Corporations,” documents the contracts exchanged between private …

Terror strikes the Westgate Mall in Kenya – “The ferocious armed political movement known as al Shabaab is on the ropes in Somalia, losing territory and influence in its home country. Yet this weekend the Shabab showed that they are as dangerous as ever as a terrorist force, keeping Kenyan …

“An Egyptian court on Monday banned deposed President Mohamed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its funds seized, a crippling strike in the campaign to crush the Islamist movement. The case was brought by a lawyer from the leftist Tagammu party on the grounds of protecting Egyptians from violence. It was …

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“Christian pastor and radio host Kevin Swanson this week pointed to abortion, marijuana legalization and “decadent homosexual activity” as the possible cause of recenthistoric flooding in Colorado. On his Generations With Vision radio show, Swanson reminded listeners that state House Speaker Mark Ferrandino had been photographed by the Denver Post …

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The Selection Committee (Episode 1)

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