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July 17, 2013 Report Documents Huge Expansion of License Plate Tracking of Innocent Americans by Andrea Sears July 17, 2013 One in three children of immigrants has one undocumented parent in the US; NYC administrators create a fund to help undocumented youth by Rebecca Myles July 16, 2013 Groups Call For Making Water a National Priority by Andrea Sears July 16, 2013 Lawmakers Speak Out Against Bloomberg's Fear Mongering by Linda Perry Barr July 16, 2013 A UN child rights committee asks Vatican officials to disclose details of thousands of paedophilia cases involving catholic clergy; New York anti-child abuse groups were outside St. Patrick's Cathedral today by Rebecca Myles July 15, 2013 EPA Approves Consumption of Fracking Waste By Wildlife and Livestock July 15, 2013 Hundreds of New Yorkers took to the streets to protest the not guilty verdict in murder trial of Trayvon Martin; New York elected officials demand the Justice Department continue its civil rights violation investigation by Rebecca Myles July 14, 2013 Protests against Zimmerman acquittal July 13, 2013 Jury acquits George Zimmerman of second-degree murder in shooting of Trayvon Martin July 12, 2013 Malala by Linda Perry Barr July 11, 2013 Violence Being Used to Break Guantanamo Hunger Strike by Andrea Sears July 11, 2013 US Investigative Journalist Faces 105 Years in Prison July 11, 2013 Raise the Age by Linda Perry Barr July 11, 2013 Michael Cordiello, President of ATU Local 1181 by Linda Perry Barr July 11, 2013 ACLU Legal assistants and office workers in New York held a lunchtime protest to demand a fair contract by Rebecca Myles July 10, 2013 ACLU Files a Lawsuit Challenging Pennsylvania's Same Sex Marriage Ban, NC and VA Next by Andrea Sears July 10, 2013 NEW YORK CITY WOMEN'S RIGHTS GROUPS SPEAK OUT ABOUT ELIOT SPITZER'S RUN FOR COMPTROLLER SEAT; SPITZER RESIGNED AS GOVERNOR FOLLOWING A PROSTITUTION SCANDAL by Rebecca Myles July 9, 2013 Zimmerman Murder Trial Nearing Close by Linda Perry Barr July 9, 2013 Judge Rules Government Cannot Use State Secrets Privilege to Dismiss NSA Lawsuit by Andrea Sears July 8, 2013 Edward Snowden Offered Asylum in Three Latin American Countries by Andrea Sears