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December 7, 2012 New York Civil Liberties Union files a federal lawsuit over the overuse of solitary confinement in State prisons by Rebecca Myles December 5, 2012 Governor Cuomo gives an update on Sandy relief efforts by Jose Santiago December 5, 2012 Parents, their children and activists were at City Hall today before leaving of a bus tour to protest cuts to education by Rebecca Myles December 5, 2012 Parents are speaking out tonight in Williamsburg, Brooklyn about a controversial Charter School planned for their neighborhood by Rebecca Myles December 5, 2012 An update on the Brooklyn Stop and Frisk trial by Jose Santiago December 5, 2012 NDAA Amendment May Not Stop Indefinite Detentions Of US Citizens by Andrea Sears December 4, 2012 Faith leaders are speaking out about post-Sandy housing by Linda Perry December 4, 2012 DEC released proposed fracking regulations by Rebecca Myles December 4, 2012 Critics say Republican-backed fiscal plan short on details by Andrea Sears December 4, 2012 Peace Activists from New Jersey and Pennsylvania will petition Congress to cut military spending by Jose Santiago December 3, 2012 Students at Cooper Union occupied the top floor today over threats of tuition fees by Rebecca Myles December 3, 2012 Is the City ordering volunteer relief services to close down in hard hit Storm Sandy areas? by Andrea Sears December 3, 2012 New York City trying to do restoration on the cheap, especially in the Rockaways by Jose Santiago December 3, 2012 WBAI's Bob Fass was inducted into the People's Hall of Fame by Linda Perry November 30, 2012 United Nations voted to recognize the state of Palestine upgrading its status to non-member observer state by Rebecca Myles November 30, 2012 Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, on Staten Island by Jose Santiago November 30, 2012 Army Private Bradley Manning speaks at his pre-trial hearing by Andrea Sears November 30, 2012 New York elected officials want to visit political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera by Rebecca Myles November 29, 2012 UN recognizes State of Palestine by Andrea Sears November 29, 2012 Workers at McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell walked off the job protesting low wages by Andrea Sears