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October 22, 2012 Whomever wins the presidential election, they will be nominating justices to the U.S. Supreme Court by Andrea Sears October 22, 2012 Russell Means, American Indian Movement activist, has died at the age of 72 by Andrea Sears October 22, 2012 Foreign Policy is the focus of tonight's Presidential Debate by Playthell Benjamin October 19, 2012 More details are emerging in the Quazi Nafis arrest over the bomb plot against the Federal Reserve Bank by Rebecca Myles October 19, 2012 A federal judge orders the New York City Board of Elections to make voting at polling sites accessible to people with disabilities. by Andrea Sears October 19, 2012 ACLU is challenging the censorship of torture testimony in the trial of 9/11 defendants by Andrea Sears October 19, 2012 Jazz musicians in Greenwich Village last night are demanding fairer pay and benefits from Club owners by Michael G. Haskins October 19, 2012 A meditation on art and politics by Playthell Benjamin October 18, 2012 FBI bomb plot sting by Rebecca Myles October 18, 2012 Journalists reporting on the Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban are facing their own death threats by Linda Perry October 18, 2012 Both presidential candidates are attending the same fundraiser in Manhattan tonight by Andrea Sears October 18, 2012 A federal class action lawsuit contends NYPD's program Clean Halls violates people's rights by Linda Perry October 17, 2012 Green Party Presidential Candidate, Jill Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala are cuffed to a chair for 8 hours by Long Island police by Andrea Sears October 17, 2012 Wipe out on Long Island: Barack exposes Romney as Mr. Chameleon by Playthell Benjamin October 17, 2012 More than 12 million comments are posted on Facebook and Twitter during the Presidential Debate by Linda Perry October 17, 2012 In Syracuse, New Yorkers against Fracking call for proper health study and Californian environmental groups sues the Department of Conservation over fracking threat by Rebecca Myles October 17, 2012 Micro-financing crash course with New York area students by Lucas Reckhaus October 16, 2012 Call To Ban Credit Checks By Potential Employers by Linda Perry October 16, 2012 AIDS Activists Raise Criminalization Of HIV At Presidential Debate by Andrea Sears October 16, 2012 Green Party Candidate Detained At Debate Venue by Linda Perry