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The Village Voice: Bail is Busted
"Bail is Busted" examines the way bail is used in criminal cases in New York City, the profoundly discriminatory outcomes it produces, and efforts to reform the bail system.
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Small-Time Terrorists
The article raises questions about both the government's case and the true motivation of four small-time crooks who got caught up in a terror plot.
Tags: Terrorist; Terror; Small-Time Crooks; Village Voice
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Romeo's Revenge
This investigation found that Romeo Marquez, the publisher of Philippine Village Voice, a community newspaper, used his paper as a means to shame his former girlfriend. He included explicit details of their sexual relationship in the paper, along with an account of her alleged abortion. Furthermore, during the investigation KGTV 10 found that Marquez had two wives in the United States, one wife in the Philippines and also filed false statements to the US government to help his immigration status.
Tags: sexual harassment; polygamy; corruption
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The Jesus Landing Pad: Bush White House checked with rapture Christians before latest Israel move
After obtaining memos from secret meetings between members of the White House and fundamentalist Christian leaders, the Village Voice discovered top Middle East aides who justified Israeli policy decisions because they coincided with Biblical prophesy. This investigation looks into "the role apocolyptic Christians play in sabotaging the Middle East peace process."
Tags: religion; Bush administration; Israeli policy; Gaza Strip; anti-prostelyzation laws; Pastor Robert Upton; Israel Embassy; Americans for a Safe Israel
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Campaigning for Clemency
The Village Voice looks at several women prisoners, who hope to be among one of the few state prisoners to get their sentences commuted. Governor Pataki is expected to commute the sentences of a handful of state prisoners just before Christmas.
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Deflowering the Bronx
The Village Voice looks at the conflict between the Parks Department and South Bronx residents over green spaces. Residents say "parks in the area are rarely maintained, chronically understaffed, and never programmed, and that officials are deaf to local culture in a way unthinkable in the more affluent North Bronx or Manhattan.
Tags: green spaces; Bronx; Parks Department; volunteers; parks
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The DNA Bomb
The Village Voice takes a look at modified crops and DNA and how they could be used in terrorism attacks.
Tags: modified crops; DNA; genetically modified; GM crops; Human Genome Project; terrorism; genetics
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AA Unmasked
The Village Voice examines Alcoholics Anonymous' policy of having members discuss only alcohol addiction, not drug addiction. "Throughout AA's 66 years runs a history of mistreatment of non-alcoholic addicts and dually addicted alcoholics that is not in keeping with AA's own criteria for membership and the spiritual principles the program espouses."
Tags: AA; Alcoholics Anonymous; alcohol; addiction; alcoholism; 12-step program; drug addiction; group therapy; support groups
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The Fight For Flushing
The Village Voice looks at the conflict between Asian American developers and an aging white community in Flushing, NY.
Tags: development; developers; Flushing
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Domestic Disturbance
The Village Voice's three-part series on domestics, which includes nannies and housekeepers, in New York and the growing labor movement among them.
Tags: nannies; domestics; housekeepers; unions; labor movement; New York; City Council; basic labor rights