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- Relentless

Center for Justice joins citizen coalition in advancing new police accountability ordinance for Spokane.
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- Hunger Pangs

In search of Michael Pollan, a fresh tomato, and a good argument about food. By Jamie Borgan.
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- Zehm Case Clears a Hurdle

Federal Judge will allow most state claims to proceed in Zehm civil case.
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- Let Freedom Sing

Center for Justice weighs in (again) for street musicians being harassed on downtown sidewalks.
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- Blackwell Island, Detox

Revised plan would remove highly contaminated sediments from flood prone area where Lake Coeur d’Alene empties to the Spokane River.
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- Heartbreak in Haiti

Buck Close’s account of a grim journey through Port au Prince and what you can do to help.
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- Bad Bill, Big Smack

(UPDATED 1-25-10 WITH VIDEO LINK, ECOLOGY ALSO OPPOSES BILL) The Spokane Riverkeeper and his lawyer take a good rip at a proposed new state bill that attempts “to legislate out” provisions of the federal Clean Water Act.
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- Supreme Slap

President Obama comes out swinging after Supreme Court decision striking down campaign finance laws.
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- Opening the Courtroom

U.S. Supreme Court rules that the right to a public trial includes jury selection process.
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- Kitchen Table
- Kitchen Table is a state of mind based, loosely, on a real table just around the corner from the Fish Bowl.
- Where’s the Brief?

The question of whether Spokane can ever have a credible, independent police ombudsman may come down to a fairly simple legal argument. Let’s have it.
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- How to Remember Howard Zinn

NPR’s ombudsman weighs in on a flawed story about the passing of one of America’s finest, and most courageous, historians.
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- The Chairman’s Eloquent Appeal

The repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is not yet scheduled for a vote this year in Congress, but Admiral Mike Mullen’s poignant and personal urging to dispose of it should mark the beginning of its end.
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