Newly Elected Mayor Bill de Blasio: NYC Cannot Become the “Exclusive Domain of the One Percent”; Harry Belafonte Urges de Blasio to Fight Poverty, Stop-and-Frisk & “Dickensian Justice System”; Public Advocate Letitia James: Time to Tackle “Gilded Age of Inequality” in New York City; “We Will No Longer Stay Silent To This Classism”: NYC Youth Poet Laureate Ramya Ramana; Exclusive: Dying Lawyer Lynne Stewart’s Jubilant Return Home After Winning Compassionate Release.
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January 2, 2014
South Sudan Peace Talks Begin Amidst Continued Violence
U.N.: Both Sides of South Sudan Conflict Committing “Terrible Violence”
Hotel Bombing Kills 11 in Somalia
Militants Control Provincial Capitals in Growing Iraq Violence
Al Jazeera Seeks Release of 3 Detained Journalists in Egypt
Israel to Announce New Settlements After Kerry Visit
Explosion Kills Palestinian Ambassador to Czech Republic
Millions Receive Coverage as Obamacare Plans Take Effect
De Blasio Takes Aim at NYC’s Ineqality in Inaugural Address
Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Free After Compassionate Release
Colorado Retailers Begin Legal Marijuana Sales
Judge Strikes Down Welfare Drug Tests in Florida
Federal Judge Upholds Unfettered Electronics Searches at U.S. Border
Catholic Groups Win Obamacare Exemption on Contraception Coverage
NYT Editors Back Clemency for Edward Snowden