Protests
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Alexandria ruling; Battleground states; Caps-Bruins; Tax day protest
CommentToday on NewsTalk, we spoke with David Mark, Michael Lee Pope, Ben Raby and John Butler
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Making sense of Occupy DC's weekend traffic collision
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A car struck three Occupy DC protesters over the weekend and caused a storm of emotion amid the warring narratives of what happened. Here's what we know so far.
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Occupy D.C. can't even plan when to march on Metro
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Eventually protesters from our local Occupy D.C. movement will take to WMATA trains in fancy suits, top hats, and with clinking wine glasses to mock the rich ... once they figure out what time they're doing it. They wanted to come tonight but they seem to have double-booked themselves.
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Protestors arrested in Adams Morgan in 2005 get records expunged, awarded $250,000
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On Jan. 20, 2005, the night of George W. Bush's second inauguration, there were protests throughout D.C. Now, over a dozen of those protesters — some of them bystanders — who were arrested in an Adams Morgan alleyway are getting their records expunged, and the District is paying $250,000 to settle their lawsuit.
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The genetically-engineered-food-labeling people to march on D.C.
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Advocates plan to walk from New York to Washington to make a statement about genetically modified plants.
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The good, the bad and the ugly from the Arab spring (turned into summer)
CommentThe names and faces America should know in the Arab spring protests.
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How not to talk to a survivor of campus sexual assault
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American University administrator talks down to campus sexual assault survivor.
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Anti-this, pro-that, all protest at White House
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What do Yemeni violence, Bahrain's monarchy and genetically modified foods have in common?
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Supreme Court: Westboro Baptist Church may protest military funerals
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The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the First Amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount anti-gay protests outside military funerals, despite the pain they cause grieving families.
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'Walk for Choice' plans to stroll, not march, for abortion rights in D.C.
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Walk—don't march!—for your rights.
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Md. National Guard to travel to Egypt amid unrest
CommentThe massive protests in Cairo aren't deterring the Maryland Army National Guard from its planned deployment to Egypt this spring.
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Speak Out Against Homeopathy: The 10:23 Challenge
Over the weekend of February 5 - 6, 2011 there will be a world wide protest against homeopathy.
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The March for Life in tweets!
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Tweeting today's March for Life on the National Mall
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Breathless Westboro Baptist Church picket coverage ahoy
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AU pickets back. Wall-to-wall coverage of the thing Amanda Hess has told you to ignore. Eggs have been thrown.
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Want to protest the Westboro Baptist Church tomorrow at American University? Better be a student
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Guidelines for tomorrow's WBC protest.
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Westboro Baptist Church protest of American University: A map!
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People with offensive signs will appear here this Friday.
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Md. workers to protest pension cuts
Maryland state employees plan to kick off the 2011 legislative session with a rally against pension system changes.
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Portrait Gallery Censorship: 'Banned' protesters announce plans for temporary Wojnarowicz gallery
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Two activists detained for protesting the Smithsonian's censorship of a film have announced plans to build a temporary gallery near the Portrait Gallery.
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