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Dozens of protesters arrested during Occupy DC clash with police
Occupy DC’s daylong standoff with police and numerous arrests of protesters Sunday thrust Washington’s McPherson Square into the national spotlight.
Direct subsidies could be finished, but you’re still supporting farmers
Delivery of the crop insurance program has been a public-private partnership since 1980. Private companies sell the insurance, while taxpayers help fund the industry. In 2000, an agreement was reached to increase the government subsidy of premiums. This, along with higher crop prices, has pushed the taxpayers’ burden higher by more than seven times its 1995 level.
Police tear down Occupy DC’s makeshift community center; arrests made
City and federal police tore down a makeshift, wooden community center erected by Occupy DC protestors in McPherson Square on Sunday. The protestors were given a deadline to disassemble the shelter, but failed to do so, resulting in 16 arrests.
Congressional Democrats head to Alabama to push for immigration law repeal
The fight against Alabama’s controversial immigration law, HB56, will get a push from a delegation of U.S. lawmakers Monday, when 10 House members will visit Birmingham.
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