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'Hands up, don't shoot'

By Lexia Banks · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2014 10:20 p.m.

“Hands up, don’t shoot” became the unifying cry of every Ferguson protester after 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson. Whether marching down the streets of Ferguson, MO or around downtown Indianapolis, you’ve heard the phrase or seen in online, read it on T-shirts. You could also read it on signs displayed on City-County councilmen’s seats during the Aug.

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Who are you calling 'politically challenged?'

By Emma Wenninger · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2014 10:19 p.m.

A few weeks ago a student organization called Politech, based out of Texas Tech Universtiy, went out on their home campus to see how politically and culturally savvy their students were in a video called “Politically Challenged: Texas Tech Edition.”  The video quickly went viral, with upwards of one million views on Youtube.

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Good cop, bad cop

By Casey Farrington · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2014 10:19 p.m.

I’ve spoken to an on-duty police officer maybe three times in my life. Each time was a traffic stop. Outside those 15 minutes, my primary understanding of the police comes from television.

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The state as stay Puft Marshmallow Man

Tuesday, Dec. 2,2014 10:18 p.m.

I’m usually pretty optimistic about the day after tomorrow — I’ve been dismissed more than once as a techno-utopian — but sometimes when I get depressed by NSA surveillance, drones, and the corporate state’s manufactured aura of inevitability, I need a story to cheer me up.

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