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class="date_header"> <span class="date">Wed 28 Aug, 2013 - The Nation</span> <span class="block_title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140715145106/http://www.thenation.com/article/175963/end-stop-and-frisk-we-know-it" target="_blank">The End of Stop-and-Frisk as We Know It</a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li class="press_clip" id="press_clip_2"> <div class="pr_content"> <div class="date_header"> <span class="date">Wed 28 Aug, 2013 - The Takeaway/WNYC</span> <span class="block_title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140715145106/http://www.thetakeaway.org/2013/aug/28/dreams-black-community-next-50-years/" target="_blank">50 Years After the March on Washington, A Look At Dreams for the Next 50 Years</a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li class="press_clip" id="press_clip_3"> <div class="pr_content"> <div class="date_header"> <span class="date">Tue 27 Aug, 2013 - Huffington Post</span> <span class="block_title"><a 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Nation</span> <span class="block_title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140715145106/http://www.thenation.com/blog/175673/exposed-alec-faces-mass-protests-and-calls-scrutiny#axzz2bXR5gttT" target="_blank">Mass Protests Put ALEC Under National Scrutiny</a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li class="press_clip" id="press_clip_9"> <div class="pr_content"> <div class="date_header"> <span class="date">Thu 08 Aug, 2013 - In These Times</span> <span class="block_title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140715145106/http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/15434/labor_and_civil_rights_groups_descend_on_alec_conference/" target="_blank">Labor and Civil Rights Groups Descend on ALEC Conference</a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li class="press_clip" id="press_clip_10"> <div class="pr_image"> <img src="/web/20140715145106im_/http://colorofchange.org/media/uploads/press_clip/alec216x160px.jpg"> </div> <div class="pr_content"> <div class="date_header"> <span class="date">Thu 08 Aug, 2013 - 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