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- Why Is It Edgecombe County Do Not Have A Black Political Organization Such As The Durham Committee On The Affairs Of Black People? May 1, 2012On election night when the numbers come in from Edgecombe County the statewide candidates can normalCurmilus Dancy II (Butch)
- CLR JAMES, FRANTZ FANON AND THE MEANING OF LIBERATION April 16, 20121776. 1789. 1917. The American. The French. The Russian. The three great revolutions of the modern wKenan Malik
- WASHINGTON D.C.' S MARION BARRY MAKES TRULY IDIOTIC STATEMENTS - BUT THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED - SAYING IT COULD BE HIS LAST BLUNDER IS SHORT-SIGHTED April 8, 2012JOHN CHUCKMAN POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN BY KONRAD YAKABUSKI IN TORONTOJOHN CHUCKMAN
- Race Still Matters March 29, 2012I can’t help being fascinated by the Trayvon Martin case – by the way the events are unfmoniquealicia
- Obama's Campaign Hoodies Ignite Controversy March 28, 2012I think I want one though... Due to what I believe to be an unfortunate coincidence, hooded sweatshiShayG
- Why Is It Edgecombe County Do Not Have A Black Political Organization Such As The Durham Committee On The Affairs Of Black People? May 1, 2012
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- Video: Jeremy Scahill & Noam Chomsky on Secret U.S. Dirty Wars From Yemen to Pakistan to Laos May 23, 2013Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill and author Noam Chomsky recently sat down together at Harvard University to discuss Scahill’s groundbreaking new book, "Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield." Amy Goodman hosted the discussion, which was sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Kennedy School and the ACLU of Massachuset […]
- Another Memorial Day in This Endless War May 23, 2013By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan In a remarkable but little-noticed oversight hearing last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee looked at “The Law of Armed Conflict, the Use of Military Force, and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.” The 2001 AUMF is the act passed by Congress on Sept. 14, three days after the al-Qaida attacks on the Unit […]
- Obama Admin. Admits for First Time It Killed Four U.S. Citizens in Drone Strikes Outside War Zones May 23, 2013The United States has formally confirmed for the first time that it killed four American citizens in Yemen and Pakistan, "outside of areas of active hostilities." The acknowledgment came in a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder. In a letter dated May 22, 2013, Holder wrote to congressional leaders that the Obama administration "has specif […]
- Dissent or Terror: Counterterrorism Apparatus Used to Monitor Occupy Movement Nationwide May 22, 2013[Watch Part One of our interview with Matthew Rothschild of The Progressive Newly revealed documents show how police partnered with corporations to monitor the Occupy Wall Street movement. DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democracy have obtained thousands of pages of records from counterterrorism and law enforcement agencies that detail how so-called f […]
- Massive Tornado Hits Oklahoma Kills Dozens, Is There a Link to Climate Change? May 21, 2013A huge tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday killing dozens of people. The Associated Press reports hospitals are treating more than 120 patients including about 70 children. The storm ripped up at least two elementary schools and a hospital. On Tuesday morning Democracy Now! will report on th […]
- Video: Jeremy Scahill & Noam Chomsky on Secret U.S. Dirty Wars From Yemen to Pakistan to Laos May 23, 2013
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- 2 Men Arrested After Pakistani Jet Is Diverted Over U.K. May 24, 2013Something happened aboard the flight from Lahore, Pakistan, to Manchester, England. Royal Air Force fighters were scrambled and the plane was ordered to land at an airport in Essex.
- James Joyce Coin-troversy Reportedly Could Have Been Averted May 24, 2013Irish banking officials should have known there were problems with the controversial 10-euro coin commemorating James Joyce, according to Ireland's RTE News. The coin misquotes the author's Ulysses, and bears an image of Joyce that his estate did not approve.
- British Soldier Hacked To Death Was 'Our Hero,' Family Says May 24, 2013As Lee Rigby's family struggles with grief, they're speaking about the young man's love of life. He was killed Wednesday. Witnesses heard — and recorded — the attackers saying that they were angry about the deaths of Muslims during the wars in Iran and Afghanistan.
- Explosion, Gunfire Reverberate In Kabul May 24, 2013Witnesses say the blast happened in the late afternoon. The sound of shots followed. There's no word yet on casualties or who is responsible.
- 2 Men Arrested After Pakistani Jet Is Diverted Over U.K. May 24, 2013
- The New York Times
- Insurgents Attack Near U.N. Mission in Kabul May 24, 2013The attackers set off a large explosion, sending United Nations and international agency workers into bomb shelters.By ROD NORDLAND and SHARIFULLAH SAHAK
- DealBook: Banks’ Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills May 24, 2013In a sign of Wall Street’s resurgent influence in Washington, bank lobbyists are aiding lawmakers in preparing legislation that softens financial regulations.By ERIC LIPTON and BEN PROTESS
- The Lede: Video of Bridge Collapse North of Seattle May 24, 2013A bridge collapse north of Seattle sent two vehicles and three people into the Skagit River.By JENNIFER PRESTON
- Russia Says Syria Will Attend Geneva Peace Talks May 24, 2013The United States and Russia had agreed to pull together the peace conference, with Russia responsible for bringing the government of President Bashar al-Assad to the table.By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
- Billy Joel on Not Working and Not Giving Up Drinking May 24, 2013And not caring what Elton John says about any of it.Interview by ANDREW GOLDMAN
- Insurgents Attack Near U.N. Mission in Kabul May 24, 2013
- All Things Considered
- Storm Chasers Seek Thrills, But Also Chance To Warn OthersWhen disaster strikes, our natural instinct is to take cover and seek shelter. But in severe weather, especially the type that breeds tornadoes like we saw in Oklahoma and parts of the Midwest this week, there are those who ride toward the storm.
- Discovering A Family Member's Lost Time In AmsterdamWhen Margot Adler learned that a cousin had hidden from the Nazis in Amsterdam, she was stunned. Adler started digging around and discovered that like Anne Frank, 25,000 Dutch Jews hid, and two-thirds of them survived. Her cousin was one of them.
- Storm Chasers Seek Thrills, But Also Chance To Warn Others
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- The BBC
- Explosion and gunfire shake KabulThere has been a large explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, followed by an apparent attack on a security forces building.
- Two held after plane alert over UKTwo men are arrested after RAF Typhoon jets were launched to investigate an incident involving a passenger plane from Pakistan within UK airspace.
- UN hails 'historic' Obama drone vowThe lawyer leading the UN's inquiry into drones welcomes President Obama's speech as a "significant step towards increased transparency".
- Woolwich: Security services defendedThe UK government defends the security services against criticism they missed signs which might have helped prevent the murder of a soldier in London.
- Explosion and gunfire shake Kabul
- The Los Angeles Times
- Bridge section collapses on I-5 north of Seattle May 24, 2013SEATTLE — A large section of a bridge on Interstate 5 north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, sending vehicles and people plunging into the swirling, icy waters of the Skagit River.By Kim Murphy and Rick Rojas
- Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology May 24, 2013With IBM colleague Gerd Binnig, Rohrer invented the scanning tunneling microscope, which can show individual atoms on a surface and move them around.The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for th […]By Thomas H. Maugh II, Special to The Times
- Obama reveals conflicted thinking on drone strikes May 24, 2013In a major speech, President Obama tries to answer critics of drone strikes but also raises his own questions.WASHINGTON — At times defensive, solemn, lawyerly and personal, President Obama on Thursday offered a rare glimpse of the burden that the nation's fight against terrorism has placed on the man who leads it.By Kathleen Hennessey and Christi Parsons, Los Angeles Times
- Obama puts restrictions on drone program May 24, 2013Setting a new tone on U.S. counter-terrorism policy, he also lifts the ban on sending Guantanamo prisoners home.WASHINGTON — Reining back the aggressive counter-terrorism strategy he has embraced for five years, President Obama declared clear, public restrictions for the first time on using unmanned aircraft to kill terrorists, a shift likely to significantl […]By Ken Dilanian and Christi Parsons, Los Angeles Times
- Bridge section collapses on I-5 north of Seattle May 24, 2013
- The Washington Post
- Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare April 24, 2005House ethics rules bar lawmakers from accepting travel and related expenses from registered lobbyists. The House Majority Leader has said that his expenses on a 2000 trip were paid by a nonprofit organization, and that the financial arrangements for it were proper.R. Jeffrey Smith
- Panel to Start Writing Social Security Bill April 24, 2005Five months after President Bush launched his drive to overhaul Social Security, the difficult, if not impossible, task of drafting legislation begins Tuesday when the Senate Finance Committee holds the first hearing on options to secure Social Security's future.Jonathan Weisman
- DNC Is Told Where to Move Into Bush Bloc April 24, 2005Howard Dean's Democratic National Committee has been studying the electorate, and the party's problem with voters of faith is both worse and better than he feared.Dan Balz
- U.S. Loan Proposed to Rescue Alaska Power Plant April 24, 2005Years ago, the federal government spent $117 million on an experimental "clean coal" power plant in Alaska designed to generate electricity with a minimum of air pollution -- but the project never got up and running.Justin Blum
- The Talk Shows April 24, 2005Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
- Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare April 24, 2005
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Right On! KRS-One is the truth! I’m so glad there are a couple of “thinking” Black people left in this country.