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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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- 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 acknowledgement 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 specificall […]
- 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 […]
- The Three Heroines of Guatemala: The Judge, the Attorney General and the Nobel Peace Laureate May 16, 2013By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Former Guatemalan President Efraín Ríos Montt was hauled off to prison last Friday. It was a historic moment, the first time in history that a former leader of a country was tried for genocide in a national court. More than three decades after he seized power in a coup in Guatemala, unleashing a U.S.-backed campaign of slaug […]
- VIDEO: From Boston to Pakistan, Pentagon Officials Claim Entire World is a Battlefield May 16, 2013Pentagon officials today claimed President Obama and future presidents have the power to send troops anywhere in the world to fight groups linked to al-Qaeda, based in part on the Authorization for Use of Military Force ( AUMF ), passed by Congress days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Speaking at the first Senate hearing on rewriting the AUMF , Pentagon […]
- Obama Admin. Admits for First Time It Killed Four U.S. Citizens in Drone Strikes Outside War Zones May 23, 2013
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- Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny May 23, 2013Organizing for Action — a group that formed out of President Obama's re-election campaign — has focused its ire on Republicans it calls "climate change deniers." But some environmentalists are frustrated with the president himself on issues like the Keystone pipeline.
- Living In Two Worlds, But With Just One Language May 23, 2013Elysha O'Brien calls herself a "Mexican white girl." Not just because of her ethnically ambiguous appearance, she says, but also because she can't speak Spanish. Fearing their children would experience discrimination if they spoke Spanish, her parents chose not to teach them their native tongue.
- Sick Inmates Dying Behind Bars Despite Release Program May 23, 2013Federal prisoners can request compassionate release if they are terminally ill, but a recent investigation found that many die while their requests drift through the system. Now, prison leaders say they will simplify the approval process and start tracking requests electronically.
- Scientific Tooth Fairies Investigate Neanderthal Breast-Feeding May 22, 2013Our closest relatives, chimpanzees and gorillas, breast-feed their offspring for several years. Some baby orangutans nurse until they are 7 years old. Researchers found a way to test ancient teeth for clues about when humans cut nursing short.
- Obama Group's Climate Push Puts President Under Scrutiny May 23, 2013
- The New York Times
- China and Japan Show Signs of Economic Stress May 23, 2013Economic data on China highlighted the fragility of its recovery, and a sudden 7.3 percent plunge in the Japanese stock market underlined worries about the government’s efforts to reignite growth.By BETTINA WASSENER
- Pakistan Blast Kills 13 Officers in Restive Area May 23, 2013The province where the attacks took place, Baluchistan, has been the site of a separatist insurgency and violence by other militants.By SALMAN MASOOD
- Japan Stocks Dive as Benchmark Bond Yield Spikes May 23, 2013Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo nosedived 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98.By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- Game 1: Heat 103, Pacers 102 (OT): LeBron James’s Layup at Buzzer Gives Heat Game 1 Victory May 23, 2013LeBron James’s layup at the buzzer in overtime rescued the Heat after the Pacers appeared to have sealed a victory on three free throws by Paul George, who finished with 27 points.By HOWARD BECK
- Game 1: Heat 103, Pacers 102 (OT): James Saves Heat at Buzzer of Game 1 May 23, 2013LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Indiana Pacers in a wild Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday.By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
- China and Japan Show Signs of Economic Stress May 23, 2013
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- 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.
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- Woolwich attack victim 'was soldier'The man killed in a suspected terrorist attack in south-east London on Wednesday was a member of the armed forces, Whitehall sources have confirmed.
- French court questions IMF chiefIMF chief Christine Lagarde arrives at a Paris court for questioning over a payout to a tycoon when she was French finance minister.
- Four American drone deaths confirmedUS Attorney General Eric Holder confirms that four American citizens have been killed in US drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan since 2011.
- Markets fall on China data, FedGlobal stock markets fall after weak Chinese economic data and concerns that the US Federal Reserve may scale back monetary stimulus efforts.
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- Conservative economists endorse immigration reform bill May 23, 2013WASHINGTON -- More than 100 conservative economists will call on Congress to approve an immigration overhaul, highlighting the potential economic benefits.By Lisa Mascaro
- Oklahoma turns to mammoth task of cleanup after tornado May 23, 2013As details of victims emerge, residents of Moore, Okla., begin hauling away animal carcasses, trashed cars and the debris from 13,000 homes battered by the tornado.MOORE, Okla. — Under a sunny sky, residents of this Oklahoma City suburb began cleaning up debris from the monstrous tornado that inflicted death and destruction — bodies of animals, overturned ca […]By David Zucchino, Hailey Branson-Potts and Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times
- Kerry downplays Syria government's gains May 22, 2013In Jordan for talks with the pro-opposition Friends of Syria bloc, he calls Bashar Assad's military advances 'very temporary.'AMMAN, Jordan — Recent battlefield advances by the Syrian military against U.S.-backed rebels are "very temporary" and do not signal that the government of President Bashar Assad is gaining the upper hand, Sec […]By Nabih Bulos and Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times
- Disgraced ex-congressman Anthony Weiner running for New York mayor May 22, 2013The former representative who resigned after his racy tweets surfaced may make it to a runoff for the office.NEW YORK — Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, whose career imploded in a rash of raunchy tweets two years ago, announced in a YouTube video late Tuesday that he is running for mayor of New York.From the Associated Press
- Conservative economists endorse immigration reform bill May 23, 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
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- Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare April 24, 2005
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