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- Just Heard This May 15, 2012I was listening to the Ed Schultz radio show this afternoon and he had a caller come on and say he hlifeonmygayisland
- May Day Podcast: Black Agenda Report’s Margaret Kimberley(Posted May 3, Due To Technical Diffculties) May 3, 2012BAR’s Margaret Kimberley talks with us about Iran, class, the death of Black politics, and mucmysterioz
- 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
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- Dead Man Walking: Extended Interview with Sister Helen Prejean on Decades of Death Penalty Activism June 19, 2013Watch Part 1 of Interview Sister Helen Prejean is one of the world's most well-known anti-death penalty activists. As a Catholic nun, she began her prison ministry more than 30 years ago. She is the author of the best-selling book, Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States . The 20th anniversary edition of the boo […]
- Journalist Michael Hastings Killed in Car Accident; A Look Back at His Interviews on Democracy Now! June 19, 2013Michael Hastings , contributing editor at Rolling Stone and a reporter for BuzzFeed, has been killed in a tragic car accident. Rolling Stone reports: “Michael Hastings, the fearless journalist whose reporting brought down the career of General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, Rolling Stone has learned. He was 33. Hastings' […]
- VIDEO: After Man Was Beaten into Coma by Border Patrol, His Wife Stops His Deportation from Hospital June 13, 2013As the Senate begins its debate on the immigration reform bill, we speak to Shena Gutierrez, whose husband was nearly killed in an encounter with Border Patrol agents. While still unconscious in the hospital, he was threatened with deportation. She explains what happened. We also speak with Andrea Guerrero, co-chair of Southern Border Communities Coalition a […]
- Terror Bytes: Edward Snowden and the Architecture of Oppression June 13, 2013By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Edward Snowden revealed himself this week as the whistleblower responsible for perhaps the most significant release of secret government documents in U.S. history. The former CIA staffer and analyst for the private intelligence consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton spoke to journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Barton […]
- Report from Istanbul: Turkish Police Attack Protesters in Taksim Square with Tear Gas, Water Cannons June 12, 2013Turkish riot police have forcibly removed throngs of protesters from Istanbul's Taksim Square after nearly two weeks of demonstrations. Beginning Tuesday and lasting overnight, officers fired tear gas and water cannons into a crowd of thousands of people, forcing them to disperse. Thousands of demonstrators also faced tear gas and water cannons in the c […]
- Dead Man Walking: Extended Interview with Sister Helen Prejean on Decades of Death Penalty Activism June 19, 2013
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- A Surprising Barrier To Clean Water: Human Nature June 20, 2013Getting clean water to people in the developing world isn't just an engineering problem.
- If Supplies Of Oil Are Up, Why Is Gas Still Pricey? June 20, 2013Supplies of oil have been surging this year, and U.S. drivers, who have been switching to more fuel-efficient cars, are using less gasoline.That would seem to be the right economic combination to push down prices at the pump, but gasoline prices have remained stubbornly high this summer.
- How Ted Cruz's Father Shaped His Views On Immigration June 20, 2013The Texas senator says giving a path to citizenship to immigrants in the U.S. illegally would be unfair to immigrants who followed the rules, like his own father, 74-year-old Rafael Bienvenido Cruz. He portrays his dad as a kind of Cuban Horatio Alger.
- Translated Into Navajo, Star Wars Will Be June 20, 2013The Navajo Nation and Lucasfilm have teamed up to translate the original Star Wars movie into Navajo, entertaining those who already speak it, and teaching newcomers about the language and culture.
- A Surprising Barrier To Clean Water: Human Nature June 20, 2013
- The New York Times
- DealBook: British Banks to Raise Extra $21 Billion in Capital June 20, 2013British authorities want five of the country’s largest banks, including Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland, to raise a combined $20.7 billion in extra capital by the end of the year to protect against future financial shocks.By MARK SCOTT
- On Soccer: Altidore’s Scoring Spree Energizes U.S. Team June 20, 2013Jozy Altidore finally seems to be fulfilling his potential for the national soccer team, scoring four goals in the last four games after not scoring internationally since 2011.By SAM BORDEN
- Jury Selection Reaches Final Stages in Trayvon Martin Murder Case June 20, 2013After eight days in which 40 potential jurors have been culled from a sea of hundreds, a jury of six people is close to being seated in the trial of George Zimmerman.By CARA BUCKLEY
- Silicon Valley and Spy Agency Bound by Strengthening Web June 20, 2013Technology experts and former intelligence officials say the rise of data mining, both as an industry and as a crucial intelligence tool, has created a complex reality.By JAMES RISEN and NICK WINGFIELD
- Bits: Sizing Up Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet June 20, 2013Internet companies were just the start. Virtually every field, from science to sports to public health, is being transformed by data-driven discovery and decision-making.By STEVE LOHR
- DealBook: British Banks to Raise Extra $21 Billion in Capital June 20, 2013
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- How The Civil Rights Movement Was Covered In BirminghamThere's a stark difference between how the national press covered the events of 1963 in Birmingham and how Birmingham's papers covered their own city. Audie Cornish talks with Alabama journalist Hank Klibanoff, co-author of The Race Beat, about the disparity.
- House Passes Bill That Would Ban Abortions After 20 WeeksThe legislation is one of the most far-reaching abortion bills in decades and follows the May murder convictions of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. The bill, which would ban nearly all abortions starting 20 weeks after fertilization, is unlikely to ever become law.
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- Singapore smog 'could last for weeks'Singapore's prime minister warns that the haze engulfing the city could last for weeks, as air pollution in the city-state soared to record levels.
- Afghans reject Taliban talks movesAfghan officials tell the BBC the removal of the flag and nameplate from the Taliban's Qatar office does not go far enough.
- Sopranos actor James Gandolfini diesJames Gandolfini, the US actor best known for his role as a therapy-seeking mob boss in The Sopranos, dies at the age of 51.
- U-turn fails to end Brazil protestsBrazilian authorities promise to reverse public transport fare rises that sparked unrest, but nationwide protests continue unabated.
- Singapore smog 'could last for weeks'
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- California legislative leaders clash over public records' access June 20, 2013Assembly speaker offers plan to rescind governor's changes to let governments opt out of parts of Public Records Act. But Senate's leader and governor reject plan.SACRAMENTO — Facing statewide criticism for taking action that could hinder government transparency, the Legislature's top leaders Wednesday clashed over whether to reverse course an […]By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times
- 3 Naval Academy football players charged with sexual assault June 20, 2013The suspects, charged with an attack on a female midshipman, have not been identified.ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The U.S. Naval Academy on Wednesday charged three football players with sexually assaulting a female midshipman at an off-campus house in Annapolis more than a year ago, a case that has brought renewed focus to how the nation's military academies hand […]From the Associated Press
- Yasiel Puig, Hanley Ramirez make Dodgers' offense go in 6-0 win June 20, 2013And then there was the other side. Not the dark side, the one full of light. Or at least timely hitting, great defense and sterling starting pitching. The team the Dodgers thought they would be.By Steve Dilbeck
- Chris Brown cites 1st Amendment in fight over murals June 20, 2013Attorney Mark Geragos files an appeal after the singer was cited for 8-foot-tall figures of monsters on the walls of his Hollywood Hills home. Scary monsters adorning the outside of singer Chris Brown's Hollywood Hills home are his personal art and he isn't about to give up his 1st Amendment right to expression because of a city citation, his attor […]By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
- California legislative leaders clash over public records' access June 20, 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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