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- 03-30-18 - Red to Blue March 30, 2018Happy Women’s History Month Family! Did you miss the interview? Check it out here: As we windAndrea Cambron
- la victoire du tignon March 26, 2018(To view the piece I created for this project, read to the end!!) Paying homage to the Afro-CMarah
- LIBERATORY EDUCATION: CULTIVATING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT March 20, 2018Rapheal Randall originally drafted this piece during the fall of 2017, this document represents an aKamau Franklin
- Black Panther barely lives up to the hype March 4, 2018I wanted to title this post “Black Panther was meh, and you know it” or something like tsravikumar
- CINEMATIC FANTASIES AND POLITICAL FAIRY TALES February 18, 2018This essay, on the new Marvel film Black Panther and the response to it, was the main part of my ObsKenan Malik
- 03-30-18 - Red to Blue March 30, 2018
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- An End to Impunity for Dictators—and Their Backers—Makes the World Safer June 2, 2016By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan It was a bad week for dictators, and a good one for international justice. Two brutal, U.S.-backed dictators who ruled decades ago were convicted for crimes they committed while in power. Hissene Habre took control of the northern African nation of Chad in 1982, and unleashed a reign of terror against his own people, killi […]
- Dave Zirin & Jules Boykoff on the 2016 Rio Olympics & Brazil’s Collapsing Political System June 1, 2016We continue our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the book "Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy," and Jules Boykoff, author of "Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics." In early August, more than 10,000 athletes across the world will convene in Rio de Janeiro's […]
- "I Want the World to Wake Up": Hiroshima Survivor Criticizes Obama for Pushing New Nuclear Weapons May 27, 2016Extended interview with Setsuko Thurlow, who survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing, about the bombing of 1945 and her push to eliminate nuclear weapons. On August 6, 1945, Thurlow was at school in Hiroshima when the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on a civilian population. She has been an anti-nuclear activist for decades. Watch Part 1
- Peace Activist and Holocaust Survivor Hedy Epstein Dies at 91 May 27, 2016Holocaust survivor and peace activist Hedy Epstein has died at the age of 91. Epstein was born in Germany and left in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England. Her parents died in Auschwitz. She later returned to Germany to work as a research analyst for the prosecution during the Nuremberg trials. She was involved in civil rights and antiwar movements throughou […]
- Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Takes High-School Detention to a New Level May 26, 2016By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Thursday, Jan. 28, was a cold morning in Durham, North Carolina. Wildin David Guillen Acosta went outside to head to school, but never made it. He was thrown to the ground and arrested by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ). He has been in detention ever since. Wildin, now 19 years old, fled his home […]
- An End to Impunity for Dictators—and Their Backers—Makes the World Safer June 2, 2016
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- Controlled Burn Held At Manassas Battlefield Park To Restore Civil War Landscape April 21, 2018Smoke rose above planned maneuvers to defeat overgrown vegetation, preserving the wartime feel of the park where thousands of soldiers fought in 1862.Vanessa Romo
- Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens Charged With Second Felony: Computer Data Tampering April 21, 2018The latest charge is related to the alleged use of his veterans' charity donor rolls to raise money for his 2016 gubernatorial campaign. He says he will clear his name in court.Vanessa Romo
- Romaine Lettuce: Don't Eat It! April 20, 2018Just to be safe, the CDC is telling consumers to "throw out" all romaine lettuce, including whole heads, because of an E. coli outbreak that has infected at least 61 people and hospitalized 31.Vanessa Romo
- South African Government Ramping Up Efforts To Get More Land Into Black Ownership April 20, 2018Nearly a quarter century after the end of apartheid, whites still own most of the land in South Africa. A new political party thinks land should be appropriated without compensation and given to blacks. The view is increasingly popular, despite the cautionary tale of Zimbabwe to the north.Peter Granitz
- Controlled Burn Held At Manassas Battlefield Park To Restore Civil War Landscape April 21, 2018
- The New York Times
- Michael Cohen, North Korea, Avicii: Your Friday Evening Briefing April 20, 2018Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.KAREN ZRAICK and BRENT MURRAY
- North Korean Leader Says ‘We No Longer Need’ Nuclear or Missile Tests April 21, 2018The announcement by Kim Jong-un came less than a week before he meets with the president of South Korea.CHOE SANG-HUN
- Sanctions Are Hurting North Korea. Can They Make Kim Give In? April 21, 2018The isolated North is finding ways to cope with tough new penalties. Is the economic pressure enough to get Kim Jong-un to give up his weapons?CHOE SANG-HUN
- Michael Cohen Has Said He Would Take a Bullet for Trump. Maybe Not Anymore. April 21, 2018Roger Stone says Mr. Trump has long treated Mr. Cohen, his lawyer and fixer, “like garbage.” Now he could end up cooperating in a criminal investigation against Mr. Trump.MAGGIE HABERMAN, SHARON LaFRANIERE and DANNY HAKIM
- Democratic Party Alleges Trump-Russia Conspiracy in New Lawsuit April 21, 2018The lawsuit accuses Mr. Trump’s associates of illegally working with Russian intelligence agents to interfere with the outcome of the 2016 election.ALEXANDER BURNS and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
- Michael Cohen, North Korea, Avicii: Your Friday Evening Briefing April 20, 2018
- All Things Considered
- South African Government Ramping Up Efforts To Get More Land Into Black OwnershipNearly a quarter century after the end of apartheid, whites still own most of the land in South Africa. A new political party thinks land should be appropriated without compensation and given to blacks. The view is increasingly popular, despite the cautionary tale of Zimbabwe to the north.Peter Granitz
- Betting On Artificial Intelligence To Guide Earthquake ResponseA California tech firm believes that artificial intelligence can help communities prepare for, and respond to, quakes.Joe Palca
- South African Government Ramping Up Efforts To Get More Land Into Black Ownership
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- Dave Zirin’s Edge of Sports
- Can a Feminist Revolution Save Women's Soccer in South America?This week, we speak to Brenda Elsey, co-host of the Burn It Down Podcast, who is currently in Buenos Aires. She is researching and writing about women soccer players in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina and how they have used collective organizing to reclaim their soccer federations from near oblivion. We also discuss how a broader feminist awakening in South Ame […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- Dr. King's Legacy of Sports & PoliticsThis week we speak to Professor Louis Moore about his research on Dr. Martin Luther King's connection to world of sports and politics. Also, we have choice words about politicians who slam NFL players protesting NFL players while mouthing bromides about Dr. King. On top of all that, we got a ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just Sit Down’ award for former NBA play […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- Why Minor League Baseball Needs To OrganizeThis week we speak to longtime labor organizer, writer, and former head of TransAfrica Bill Fletcher about why the time is now for minor league baseball players to form a union. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about the collision of the #blacklivesmatter movement and basketball in Sacramento, a ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Sit Yo Ass Down’ award to the Notre Dame Women’ […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- Royce White: The Truth About the NBA & Mental HealthNBA All-Stars Kevin Love & Demar DeRozan recently went public with their mental health challenges. Here, former NBA player Royce White speaks about the NBA’s approach to mental health, and the gap between the league’s supportive rhetoric and existing reality. Also, we have “Choice Words” about student unrest at Sweet 16 darling Loyola. We also got our we […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- Can a Feminist Revolution Save Women's Soccer in South America?
- The BBC
- North Korea 'halts missile and nuclear tests', says Kim Jong-unNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un's announcement comes a week before a summit with South Korea.
- Swedish DJ Avicii found dead at 28One of the world's biggest dance music stars has died in Oman, his representatives say.
- Trump-Russia 'collusion': Democrats file lawsuitDocuments filed in a lawsuit allege that Mr Trump's 2016 campaign "gleefully accepted" Russian help.
- Southwest Airlines accident: Authorities order mass engine inspectionsHundreds of jet engines will be checked worldwide following the Southwest Airlines mid-air accident.
- North Korea 'halts missile and nuclear tests', says Kim Jong-un
- The Los Angeles Times
- Farewell, summer October 1, 2015
- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
- Farewell, summer October 1, 2015
- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
- 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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