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Dec 24, 2009,
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| Luqman Ameen |
Study: Charter schools increasing racial segregation in classrooms. Justice Dept. probes Imam killing. Mitch Landrieu wins New Orleans mayoral election. 20,000 jobs eliminated in January; unemployment rate decreases. Intelligence chief confirms US can assassinate Americans Abroad. Regulators probe Goldman Sachs role in collapse of AIG. House bill would repeal health industry antitrust exemptions. Bank of America, ex-execs indicted on civil fraud charges. Google-NSA partnership draws ire of privacy groups. And MUCH more! Check the REAL News!
Feb 8, 2010,
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Tennessee firm exposed Black workers to more radiation than Whites. Autopsy: FBI agents shot Detroit Imam 21 times. War spending increases in record $3.8T budget request. Rep. Donna Edwards speaks on Supreme Court ruling on corporate electioneering. Report: CIA operatives allowed to work for private firms. Activist behind ACORN controversy arrested for wiretapping office of senator. Human rights group rejects Israeli “whitewash” of Gaza Attack. And More....Click here for the REAL news...
Feb 2, 2010,
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150,000 Bodies Buried in Haiti; Death Toll Could Top 300,000. Medical Group Faults US Militarization of Haitian Relief. UN: 2 Million Haitians Need Immediate Food Aid. Almost Deported Before the Quake, Haitian New York Activist is Freed. Hope for Haiti Telethon Raises $57
Million. Obama Assails Supreme Court Campaign Finance Ruling. Emails Show Fed Tried to Keep Details of AIG Bailout Secret. Obama to Reach Out to Middle Class Families in State of the Union. Wal-Mart Lays Off 11,000 Workers. Number of Children in Poverty in US Increases by 2.5 Million Since 2000. Obama to Call for Freeze on Non-Defense Spending. Halliburton Asks Supreme Court to Block Rape Trial. And MUCH more! Check the REAL news!
Jan 26, 2010,
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Supreme Court tosses re-sentencing for Mumia Abu-Jamal. GOP candidate wins upset race for Mass. Senate seat. Casting doubt on US claims of suicide, attorney Scott Horton reveals 3 Gitmo prisoners died after torture at secret site.
Jan 20, 2010,
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Haiti: The Aftermath
Powerful aftershock hits Haiti as death toll feared to be 200,000. US accused of militarizing relief effort in Haiti. US media accused of overplaying Haiti
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| Haitian feminist leader Miriam Merlet (1953-2010) |
violence. Group: 20,000 dying daily from lack of surgery. Aid begins reaching quake epicenter. Haitian feminist leader Myriam Merlet (1953-2010).
Jan 20, 2010,
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| Poet Dennis Brutus |
Study: African American jobless rate to reach 25-year high. 85,000 jobs lost in December; unemployment rate at 10%. Number of bankruptcies increases by 32 percent. Judge rules NY fire department intentionally discriminated against Black applicants. Report: the 00s was a lost decade for American workers. Food stamps now only source of income for 6 million Americans. Record 2.8M foreclosure notices in 2009. Percy Sutton, Malcolm X’s former attorney, 89, dies. South African poet and activist Dennis Brutus, 85, dies. White supremacist arrested for Christmas killing in Texas. Effigy of Obama found hanging in Georgia town. ICE officials accused of covering up immigrant deaths in detention. Penn. police officers resign after indictments in immigrant killing. California court issues major ruling on police use of tasers. And MUCH more! Check here for the the news you might not know...
Jan 15, 2010,
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Senate passes healthcare overhaul bill. Obama claims he didn’t campaign for public option. Goldman Sachs faces probe over betting on housing market crash. Chevron to pay $45 million in unpaid royalties. Congressional study clears ACORN of violating federal regulations. Gaza freedom march planned for one-year anniversary of Israeli assault. Obama: disappointment over climate talks is justified. Crusading sports journalist Lester Rodney, 98, dies; fought the baseball “color line.” Check the REAL news!
Dec 24, 2009,
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Report: White businesses received nearly all of stimulus loans. State unemployment funds running out. Senate moves closer to passing healthcare bill. Health insurance stocks soar in value. Study reveals "revolving door" between Capitol Hill staffers and healthcare lobbyists. US-led Copenhagen accord decried as flawed, undemocratic. “Hell on Earth”--released Somali man on Guantanamo. And much more...Check the REAL news...
Dec 22, 2009,
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Judge blocks ACORN de-funding. House OKs overhaul of financial regulation. Lieberman opposes expanding Medicare eligibility. US “categorically rejects” climate reparations. African delegates protest over Kyoto dispute. Mayors: 26% rise in food aid needs. US prison population hits all-time high. Houston becomes largest US city to elect openly gay mayor. Schwarzenegger: property-damaging education protests a “type of terrorism” Report: Blackwater played key role in rendition, Iraq-Afghanistan raids. Cuba arrests US contractor. Check here for the real news!
Dec 15, 2009,
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Senate Dems reach deal on abandoning public option. Study: U.S. lags in life expectancy, health costs. U.S. reaches $3.4B settlement in Native land trust case. Obama calls for new economic stimulus. Leaked climate text infuriates developing nations. Check the news!
Dec 9, 2009,
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EPA: Greenhouse gases endanger public health. Report: 20% of US water treatment systems violate Clean Water Act. Activists open alternative climate summit. Comcast reaches deal for majority stake in NBC Universal. Self-proclaimed FBI informant claims he spied on mosques. Texas prisoner executed despite claims of mental retardation. Rep. Thompson accused of using hearing to gain donations. Morales wins sweeping re-election. Chilean singer Victor Jara honored with public burial. Musician Stevie Wonder named UN “Messenger of Peace." And more...Check the REAL news!
Dec 8, 2009,
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Obama issues orders to escalate war in Afghanistan. Opponents of war escalation plan protests around the country. FBI releases new hate crime data. More Americans depending on food stamps and food banks. Fed: high unemployment expected through 2012. Bank loans fall to 25-year low. Supreme Court overturns ruling on torture photos. Comcast moves closer to purchasing NBC Universal. California man jailed for illegally housing the homeless. Scientists: climate change “accelerating beyond expectations” As U.S. probes radiation at Three Mile Island, a journalist writes about “zombie nuke plants” nationwide. And much more...Check the news!
Dec 1, 2009,
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| Scene from “Left to Die: Causeway Concentration Camp,” by Elizabeth Atly |
Siding with Katrina victims, ruling faults Army Corps for New Orleans flooding. Senate votes to open debate on healthcare bill. Mortgage delinquencies hit record high. Study: uninsured 80% more likely to die from traumatic injuries. Vulture funds make millions off gov’t-backed home loans. Wall Street headed for record profits in 2009. As UC regents approve major tuition hike, students, faculty decry erosion of public education in CA and nationwide. GOPers block debate on credit card rate freeze. Israel under widespread international criticism for settlement expansion plan. And more...Check the REAL news!
Nov 23, 2009,
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Gov’t report: quarter of all US children went hungry last year. Percentage of delinquent mortgages reach new high. NAACP, AFL-CIO call on Obama to do more to create jobs. Alleging unconstitutional targeting, ACORN sues US gov’t over defunding vote. Immigrant rights advocates hail departure of CNN anchor Lou Dobbs. CDC: 4,000 swine flu deaths since April. Basketball legend Abdul-Jabbar backs universal healthcare. Palestinians threaten to form Independent State. And more...Check the news!
Nov 17, 2009,
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DC sniper executed by lethal injection. Report: 237 members of Congress are millionaires. Unemployment rate reaches 10.2 percent. House passes healthcare reform bill. When the war comes home: more reaction to last week’s mass shooting at Fort Hood. Report: Obama to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan. CDC criticized for distributing scarce flu vaccines to Wall St. firms. Italian court convicts CIA operatives for ’03 kidnapping. Palestinians knock down part of Israeli separation wall. Palestinian negotiator: time to rethink two-state solution. Check the news!
Nov 9, 2009,
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| William Thompson |
Black mayoral candidate nearly upsets billionaire Bloomberg in NYC. Louisiana justice of peace who shunned interracial marriage resigns. All active house ethics probes focus on Black lawmakers. McClatchy expose reveals how Goldman Sachs sold off billions in mortgage securities after anticipating housing collapse. Study links deaths of 17,000 children to lack of insurance. Study: half of all US children will get food stamps. Blueberry farming giant found to use child labor at Michigan fields. CIT Group declares bankruptcy. US reverses policy on Israeli settlements. Check the real news!
Nov 4, 2009,
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Texas death row prisoner Reginald Blanton executed. FBI accused of authorizing racial profiling. Ethiopia appeals for emergency food aid. International Day of Climate Action marked in 181 nations. October deadliest month of Afghan War for U.S. troops. Obama administration opposes UN call for lifting Cuba embargo. Illinois prosecutors seek records of students investigating wrongful convictions. Dems to probe CIA for misleading Congress. Record AfPak drone attacks under Obama may violate international law. And much more...
Oct 29, 2009,
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| Terence McKay (pictured) and Beth Humprhey were denied a marriage license because they are an interracial couple. |
As healthcare reform is limited by deficit concerns, military spending continues to grow. Dems advance repeal of insurance industry antitrust exemption. Poll: 57% of Americans support public option. Rep. Grayson unveils Web site for deaths of uninsured. US to order pay cuts at bailed-out firms. Louisiana justice of peace refuses to marry interracial couple. Report: Nigeria considers deal to share oil revenue with Niger Delta. And more more...Check the news!
Oct 22, 2009,
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| The recession has spurred military enlistment. |
Pentagon credits recession for recruiting milestone. Military piloting middle school recruitment program. Home foreclosures rise 5%. As foreclosures hit all-time high, Wall Street on pace to hand out record $140b in employee bonuses. King children reach deal in estate dispute. family denied health coverage for overweight 4-month-old Infant. EPA releases email ignored by Bush admin. Israel continues E. Jerusalem home demolitions. Groups warn of civilian toll in Congo fighting. And much more...Check the REAL news!
Oct 15, 2009,
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Limbaugh--Hate Made Easy
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In all the recent controversies over Rush Limbaugh's overture to purchase the St. Louis Rams, his "I-hope-he-fails" trashing of President Obama, and his litany of racist remarks against African-Americans, there remains this one obvious but odious reality: It is not only OK but lauded and profitable for Limbaugh to be a high-profile racist in American society.
By Esther Iverem
Oct 14, 2009,
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TEXT: Obama's Nobel Prize
Complete text and video of remarks by President Barack Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize: "...To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize -- men and women who've inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace..."
Oct 9, 2009,
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Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize. ACORN defunding spurs proposals to bar federal money to companies convicted of felonies. Study: foreclosure crisis worsened by scarcity of legal assistance for struggling homeowners. House OKs Matthew Shepard Act on Hate Crimes. Study: House military spending steered to ex-staffers’ firms. And MUCH more! Check the REAL news!
Oct 9, 2009,
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Unemployment rises to 9.8%; number of unemployed reaches 15 million. Consumer bankruptcies up 41 percent. Poverty rate rises to 13.2 percent. Study exposes how taxpayers are subsidizing Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and other large banks. Paulson criticized for misleading public about health of banks. Watchdog groups expose healthcare industry lobbyist spending. Settlement offered In Ivory Coast oil dump suit.
Oct 6, 2009,
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