Dec
31
2014
We’ll go live to Ferguson, Missouri to get an update on the latest anti-police brutality protests in light of the recent Berkeley killing of Antonio Martin. We’ll also discuss New York and LA’s struggles with police violence. And, we’ll hear a new commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal. Plus, author Victor Pickard joins us to delve into the history of media reform – how the 1940s set the stage for many aspects of our current corporate …
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Dec
31
2014
Uprising’s guest expert Courtney Morris, Assistant Professor of African American and Women’s Studies at Penn State University, analyzes today’s new headlines:
A horrific incident in Edmonton, Canada, late yesterday has left police and people shaken. In what is being called “an extreme case of domestic violence,” a man shot and killed four women, two men, and two children, and then killed himself. It was the worst mass killing Edmonton has seen since 1956. The shootings …
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Dec
31
2014
By far the biggest story has been the Ferguson Uprising sparking a new movement against police violence aimed at African American communities. Also big this year was immigrant rights activists successfully pushing President Obama into offering relief to a segment of the undocumented population. The major portion of Obamacare was rolled out even as the law continues to face serious challenges, and marijuana became legal in a number of localities. Gay marriage victories piled up …
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Dec
31
2014
Much happened outside the borders of the US this year, most of it influenced by US foreign policy. The US launched a war against the Islamic State in Northern Iraq and Syria as the civil war in Syria raged on. A brutal Israeli war on Gaza crippled an already devastated occupied territory. The Afghanistan war, which was supposed to officially end, got extended. Guantanamo inmates were slowly released and the Senate committee’s CIA torture report …
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Dec
31
2014
On this episode of Uprising with Sonali: Courtney Morris analyses breaking news of the day. Plus, Michelle Chen discusses the biggest domestic stories of the year. And, John Feffer talks about 2014’s major international events.
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Dec
25
2014
Published by Truthdig.com on December 25th, 2014.
Whether or not North Korea was really behind the devastating Sony hack, and whether or not the U.S. government orchestrated North Korea’s Internet outage in retaliation, one thing is clear: The incident has exposed Hollywood’s serious race problem yet again. People of color are barely visible on our screens, while women’s roles are generally foils for men. When minorities and women are present, …
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Dec
23
2014
Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, an author and professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:
A white police officer in Milwaukee will not be charged in the fatal shooting death of an unarmed black man, in what has become a familiar script in police relations across the nation. Officer Christopher Manney shot 31-year old Dontre Hamilton in April. Hamilton suffered from mental illness, including schizophrenia. Milwaukee County DA John …
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Dec
23
2014
President Obama this weekend said in an interview that the US government may return North Korea to its list of state sponsors of terrorism, over the Sony hacking scandal. In late November, about a hundred terabytes of data were stolen from Sony’s computer servers by a group calling itself Guardians of Peace. The group began releasing bits of information, including whole films, some in theaters, and some as yet unreleased, on the internet. They also …
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Dec
23
2014
On this episode of Uprising with Sonali: Robert Jensen analyses breaking news of the day. And, Darnell Hunt examines race and gender representation in Hollywood in light of the revelations from Sony’s leaked communications.
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Dec
22
2014
Uprising’s guest expert Rahul Mahajan, a sociologist and news analyst and author of Full Spectrum Dominance: US Power in Iraq and Beyond, analyzes today’s news headlines:
President Obama, in an interview on CNN yesterday said the US is considering putting North Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism over the recent Sony hacking controversy. The President labeled the incident one of, “cybervandalism,” which does not rise to the level of an …
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