Jul 21 2008
The story of how Jesse Jackson privately lashed out at Barack Obama before a live interview on Fox News has quickly turned into a media circus. Jackson’s original comments were in response to Obama’s Father’s Day speech aimed at black fathers who fail their families and particularly children. Instead of asking the question of …
Jul 21 2008
The Media Arts Academy in the city of Hawthorne lost its charter status on July 1st due to a disputed technicality. Popularly known as Hip Hop High, the school’s administrators say that the Centinela Valley Union High School District miscalculated the previously agreed upon five-year charter. The academy was originally granted a contract …
Jul 21 2008
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is about Barack Obama.
Listen to Mumia’s audio commentaries at www.prisonradio.org. …
Jul 21 2008
“The principal goal of education is to create [humans] who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.” — Jean Piaget …
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Jul 18 2008
We’ll learn of a new government report about the adverse health effects of climate change and how, despite these findings, no regulations of green house gases are being proposed. Plus, we’ll delve into the media circus over Jesse Jackson’s recent comments about Barack Obama. And, locally, the Media Arts Academy, also known as Hip Hop High, seeks to reopen its doors. …
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Jul 18 2008
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* Political Impact of Israel-Lebanon Prisoner Swap
* Empire Notes on the Declaration of Iraqi Independence
* Conversation with GP Veep, Rosa Clemente
* Black Agenda Report on the American Medical Association
* Mandela Turns 90! A Retrospective on the Anti-Apartheid …
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Jul 18 2008
The International Criminal Court (ICC) this week indicted the President of Sudan, Omar Al Bashir with 10 counts of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide for the violence against civilians in Darfur. The move comes after two other leaders in Sudan were charged with similar crimes. Many analysts have said that the ICC …
Jul 18 2008
Today is Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday. Mandela was the first democratically elected president of South Africa, former political prisoner, leader of the African National Congress, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and internationally renowned symbol of the struggle of black resistance to apartheid. After spending 27 years in prison on Robben Island, Mandela was freed …
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Jul 18 2008
In a 5-4 decision issued on Tuesday, the Forth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Ali al-Marri can continue to be detained in the United States as an “enemy combatant.” Al-Marri, a legal U.S. resident was arrested on alleged credit card fraud. Though the court also ruled that al-Marri can legally challenge …
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Jul 18 2008
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on the American Medical Association.
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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