Mar 15 2010
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced on Friday that the final version of the much-debated healthcare package would include another vital piece of legislation—a reform of federal student loan programs. Private banks had been furiously lobbying against the bill, which would cut out the middle man between students and the loans they need. Rather …
Mar 15 2010
“Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.” — Bertrand Russell …
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Mar 12 2010
Thousands of leading scientists and economists have written to Congress urging action on Climate Change even as a new Gallup Poll shows fewer American believe the earth is warming. Plus, the latest on healthcare legislation in Congress. And, a conversation with Nancy Folbre about her new book, Saving State U: Why We Must Fix Public Higher Education. …
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Mar 12 2010
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* Mercenaries Circle Haiti In the Wake of Earthquake
* Black Agenda Report on Public Education
* A Glimpse Into the Conservative Mind – a Special Report
* Sixteen Cities Sue Chemical Company Over Pesticide Use
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Mar 12 2010
In a speech given yesterday at Tel Aviv University, Vice President Joe Biden cautioned against delays in the Israel Palestine peace process. Making his first trip to the region since taking office, Biden remarked that the “most important thing is for talks to go forward promptly and go forward in good faith.” Indirect proximity talks between all the …
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Mar 12 2010
A group of sixteen cities from six Midwestern states filed a federal lawsuit against Swiss corporation Syngenta this Monday. Syngenta is the producer of Atrazine, a chemical used to kill weeds in cornfields, golf courses, and domestic lawns. Atrazine often runs off into rivers and streams, contaminating groundwater and municipal water supplies. The plaintiffs in the Midwest case maintain …
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Mar 12 2010
On Wednesday a US District court judge determined once again that Congressional efforts to cut off funding to the organization ACORN were unconstitutional. Judge Nina Gershon simply affirmed her December 2009 decision in the case prompted by a series of undercover videos by two rightwing activists, James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles. In fact, when carefully viewed, the version …
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Mar 12 2010
A new and growing movement around the US called the Coffee Party USA, found it’s start on Facebook and is now spreading to dozens of cities nationwide. Their goal is to work out national problems through dialogue and improving the work of government, rather than undermining and attacking government, as Tea Party activists have been doing for the …
Mar 12 2010
Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on Public Education
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Mar 12 2010
The Southern Manifesto
Back in the day on March 12th, 1956, the so-called Southern Manifesto was introduced in a Congressional speech by Representative Howard Smith. An identical version initially drafted by Senator Strom Thurmond was also presented in the U.S. Senate as well. The Manifesto was in direct response to the Supreme Court Ruling in the case of …
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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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