Jun 17 2010
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Nearly 60 years after she died, a poor black woman from Baltimore named Henrietta Lacks was finally honored with a headstone to mark her grave this past May. What made the incident remarkable was that up until a best selling book revealed her history to the world earlier this year, the story of Henrietta Lacks has …
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Jun 17 2010
“For most of human history we have searched for our place in the cosmos. Who are we? What are we? We find that we inhabit an insignificant planet of a hum-drum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are.” — Carl Sagan …
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Jun 16 2010
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When You’re Strange
There are few bands that sell over a million albums a year nearly 40 years after they stopped making music. The Doors are among them, a band that cut only 6 studio albums and were together for less than a decade. With their controversial lead singer Jim Morrison, their unconventional music, and their unpredictable stage performances, The Doors …
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Jun 16 2010
“If my poetry aims to achieve anything, it’s to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel.” — Jim Morrison …
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Jun 15 2010
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South of the Border
Acclaimed Hollywood director Oliver Stone, whose film credits include Platoon, JFK and Wall Street, recently turned his sights on politics in Latin America. His brand new documentary, South of the Border, is a sweeping overview of the dramatic shifts in electoral power all across South America over the past ten years. Creating an alternative to what …
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Jun 15 2010
“No part of the human community can live entirely on its planet, with its own laws of motion and cut off from the rest of humanity.” — Hugo Chavez …
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Jun 14 2010
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.” — Howard Zinn …
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Jun 14 2010
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Over 500 Israeli academics have written a letter protesting the recent banning of American foreign policy critic Noam Chomsky, into the West Bank from Jordan. In late May the famed linguist and professor was refused a day permit by Israeli authorities to make a scheduled speech at Bir Zeit University in Palestine. After questioning the 81 year-old linguist for several hours, Israeli …
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Jun 11 2010
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This week on Uprising:
* More than 50 days after the BP Spill, Anger Keeps Mounting
* The Real Story of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Raid
* Black Agenda Report about the Freedom Flotilla Raid
* Progressives Challenge Incumbents in Primaries Across Nation
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Jun 11 2010
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Nearly 60 years after she died, a poor black woman from Baltimore named Henrietta Lacks was finally honored with a headstone to mark her grave this past May. What made the incident remarkable was that up until a best selling book revealed her history to the world earlier this year, the story of Henrietta Lacks has …
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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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