Apr 20 2011
Still Searching for Justice a Year After the BP Oil Spill
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana exploded, killing 11 workers and injuring 16 others. The rig was owned by a company named Transocean and operated by BP, one of the world’s biggest oil companies. The fire from the explosion caused the rig to burn and sink, leading to a failure of the rig’s blowout preventers. What following …
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The Right Hook, a weekly segment which covers the machinations of the right wing, from the Republican Party to the Tea Party Patriots, and beyond. By Chris Bennett
Egypt’s military-led government formed in the wake of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, has detained Mubarak and his two sons, meeting a key popular demand. Gamal and Alaa Mubarak have been brought to Cairo for questioning over corruption and abuse of power during their father’s 30 year-reign. The ex-president was also questioned, particularly over the deaths of more than 800 people killed …
On March 30th while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Arizona, long-time LA resident Jose Gutierrez was repeatedly shocked with a taser and suffered a serious head injury. The incident left him in a coma. Gutierrez, an undocumented immigrant, was brought to the U.S. as a child from Mexico and has lived here most of …
Members of the Maine state legislature are moving to introduce legislation that will weaken child labor laws. The proposed changes include allowing workers under the age of 20 to be paid $2.25 cents less than the hourly minimum wage for their first 180 hours of employment. Also proposed is an increase in the number of hours minors are allowed to …
The Activist Beat with Rose Aguilar, host of Your Call on KALW in San Francisco is a weekly roundup of progressive activism that the mainstream media ignores, undercovers, or misrepresents. 
