Oct 15 2012
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Oct 15 2012
Supporters of affirmative action are bracing themselves for a possible setback after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin last week. The plaintiff, Abigail Fisher, brought the case after she was rejected from UT in 2008 claiming that less qualified Black and Latino applicants were admitted due to …
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Oct 15 2012
Californians have a chance this November to amend their controversial “Three Strikes Law” with an upcoming ballot measure known as Proposition 36. Civil rights groups, as well as Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and several District Attorneys have all hailed Prop 36 as a way to temper an overly harsh law that is costing taxpayers millions of dollars. …
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Oct 15 2012
In a rare example of political unity, both the Romney and Obama campaigns have expressed concern to the Commission on Presidential Debates about how the moderator of the Tuesday town hall has publicly described her role, TIME has learned.
While an early October memorandum of understanding between the Obama and Romney campaigns suggests CNN’s Candy Crowley would play a limited role in the Tuesday-night session, Crowley, who is not a party to that agreement, has done …
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Oct 15 2012
The environmental impact report on hydraulic fracturing at the Inglewood Oil Field was supposed to address key concerns raised by residents of the Baldwin Hills area.
Instead, the report has deepened tensions between the oil field’s owner, Plains Exploration & Production Co., and the community after the findings were released last week.
The yearlong study — conducted by an environmental consulting firm and paid for by the owner and operator of the oil field —concluded that the …
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Oct 15 2012
Taking a deeper look at current and past films and how they relate to the world today.
Jonathan Kim is an independent film critic who writes and produces film reviews for Uprising and other outlets. He is a former co-producer at Brave New Films.
Read his reviews online at ReThinkReviews.net. Watch his videos at www.youtube.com/user/jsjkim, and …
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Oct 13 2012
Norway received a combination of disbelief and applause from the international community today for the Nobel’s committee’s announcement that the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize will go to the European Union for its transformation “from a continent of war to a continent of peace” and its focus on “peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights,” according to the BBC.
However, Europe isn’t perfect, and human rights abuses still plague the continent. Human Rights Watch has called …
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Oct 12 2012
This week on Uprising —
Biden Goes on the Offensive, Ryan Tacks Toward Center: Analyzing the Vice Presidential Debate – Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America – California Considers GMO LabelingEurope’s Debt Crisis Hits New High — A Conversation with Green Party Presidential Candidate, Jill Stein
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Oct 12 2012
A week after President Barack Obama’s debate with Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, Americans tuned in last night to watch Vice President Joe Biden square off against his Republican Vice Presidential challenger, Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
The debate, which was paid for by a number of major US corporations including Anheuser-Busch and Southwest Airlines, was held at Centre College …
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Oct 12 2012
Mitt Romney is running for president – for president! – promising an across-the-board 20 percent tax cut without offering any details about how that’s going to be paid for. Forget being battered by the press, he and his little sidekick Ryan should both be tossed off the playing field for even trying something like that. This race for the White House, this isn’t some frat prank. This is serious. This is for grownups, for God’s …
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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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