Jul 24 2013
Journalism students are taught that in country like the US the press is considered a fourth estate – so important to the functioning of a democracy that it is in fact, one of the most important ways in in which people can hold their government accountable.
But today, under a supposedly liberal Democratic administration, press freedom in the US is …
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Jul 24 2013
Do you think eggs laid by Free Range hens on small farms are healthier than those laid by battery hens on large scale commercial farms? Well, the US Food and Drug Administration doesn’t think so – the government agency has just released a draft proposal for organic and free-range egg producers to comply with a 2009 egg safety rule that …
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Jul 24 2013
“Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. …
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Jul 24 2013
Race is America’s Voldemort: That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named. Even when discrimination’s role in an event is obvious, there has to be another reason. It’s not about race, it’s about class. It’s about safety. It’s about line dancing. But we are arguably experiencing the greatest racial tensions since the 1960’s, Barack or not.
The most prominent racial issue dividing America today is racial profiling. Trayvon, Stop-and-Frisk, Obama’s Beer Summit, and Arizona’s Show-Me-Your-Papers law are all about acting on racial presumptions.
Three …
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Jul 24 2013
The fallout from the George Zimmerman trial was in the air Friday, as President Obama made a surprise speech about the verdict in the White House press briefing room. But at the National Native Media Conference in Tempe, Ariz., where the Native American Journalists Association was meeting, other topics ruled the day. The words “George Zimmerman” or “Trayvon Martin” were hardly uttered.
When asked why, attendees offered remarkably similar responses, variations of, “Welcome to my world. …
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Jul 24 2013
At 5 AM PST today, non-union workers moving Walmart goods at a California warehouse plan to launch a two-day surprise strike in protest of alleged retaliation for exposing safety risks. Organizers expect at least thirty of the warehouse’s two hundred-some employees to join the work stoppage, the latest in a wave of Walmart supply chain strikes.
“I’m scared because I need to work for my family’s sake,” employee Miriam Garcia told The Nation in Spanish. Garcia …
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Jul 24 2013
Egypt’s army chief has called for mass protests against “terrorism” after an explosion outside a police building in northern Egypt killed one police conscript and injured 19 officers and civilians – bringing the deathtoll from fighting since the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi to at least 190, according to one estimate.
The overnight bomb attack in Mansoura marked an escalation in the methods used during clashes between Morsi supporters, his opponents and members of state security. In …
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Jul 24 2013
The Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys will be holding its first-ever meeting on Wednesday and they have lined up a special guest.
Tracy Martin, Travyon Martin’s father, is scheduled to appear tomorrow to offer opening remarks. The main topic of the meeting will focus on “The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature into Strong Men.”
Martin will address this topic and leaves no doubt that undoubtedly refer to the death of his …
Jul 24 2013
Australia is to investigate reports that asylum seekers at one of its detention camps in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are being raped and tortured.
Kevin Rudd, Australia’s prime minister, has said that no more boat-people will be allowed to resettle in Australia and unauthorised arrivals will be sent to camps in PNG, according to a new agreement between the two countries.
Rudd said on Wednesday that the sinking of a refugee boat off the coast of West …
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Jul 24 2013
The US embassy in Accra held a roundtable on biotechnology this month. The discussion, designed to promote candid dialogue between biotechnology supporters and sceptics, was attended by experts and campaign groups on both sides of the GM foods debate.
But one Ghanaian campaign group refused the invitation. “Our call for a moratorium on GM foods was met with an invitation to a closed-door discussion,” said Duke Tagoe, of Food Sovereignty Ghana, which campaigns for greater transparency …
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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