Jun 18 2014
Political Prisoner and award winning journalist Mumia Abu Jamal filed this commentary about incarcerated children and their life sentences.
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Jun 18 2014
A seventeen year old named Terrance Lamont Cheeks was sentenced to 50 years in prison this week in an Iowa courtroom for his role in a carjacking that left one man with permanent brain damage. Cheeks, who is African American, has been in and out of juvenile prisons and facilities for years and was …
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Jun 18 2014
“I write this to represent the faceless, voiceless, the unknown struggle[ing] within [the] youth prison system. For we do exist. We are young, vibrant, diligent, strong minded, and remain hopeful.” — From Nell Bernstein’s book Burning Down the House, where she quotes an open letter written by a young man on lockdown. …
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Jun 17 2014
We’ll examine a new study that shows our ocean’s phytoplankton, considered the foundation of the marine food web, is turning toxic. We’ll speak with the lead scientist about why it’s happening and what it means for planetary and human health. Plus, a commentary by Mumia Abu Jamal on life imprisonment for youth, followed by an in-depth discussion with Nell Bernstein on her new book Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison. …
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Jun 17 2014
Published by Truthdig.com on June 13, 2014
By Sonali Kolhatkar
Nigeria is unraveling.
And it is not just because young girls and women are being disappeared in broad daylight by the militant group Boko Haram, whose name translates to “Western education is an abomination.” It is not simply because the same group has also killed hundreds of Nigerians in raids in just the past few weeks with complete impunity.
Although an international campaign drawing …
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Jun 17 2014
Uprising’s guest expert Robert Jensen, an author and a professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today’s news headlines:
Secretary of State John Kerry has pledged US support for a major global conservation effort aimed at protecting the world’s oceans. Attending a two-day conference at the State Department, Kerry addressed dozens …
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Jun 17 2014
The US has sent 275 military personnel to Baghdad and several warships to the Persian Gulf, and says it is ready to deploy drones to fend off gains by the militant Sunni group calling itself the Islamic State in Iraq and the Syria (ISIS). In recent days, the group has captured the Iraqi cities …
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Jun 17 2014
Northeastern University Sociology Professor Suzanna Walters writes that she has problem with the notion that homosexuality is something that gay people just can’t help. While liberal allies of the LGBT movement preach that gays should be accepted because they’re “born this way,” Walters has a problem with this perspective. She maintains that using the …
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Jun 17 2014
The Economist reported last week that a disappearance of hundreds of residents from the Mexican border town of Allende was finally coming to light. Three years ago mobs of gang members from the formidable Zetas gang attacked the town, targeting the immediate and extended family members of two men they believed that slighted them. …
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Jun 17 2014
“If we don’t end war, war will end us.” — H. G. Wells
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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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