Jul 26 2013

Daily News Flash for July 26, 2013

Daily News Flash | Published 26 Jul 2013, 9:40 am | Comments Off on Daily News Flash for July 26, 2013 -

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Uprising’s guest expert ARobert Jensen, Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, author of many books, his latest being, Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialog, analyzes today’s news headlines:

The juror known as B-29 in the trial of George Zimmerman has finally told her story – in an exclusive interview on Good Morning America today, the lone woman of color on the jury said point blank “ Juror B-29 gave only her first name, Maddie, but allowed her face to be shown on camera.

North Carolina’s Republican dominated House has just passed a bill that would make it harder for its residents to vote. A day after Attorney General Eric Holder vowed to take on the fight against states who target their voting laws, North Carolina legislators voted to end same-day registration, shorten the early voting period, end a very successful high school registration program, and require state-issued IDs.

Three years after the most devastating oil spill in the history of the US, one of the companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Halliburton, has admitted to destroying evidence related to the spill. The company is pleading guilty, and, if approved by the courts, will pay a mere $200,000 fine and enter into a 3 year probationary period.

In other news, a Washington Post/ABC News poll released today reveals that 67% of Americans think that the Afghanistan war was not worth the cost.

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