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Arizona’s Alien Angst: Chicano Culture Clash is Constitutionally Crooked
In 2012, American Values, Arizona, Arizona HB-2281, Communities, Education, Ethnic Studies, Hispanic, Ideologies, Legislation, Neo Conservatives, Politics, Race, Racism, Religious Right, Republicans, States, Tea Party, Years on February 18, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Troy Anthony Davis: Martyr of a Broken Justice System
In 2011, Capital Punishment, Georgia, Justice, The Public, Years on September 21, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Troy Anthony Davis is in the final hours of the process leading to his execution by the State of Georgia. His case has received international attention. Did he murder 27-year-old police officer and former Army Ranger Mark MacPhail in a Burger King parking lot in Savannah, Georgia in 1989? A criminal court that is supposed to convict beyond a reasonable doubt has left plenty of doubt behind.
Davis has spent the last two decades on death row, even though the case against him has fallen apart. His execution date has been set for today at 7:00p.
The Wally Way: Is Walmart Destroying America?
In 2011, Barack Obama, Business, Campaign 2012, Corporatocracy, Democrats, Elections, GOP, Jobs, John Boehner, Labor Law, Politics, Republicans, Special Interests, The Congress, The House, The Law, The Senate, Unions, WalMart, Years on August 30, 2011 at 2:34 pm
“You shouldn’t shop at Wal-Mart. Their employees make low wages and the company doesn’t provide health insurance for them.”
My mother spoke as I continued to look for an available parking space in the sea of cars that is a Wal-Mart parking lot.
She continued: “And women are paid less for doing the same job as their male counterparts.” Read the rest of this entry »
Protest By Flash Mob: The Web Reinvents Econ-Political Unrest from Cairo to Cleveland
In 2011, African-Americans, Facebook, Federal Government, Living, Politics, Social Media, The Congress, The White House, Twitter on August 25, 2011 at 11:37 pm
From Egypt to the streets of suburban Cleveland, the Internet is reshaping how the young, from the disenfranchised to the bored and angry, gather, vent their rage and express themselves.
Law-enforcement officials in cities from Washington to Las Vegas have struggled to control flash mobs here in the United States. Meanwhile in England, The Labour Party, Prime Minister David Cameron and his Conservative-Liberal Democrat government have used water cannons and plastic bullets in an effort to curtail what they are labeling as rioting. It is more than that, though. Read the rest of this entry »
Is There A Leader Amongst Us?
In African-American, Barack Obama, Communities, Democrats, LGBT, Politics, Race, The Congress on August 19, 2011 at 12:37 am
Dr. Cornel West, author and professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, and TV/radio talk host Tavis Smiley have created a lot of debate by criticizing President Obama’s leadership on a nationwide “poverty tour” that will take them to 16 poor communities across the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
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