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June Vass (she/her) is the editor-in-chief of the Red Phoenix, the Director of the Information Bureau of the American Party of Labor, and a member of the National Writers Union. She is based in Orlando, FL.

• US Drone Strikes Kill 33 in Past 24 Hours in Pakistan

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 4, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Attack Targeted ‘Associate’ of Maulvi Nazir A pair of US drone strikes against Pakistan’s South Waziristan Agency have killed at least 33 people, 16 in South Waziristan and 17 in North Waziristan and wounded four others in the past 24… Read More ›

• Defense: George Zimmerman in police custody

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 3, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  MIAMI (AP) — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, surrendered to police Sunday and was booked into jail after having his bail revoked two days earlier. Zimmerman’s legal team said in… Read More ›

• Black woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for warning shot in Florida

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Fla. woman Marissa Alexander gets 20 years for “warning shot”: Did she stand her ground? (CBS) – Last Friday, Jacksonville mother Marissa Alexander was sentenced by a Florida judge to 20 years in prison for firing what she says was… Read More ›

• U.S. Navy’s Pacific Presence to Expand, Panetta Says

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 2, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  U.S. naval power in the Pacific will increase as the Pentagon rebalances American forces toward the Asia-Pacific region, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in Singapore while calling on countries to beef up their capacity. By 2020, the “Navy will re-posture… Read More ›

• Zimmerman back to jail; judge says he lied

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin’s shooter must return to jail, a judge ordered Friday in a strongly worded ruling that said George Zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances to obtain bond in a case… Read More ›

• Ephren Taylor Accused of $11 Million Christian Ponzi Scheme by SEC

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 30, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By STEVE OSUNSAMI and KATIE HINMAN Ephren Taylor stepped into the pulpit with the ease of preacher’s son, taking the microphone at the New Birth Baptist Church in Atlanta, where the powerful pastor Eddie Long was introducing him to the… Read More ›

• Four witnesses in Trayvon Martin case change their stories

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Three key witnesses in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman change their accounts in ways that could damage the defendant. The fourth abandons her initial story altogether. By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner ORLANDO, Fla. — Evidence released last… Read More ›

• Hacktivist claim: We took down city website because of police violence

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  BY NATASHA KORECKI When the NATO Summit in Chicago was still on the horizon, a group of self-proclaimed “hacktivists” was gearing up. A member of AntiS3curityOPS, which has taken credit for taking the City of Chicago’s website offline on Sunday,… Read More ›

• NATO 3 protesters being held in isolation, lawyer says

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 24, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Criminal Courts Reporter Three out-of-state anti-NATO protesters accused of making Molotov cocktails and planning a violent attack during the international leaders’ summit have been kept in isolation in the Cook County Jail, a lawyer for one of… Read More ›

• Police Brutality reported at Chicago Summit Protests

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 23, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Protesters rallied outside the Chicago campaign headquarters of President Barack Obama on Monday on the last day of the two-day NATO summit. The peaceful nature of the demonstration came in stark contrast to violent clashes that left protesters and eight… Read More ›

• NATO protests in Chicago: Police van drives into protesters

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 23, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  “Occupy” movement participants and an array of protest groups are among those gathering in Chicago this weekend to demonstrate outside the NATO summit. Sunday, protesters are ramping up for the largest demonstration of the weekend. So are police and Homeland… Read More ›

• Video: Chicago NATO Summit Protests

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 20, 2012 • ( 0 )

• 3 men charged with terror conspiracy ahead of NATO

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By SHANNON MCFARLAND and TAMMY WEBBER CHICAGO (AP) — Three men arrested earlier this week when police raided a Chicago apartment were being held Saturday on terrorism conspiracy charges, accused of trying to make Molotov cocktails ahead of the NATO… Read More ›

• Video: Protester in Chicago NATO Summit rips NATO banner down

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

• New Trayvon Martin Evidence: 10 Things You Should Know

  By Editor-in-Chief on May 19, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  The most relevant new pieces of information in the trial of George Zimmerman from the the Florida special prosecutor’s new 183-page report. By Madison Gray The trove of evidence released by Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey seems to shed more… Read More ›