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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.

• Rick Santorum Calls Barack Obama A “Government N*gger”

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

  “[…] anti-war government nig- uh, the, uh, America was a…” — Rick Santorum, from a speech on 27 march. Written by Dr. Boyce Watkins There are few people on this earth that I love more than Abena Agyeman-Fisher, the Senior… Read More ›

• In Afghan killings, victim No. 17 remains unknown

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — As the U.S. military pursues charges against the Army sergeant accused of killing Afghan civilians in what commanders say was a freelance rampage, a new question has arisen: Who was victim No. 17? Staff Sgt. Robert… Read More ›

• Suspicious school test scores across the nation

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Heather Vogell, John Perry and Alan Judd and M.B. Pell The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Suspicious test scores in roughly 200 school districts resemble those that entangled Atlanta in the biggest cheating scandal in American history, an investigation by The Atlanta… Read More ›

• Lawmaker wearing hoodie removed from House floor

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

  

  By Deirdre Walsh Washington (CNN) — A congressman was removed from the House floor Wednesday after giving a speech about Trayvon Martin while wearing a hoodie. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, told House members, “racial profiling has to stop.” Rush, a… Read More ›

• Massacre suspect accused of 2008 drunken assault

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

  

  Woman says Staff Sgt. Bales — accused of Afghan slaughter — thrust her hand to his crotch and fought with her boyfriend OLYMPIA, Wash. — A second incident involving alcohol and violence surfaced Thursday in the background of the Army… Read More ›

• As details of massacre emerge, Afghan man who lost 11 relatives says: ‘We want justice’

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

  

  By Richard Leiby and Sayed Salahuddin KABUL — The U.S. military’s decision to formally charge Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales in the killing of 17 Afghan villagers on Friday did nothing to dampen the anger of Mohammed Wazir, who lost… Read More ›

• U.S. official: Bales to be charged with 17 counts of murder

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 22, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  From Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer Washington (CNN) — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder related to a March 11 shooting spree in Afghanistan, a… Read More ›

• Robert Bales, Accused in Afghan Deaths, Hires Flashy Lawyer John Henry Browne

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

  

  Before the public even knew the name of the Army staff sergeant accused of murdering 16 Afghans in cold blood, his lawyer John Henry Browne, a 6-foot-5 Seattle attorney who’s defended Ted Bundy and the ‘Barefoot Bandit,’ was busily trying… Read More ›

• Rush Limbaugh Defended Joseph Kony, Leader Of Rebel Militia Accused Of Atrocities

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Joseph Kony, the African strongman who is suddenly a major villain thanks to a viral video about his atrocities, has a friend in Rush Limbaugh. In 2011, President Obama sent American troops to fight Joseph Kony, the leader of the… Read More ›

• Lawyer describes talk with Afghan killings suspect

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By GENE JOHNSON FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage met his client for the first time Monday and said the solider has a… Read More ›

• Modern Chain Gangs: the Profitability of Prison Labor Today

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 17, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  States are increasingly utilizing prison labor to plug budget holes, but public employee unions aren’t happy. BY: Russell Nichols The Cañon City Correctional Complex in southern Colorado is a veritable city of prisoners. More than 8,000 inmates are housed in… Read More ›

• Investigation of Neighborhood Watch Captain Who Shot Teen Trayvon Martin Reveals Questionable Police Conduct

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By MATT GUTMAN (@mattgutmanABC) and SENI TIENABESO ABC News has uncovered questionable police conduct in the investigation of the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain in Florida, including the alleged “correction” of at… Read More ›

• Shootings further dent Americans’ support for war

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 13, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By ANNE GEARAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The weekend massacre of Afghan civilians, allegedly carried out by a U.S. soldier, further undermines the rationale for a war that a majority of Americans already thought wasn’t worth fighting. But the Obama administration… Read More ›

• U.S. Army Massacres 16 Afghan Civilians: ‘Several drunk troops behind bloodbath, laughed on shooting-spree, burned corpses’

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 12, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Gruesome new details are surfacing after 16 Afghan villagers including nine children were shot in their houses by at least one US serviceman. Witnesses to the atrocity now say that several drunken American soldiers were involved. Neighbors at the village… Read More ›

• Eastern Libya declares autonomy; Libyan leader vows to keep Libya together by force

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 9, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Eastern Libya declares autonomy Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, has elected a regional congress and declared semi-autonomy from the capital Tripoli. The “blatant call for fragmentation” of the country was condemned by Libya’s ruling NTC. Thousands of major tribal… Read More ›