By Steve Lyttle, McClatchy Newspapers CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A North Carolina pastor’s sermon in which he called for gays and lesbians to be placed in a form of concentration camp has spurred a protest planned at the church this Sunday…. Read More ›
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Hacktivist claim: We took down city website because of police violence
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 ›
National Lawyers Guild Releases Photograph of Suspected Police Informant Involved in Terrorism-Related Cases
by Occupy Chicago Press Relations PRESS RELEASE Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild For Immediate Release: May 21, 2012 National Lawyers Guild Releases Photograph of Suspected Police Informant Involved in Terrorism-Related Cases Chicago, IL — Investigations by the NLG… Read More ›
The Most Outrageous Aspect of the Trayvon Martin Case
by Andy Ostroy So now we know, through evidence released by prosecutors this past week, that George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old superhero-wannabe who shot and killed unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla,, on February 26th, had wounds on his head… Read More ›
New Trayvon Martin Evidence: 10 Things You Should Know
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 ›
Trayvon Martin Witness Believes ‘He Intended for This Kid to Die’
By MATT GUTMAN (@mattgutmanABC) and SENI TIENABESO (@senijr_abc) May 18, 2012 A closer look at the witness statements and audio testimony taken in the immediate aftermath Trayvon Martin’s death provides the first insight into George Zimmerman’s behavior after he shot… Read More ›
Is “The Dictator” Racist?
Yes. And it’s not that funny either. BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | MAY 17, 2012 In his new movie The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen borrows liberally from the “wacky dictator” cannon established by some of Hollywood’s great comedians. There’s a… Read More ›
Would-be underwear bomber a double agent
By John Miller (CBS News) The would-be bomber in the recently-uncovered plot to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner leaving Yemen was an undercover intelligence agent. The plot was revealed to U.S. intelligence officials based on a tip by Saudi intelligence… Read More ›
Israeli court says no to release of striking Palestinian prisoners
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled against an appeal for release from two Palestinian prisoners who have been on a hunger strike for more than two months, their lawyer said Monday. Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, members… Read More ›
Why the Romney bully story matters
By Carly Rothman/The Star-Ledger It would hardly seem fair to judge a 65-year-old man for the shameful things he did in high school, as long as he also regarded them with shame. That doesn’t seem to be the case with… Read More ›
Dekalb County Police: it’s within policy for our officers to kick pregnant women in the stomach
By Rob Beschizza When Dekalb County, Ga., police officer Jerad Wheeler tased her brother, Raven Dozie started crying and demanding to know why. Wheeler kicked the heavily-pregnant woman in the stomach. While he is now under criminal investigation, his superiors… Read More ›
Fascism rises from the depths of Greece’s despair
A neo-Nazi party that wants work camps for immigrants is on course to win its first seats in parliament on Sunday by Daniel Howden It started, as many days do in Greece, with a trip to the kiosk to buy… Read More ›
Why Conservatives Are Smearing Trayvon Martin’s Reputation
by Michelle Goldberg Conservatives are focusing on Trayvon’s tweets, appearance, school suspension over marijuana traces, and the hoodie he was wearing to blame him for his own death—and to show that his killing had nothing to do with racism. Plus… Read More ›
Photos of U.S. soldiers posing with Afghan corpses prompt condemnation
After the Los Angeles Times publishes two pictures, American officials denounce the actions of troops photographed with dead insurgents and their body parts. By David Zucchino and Laura King From the White House to the American Embassy in Kabul, American… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 