A civil rights trial against Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-styled “America’s Toughest Sheriff,” began today in which Arpaio and his department stand accused of racial profiling Latinos in Maricopa County. The class-action suit, which started with a complaint by… Read More ›
Introduction: A Fetish for the Individual Above All People in the United States are taught that all of life’s fortunes and misfortunes are brought about solely by the actions of the individual. We are taught that a person, by virtue… Read More ›
UN rights body to probe Israel settlements GENEVA — The UN Human Rights Council has set up a panel to probe Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, a move that further irked Israel which said it will bar its… Read More ›
Now we know he was poisoned – but by whom? by Justin Raimondo Yasser Arafat died on November 11, 2004, of a mysterious ailment. His enemies spread the rumor he had AIDS: David Frum, with typical classiness, claimed he had… Read More ›
Today is the 4th of July, a holiday celebrated all over the nation as the date of American Independence from the British crown. I was considering burning an American flag to protest US foreign policy, imperial aggression, indigenous holocaust, sponsorship… Read More ›
For a certain segment of the Ron Paul fanbase, no evidence of his disseminating hateful, paranoid material will ever be enough. Citing James Kirchick’s piece in The New Republic wasn’t sufficient, because Kirchick could have just been “making everything up.”… Read More ›
An Israeli human rights group has released a video that appears to show Israeli soldiers standing by while Jewish settlers open fire on stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in the West Bank, wounding one of them, reports the BBC’s Rupert Wingfield Hayes…. Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
by Ruth Pollard RAMALLAH: The number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails has grown to at least 2800, human rights groups say, while two of the inmates hovered close to death as they entered their 69th day… Read More ›
JERUSALEM — Israeli prison officials say that hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who declared a hunger strike two weeks ago are continuing to refuse food as they demand better conditions. Sivan Weizman of Israel’s prison authority said Monday that 1,450 remain… Read More ›
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 ›
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