By Eric W. Dolan CNN’s Ryan Smith on Monday highlighted an upcoming trial in Florida that is eerily similar to the Trayvon Martin case. In both cases, an unarmed 17-year-old black male was left dead. “I’m not an eye for… Read More ›
Reactionary Watch
Bradley Manning Found Guilty On Most Counts, Acquitted of ‘Aiding the Enemy’ — Faces Over 100 Years in Prison
The military intelligence analyst was found not guilty on the most serious charge of “aiding the enemy,” but was found guilty of violating the Espionage Act. The military intelligence analyst who leaked hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks and… Read More ›
Russian Neo-Nazi Groups Tricking and Torturing Gay Male Teenagers, the Blood is on Putin’s Hands
[TRIGGER WARNING: GRAPHIC ANTI-LGBTQ VIOLENCE, HOMOPHOBIA] by Adrian Garcia President Putin’s crusade against LGBT community in Russia has taken a new disturbing turn. Russian Neo Nazis have been advised by a top-ranking supremacist to create fake profiles on a popular Russian… Read More ›
Juror Says ‘George Zimmerman Got Away With Murder’
A woman who sat on the all-female jury that acquitted George Zimmerman said in an interview set to air Friday that the former neighborhood watch captain “got away with murder” in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. … Read More ›
More bodies of immigrants being found near Texas border
by Ricky Jervis Each year dozens of illegal immigrants are found dead along the U.S.-Mexican border, usually from sweltering heat or from bullets fired by human smugglers FALFURRIAS, Texas – Deputy Rolando Gutierrez knew he’d be breaking up domestic disputes… Read More ›
Israeli soldiers have depraved “fun” making “Rachel Corrie pancakes”
by Ali Abunimah Israeli soldiers had a “fun” time making what they called “Rachel Corrie pancakes.” Photos of the event were posted on the Facebook page of the “Heritage House,” a settlement in occupied East Jerusalem that houses so-called “lone soldiers,”… Read More ›
Who Will March for Marissa Alexander?
by Marissa Jackson On the morning after the Morning After, the racial tension in this country could be popped with a needle. If the prevailing narrative is to be believed, Black America is furious, outraged and depressed about George Zimmerman’s… Read More ›
Video: George Zimmerman Claims African Americans Should Apologize to Him
Now that the George Zimmerman trial has concluded, and he has been set free with no conviction for killing the 17 year old, unarmed, Trayvon Martin, it seems an appropriate time to recap Zimmerman’s interview with Sean Hannity. An unrepentant… Read More ›
Zimmerman’s Old Myspace Account Reveals Racist, Sexist, Violent Behavior
A Myspace account, which has been confirmed by several sources as belonging to George Zimmerman, describes arrests/felony ATF charges, and accusations of domestic violence against Zimmerman, in 2005. The page also contains racist statements that reference “Mexicans”, and sexist comments directed as his ex-fiancee, whom he refers to as the “ex-hoe”. On… Read More ›
George Zimmerman’s Old MySpace Surfaces: Full of Racist Statements and Admissions of Criminal Activity
Huffington Post’s Gene Demby seems to have dug up an old MySpace page belonging to George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin and is charged with his murder, makes disparaging comments about Mexicans and details his response to… Read More ›
George Zimmerman will get back gun used to kill Trayvon Martin now that trial is over
By Sasha Goldstein / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS George Zimmerman’s attorney says his client, who has been in hiding since Saturday night’s verdict, needs the weapon now more than ever. The 29-year-old has taken to wearing disguises and a bulletproof vest as… Read More ›
The Zimmerman Jury Told Young Black Men What We Already Knew
by Cord Jefferson Tonight a Florida man’s acquittal for hunting and killing a black teenager who was armed with only a bag of candy serves as a Rorschach test for the American public. For conservatives, it’s a triumph of permissive… Read More ›
Zimmerman acquitted of Trayvon Martin murder
A jury in Florida has ruled that George Zimmerman is not guilty of all charges relating to the murder of unarmed African-American teenager Trayvon Martin. The high-profile case sparked a massive national debate on race and guns in the United… Read More ›
South Dakota commits shocking genocide against Native Americans
by: ALBERT BENDER Genocide is not too strong a term for what is now happening in South Dakota. The huge, shocking violation of legal and human rights being carried out by the state is tantamount to genocide against the Native American… Read More ›
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