By Megan Carpentier Despite the tremendous pressure on the Republican party following Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) comments about “legitimate rape,” supposedly natural contraception and abortion, CNN reported last night that the Republican platform to be affirmed at the convention last… Read More ›
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Akin rape theory rooted in Nazi death camp experiments
By David Edwards The theory behind Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) assertion earlier this week that women who are victims of “legitimate” rape would not get pregnant appears to be based on 1972 research that cites experiments done in Nazi concentration… Read More ›
The Forgotten Palestinians
Inequality Inside the Green Line by PATRICK O. STRICKLAND Tel Aviv. On May 15, the New York Times ran an editorial authored by Aaron David Miller under the title of “Preserving Israel’s Uncertain Status Quo.” Miller argues that the Israeli… Read More ›
Israel falsifies documents to deport Sudanese migrants
Israel has deported Sudanese asylum seekers by issuing documents with purposefully incorrect nationalities, a recently published report by the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism revealed. More than 100 Sudanese nationals in Israel were given passports or birth certificates incorrectly labeling… Read More ›
Obama turns back the clock on Guantanamo
By Baher Azmy New rules from the Obama Justice Department threaten to return Guantanamo Bay to the legal black hole it was in during the early days of the George W. Bush administration. The rules, which began trickling out in… Read More ›
White supremacist couple indicted by grand jury after crime spree
SEATTLE — A federal grand jury has indicted a Portland, Ore., couple in a white supremacist conspiracy that allegedly led the pair on a trail of kidnapping, robbery, theft and murder across the Pacific Northwest. The indictment unveiled Friday builds… Read More ›
Neo-Nazi flash mobs strike German cities, aim to become ‘immortal’ on YouTube
The racist group takes to the streets at night carrying torches. They organize via text message so that authorities won’t know where they’ll appear next. A German neo-Nazi group has been harnessing 21st century technology to stage terrifying flash-mob protests… Read More ›
White-supremacist sub-culture, recruitment at Fort Bragg
Hate groups have uneasy history with military base A billboard along the main road into Fort Bragg, N.C., in the mid-1990s read: “Enough! Let’s start taking back America.” Below the slogan was the telephone number for the National Alliance, a… Read More ›
Know the facts about Racist Skinheads
In the wake of the recent shootings by a racist skin-head of the Hammerskin Nation, we have reprinted a description and list of terms relevant to the ideology of racist skins in America, so that our readers will be informed… Read More ›
Israel Bars Foreign Envoys From West Bank Meeting
JERUSALEM — Israel on Sunday barred the delegations of five countries from attending a diplomatic conference in Ramallah, in the West Bank, upending plans by the Palestinian president to announce his intention to renew the Palestinians’ bid this September for… Read More ›
Sikh Temple Shooter Former Member of Skinhead Band
The man who allegedly murdered six people at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee yesterday, identified in media reports as Wade Michael Page, was a frustrated neo-Nazi who had been the leader of a racist white-power band. In 2010, Page,… Read More ›
Handcuffed Arkansas man shot to death in the back of police car
A 21-year old man was fatally shot in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car in Arkansas. The police claim it was a suicide but victim’s family has a hard time believing it. Chavis Carter was… Read More ›
Study Shows That Police Kill Black Person Every 40 Hours
“Report on Extrajudicial Killings of 110 Black People since January 1st, 2012.” Every 40 hours in the United States one Black woman, man or child is killed by police, and by a smaller number of security guards and self-appointed vigilantes…. Read More ›
Hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from land
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Israeli Defense Ministry wants to evict hundreds of Palestinians from eight hamlets in a West Bank area the military has designated as a firing zone, rights activists said Tuesday, portraying the decision as a new… Read More ›
Police: Man shot after suspicious activity
By SONYA QUICK, FERMIN LEAL, ERIC CARPENTER and CINDY CARCAMO / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER ANAHEIM – Police Chief John Welter said Sunday afternoon that a man killed by officers was chased because of suspicious activity. The dead man was… Read More ›