Tribal leaders say 90 percent of the crime on Pine Ridge is related to drinking, as are most accidents, suicides and preventable diseases. Nebraska calls this a village: two blocks, one dusty road and six or so buildings, squat and… Read More ›
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Dying Teen Is Being Denied A Heart Transplant Because He’s Had Trouble With The Law
CREDIT: WSBTV News Fifteen-year-old Anthony Stokes has less than six months to live unless he receives an emergency heart transplant. But his family has been told that Anthony doesn’t qualify for the transplant list because he has a “history of… Read More ›
The California Prisoners Hunger Strike: The Truth
Responding to Jeffrey Beard, head of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) By Joe Veale Four weeks ago, 30,000 people in prisons in California and surrounding states went on a hunger strike to protest their conditions, in particular in… Read More ›
Video: More Than Half Of Teachers Report Buying Hungry Students Food With Their Own Money
We often hear about U.S. teachers being paid poorly for all the work they do to educate children. But did you know that 63 percent of teachers report buying food for the classroom each month with their own money? That’s… Read More ›
Al Sharpton Accused of Helping Lead FBI to Assata Shakur
By Ron Howell, Newsday, Friday 21 October 1988 The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has worked as a federal informant, tried to set up a meeting with black fugitive radical JoAnne Chesimard in 1983, according to activists who said they were… Read More ›
U.S. Drones Kill More Than 30 in Yemen; School Targeted in One Attack
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. In fewer than two weeks, Hellfire missiles launched by U.S. drones have killed at least 31 people in Yemen. At least 14 of the victims were believed by President Obama — the launcher-in-chief — to be al-Qaeda militants…. Read More ›
New study suggests humans are not naturally violent
J.G. Vibes Activist Post A new study published last month in Nature Journal suggests that humans are naturally good. This study adds to the mounting evidence against the popular misconception that corruption is a trait of human nature. In ten experiments using… Read More ›
Another trial involving a Florida man who fatally shot an unarmed black teen
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 ›
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 ›
Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought
By Todd Woody As we’ve written before, the mysterious mass die-off of honey bees that pollinate $30 billion worth of crops in the US has so decimated America’s apis melliferapopulation that one bad winter could leave fields fallow. Now, a new study has… Read More ›
2013: A Short Story
Willis Smith awoke to the sound of his radio alarm and rose from his bed. So began another day living under the System. There was no time to have breakfast, given the demanding hours required by his employer. Given the… Read More ›
The First Death
We received the following letter just this morning. We deeply morn the loss of ‘Guero,’ the first to die in the hunger strike. He died for more than himself. Killed by his conditions, by this system, we remember him. It… Read More ›
‘Crack baby’ study ends with unexpected but clear result
By Susan FitzGerald Jaimee Drakewood hurried in from the rain, eager to get to her final appointment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Ever since her birth 23 years ago, a team of researchers has been tracking every aspect of her… 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 ›
George Zimmerman’s heroic car crash rescue appears to be a fraud
This was a suspicious story from the beginning. We have seen news reports of protesters doing thousands of dollars of damage to be wrong. The claims of separate attacks by protesters over the Zimmerman verdict turned out to be false…. Read More ›
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