Some residents in a small Arizona city are saying that the term “police state” is more than just a metaphor for the authoritarian rule they feel that they are being more and more subjected to in tiny town just east… Read More ›
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“Israel trying to drag US into Syrian conflict”
Israel’s reported second air strike on Syria in two days targeted a facility just outside the capital. But there was no escalation toward Israel to justify the attack – and Tel Aviv is only trying to drag the US into… Read More ›
North Korea removes missiles from launch sites
In a sudden de-escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula, Pyongyang has removed two of its ballistic missile units from their launching positions, US officials confirmed. Two Musudan missiles, capable of hitting targets 2,500 miles away, were withdrawn from a… Read More ›
Ray Kelly: By the Department’s Count, African-Americans are being “understopped”
BY AZI PAYBARAH Bloomberg said NYPD critics are unfairly compare the number of black and Latino men stopped to the number of black and Latino men in the general population, whereas they should be comparing the numbers of stops to the… Read More ›
UN says chemical weapons used by Syrian insurgents
UN human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the lead investigators said on Sunday. The United Nations independent commission of… Read More ›
The Cult of the State: What The Kent State Massacre Anniversary Should Teach Us
The posting of this article does not imply endorsement of the views of the author. — The Red Phoenix Editorial Board. by Michael Suede (May 4, 2012) – Today is the anniversary of the Kent State shootings by the Ohio National Guard. The shootings should serve… Read More ›
America’s “Most Wanted” Terrorist: An Open Letter From Assata
My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the US government’s policy… Read More ›
FBI adds 65-year-old Black Panther to Most Wanted Terrorists list
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced that Joanne Chesimard has been added to its Most Wanted Terrorists list. Thursday’s bulletin gave Chesimard, a black nationalist, the dubious distinction of being the first woman to be placed on the list…. Read More ›
Suicide Rates Rise Sharply in U.S.
By TARA PARKER-POPE Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have risen sharply in the past decade, prompting concern that a generation of baby boomers who have faced years of economic worry and easy access to prescription painkillers may be particularly vulnerable to… Read More ›
Michigan GOP Pass Bullying Bill Giving ‘License To Bully’
by DAVID BADASH Michigan Senate Republicans have passed a bullying bill — not an anti-bullying bill — that actually gives license to bully. In an Orwellian twist, the bill, which passed 26-11, with zero Democratic votes, allows kids to be bullied… Read More ›
Minimum Wage Would Be $21.72 If It Kept Pace With Increases In Productivity: Study
By Caroline Fairchild President Obama’s call to increase the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour was one of the more significant proposals he laid out in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. But $9 an hour is still a far cry from… Read More ›
Mountain Dew Pulls Terrible Racist Ad
By Aisha Harris Mountain Dew recently released three new ads featuring a crazed goat voiced by rapper Tyler, the Creator, who was also the mastermind behind the commercials. The goat is seen attacking a waitress after she gives him the soda,… Read More ›
Guantanamo Attorney Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
By Jason Leopold An attorney who represented prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay was found dead last week in what sources said was a suicide. Andy P. Hart, 38, a federal public defender in Toledo, Ohio, apparently died of a self-inflicted gunshot… Read More ›
Celebrate International Workers’ Day 2013!
Today we celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, a holiday celebrated by working people worldwide. This day began in commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, where police fired upon workers striking for an eight-hour-day. Since… Read More ›
Gay teens starved, tortured, killed at camp to turn them into “men”
Game ranger course ‘general’ is on trial for murder, child abuse, neglect and allegedly forced teen to eat his own feces BY JOE MORGAN Three ‘gay and effeminate’ teens have died after being starved, tortured and killed at a camp that… Read More ›
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