News and Analysis from the United States
A Miami-Dade fire captain is under investigation after he asserted that the death of an unarmed Florida teen was the fault of “failed, shitbag, ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents.” According to the Grio, Miami-Dade fire captain Brian Beckmann… Read More ›
by MARK VORPAHL Weeks after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Special Prosecutor Angela Corey has announced that his killer, George Zimmerman, will be charged with second degree murder. Though originally allowed to walk scot free without any charges, Zimmerman… Read More ›
A British writer has been sacked by a leading American magazine after writing an article, inspired by reactions to Trayvon Martin’s killing, that appeared to urge white children to avoid black people. John Derbyshire was dismissed by The National Review… Read More ›
(CNN) — A North Carolina judge set aside the death sentence of a convicted killer after concluding Friday that race played a role in the case, a landmark ruling that may call into question a number of death row cases… Read More ›
Gescard Isnora was fired two weeks ago, so he’s speaking out Bullets don’t come with apology letters and former NYPD officer Gescard Isnora is making sure it stays that way. The man who fired the first shot (well, first 11… Read More ›
A bill that allows Tennessee public school teachers to teach alternatives to mainstream scientific theories such as evolution will become law this month after the governor refused to sign or veto the measure, The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss reports. Supporters… Read More ›
President Barack Obama is coming under heavy criticism for deciding against signing an executive order protecting LGBT workers. Senior Obama administration officials on Wednesday said the order which would ban federal contractors from employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and… Read More ›
By Charles Davis More than three years into the presidency of Barack Obama, it’s almost a cliché now to ask: What if George W. Bush did it? From dramatically escalating the war in Afghanistan to institutionalizing the practice of indefinite… Read More ›
The Huffington Post | By Gene Demby A road sign on a Michigan freeway was hacked early Monday morning and its message changed to “Trayvon A Nigger.” According to Rob Morosi, a spokesman for the state’s department of transportation, someone… Read More ›
A woman from Iraq who was found beaten, lying in a pool of blood in her in El Cajon, Calif., home next to a note saying “go back to your country,” has died and police are investigating her death as… Read More ›
By Aaron Blake / The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Consider this one of the many reasons that Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., won’t be the GOP’s vice-presidential nominee: At an event late Tuesday — shortly after The Washington Post wrote about… Read More ›
by Newsone Staff George Zimmerman, 28, the man charged with murder in the second degree for the February 26 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, has been called many names in the past weeks, but “DatNiggy” wasn’t one of them…. Read More ›
Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) — A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA Saturday as regards the U.S. moves to exploit the DPRK’s planned launch of satellite Kwangmyongsong-3 for… Read More ›
Trayvon Martin‘s mother, Sybrina Fulton, corrected her earlier comments where she said George Zimmerman’s shooting of her son was an accident. Here is her full statement clarifying her remarks, as provided by msnbc.com: Earlier today, I made a comment to… Read More ›
by Kirsten West Savali George Zimmerman, 28, the man charged with second degree murder in the February 26 shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, has consistently stated through family and legal council that he returned to his car after… Read More ›
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