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• FBI taught agents could ‘bend or suspend’ law in some probes

  By The Red Phoenix on April 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Michael Winter A review of the FBI’s counterterrorism training shows agents were taught they could “bend or suspend the law” in some investigations, Wired reports, citing a bureau document. The magazine’s Danger Room blog also writes that FBI training… Read More ›

• The man who raised a black power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games

  By The Red Phoenix on April 1, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  by Gary Younge When John Carlos raised his fist in a black power salute at the 1968 Olympics, it changed 20th-century history – and his own life – for ever. How does he feel about it now? You’re probably not… Read More ›

• Rick Santorum Calls Barack Obama A “Government N*gger”

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 30, 2012 • ( 0 )

  “[…] anti-war government nig- uh, the, uh, America was a…” — Rick Santorum, from a speech on 27 march. Written by Dr. Boyce Watkins There are few people on this earth that I love more than Abena Agyeman-Fisher, the Senior… Read More ›

• In Afghan killings, victim No. 17 remains unknown

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — As the U.S. military pursues charges against the Army sergeant accused of killing Afghan civilians in what commanders say was a freelance rampage, a new question has arisen: Who was victim No. 17? Staff Sgt. Robert… Read More ›

• Suspicious school test scores across the nation

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Heather Vogell, John Perry and Alan Judd and M.B. Pell The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Suspicious test scores in roughly 200 school districts resemble those that entangled Atlanta in the biggest cheating scandal in American history, an investigation by The Atlanta… Read More ›

• U.S. Army Funding Development of “Robot Soldier”

  By The Red Phoenix on March 29, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Boston Dynamics’ Petman humanoid soldier looks pretty confident strutting its stuff on the treadmill. by Tim Hornyak Science fact often follows science fiction. Hence, the U.S. Army is funding development of a Terminator-style robot soldier. Boston Dynamics has released new… Read More ›

• Raw Video: Slain Teen’s Parents on Capitol Hill

  By The Red Phoenix on March 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

• Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine Could Save Your Life

  By The Red Phoenix on March 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Cuba, famed maker of delicious (and cancery) cigars, may just have an anti-lung cancer vaccine that’s worth getting excited about. CimaVax-EGF isn’t preventative, but it may make this horrible deadly disease just a plain old horrible disease. The newly available… Read More ›

• Lawmaker wearing hoodie removed from House floor

  By Editor-in-Chief on March 28, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By Deirdre Walsh Washington (CNN) — A congressman was removed from the House floor Wednesday after giving a speech about Trayvon Martin while wearing a hoodie. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, told House members, “racial profiling has to stop.” Rush, a… Read More ›

• Gas prices rising: Why GOP won’t address real cause

  By The Red Phoenix on March 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Gas prices are rising not because of increased demand but because Wall Street is betting on higher gas prices. By Robert Reich, Guest blogger Gas prices continue to rise, which is finally giving Republicans an issue. Mitt Romney is demanding… Read More ›

• “The hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin’s death as George Zimmerman was.”

  By The Red Phoenix on March 27, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Realizing that Geraldo Rivera does not speak on behalf of the Republican party…Fox News does…and I would venture to say that many Fox News viewers i.e. Republican voters really do believe the nonsense that Geraldo Rivera is espousing. Yes –… Read More ›

• Newt Gingrich: Obama’s Trayvon Martin Statement ‘Disgraceful’

  By The Red Phoenix on March 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Newt Gingrich outright denies the murder of Trayvon Martin had anything to do with race or racism in the United States. Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich slammed Barack Obama on Friday, saying the president’s remarks about the fatal February shooting of… Read More ›

• Guatemalan ex-soldier jailed for 6,060 years over Dos Erres massacre

  By The Red Phoenix on March 26, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Pedro Pimentel Rios is fifth member of elite military force to be imprisoned for role in killings of 201 people in 1982 Agencies in Guatemala City A former Guatemalan special forces soldier has been sentenced to 6,060 years in prison… Read More ›

• Trayvon Martin 911 Tape Reveals Possible Racial Slur By Neighborhood Watchman George Zimmerman (VIDEO)

  By The Red Phoenix on March 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  By David Moye Law enforcement officials in Sanford, Fla., investigating last month’s shooting of an unarmed black teen by self-appointed neighborhood watch leader George Zimmerman say they may have missed a possible racist remark made by Zimmerman to a 911… Read More ›

• Israel won’t co-operate with UN mission on settlements

  By The Red Phoenix on March 25, 2012 • ( 0 )

  

  Ruth Pollard JERUSALEM: Israel has described as ”hypocritical” a decision by the United Nations Human Rights Council to launch an investigation into the impact of its settlement construction on the human rights of Palestinians. About 500,000 Israelis and 2.5 million… Read More ›

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