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• It’s Juneteenth 2013. More Black people are in prison than were slaves and Paula Deen wants to bring slavery back

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 19, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Today is June 19, or Juneteenth. While the Emancipation Proclamation was signed on January 1, 1863, slaves in Texas didn’t find out slavery was over until June 19, 1865, hence commemorating this date as the end of legal slavery in… Read More ›

• 70 Percent of Americans ‘Emotionally Disconnected’ at Work

  By The Red Phoenix on June 19, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Nearly one in five hates work so much they sabotage their employers.   By Steven Rosenfeld If you thought that Americans who kept their jobs during the Great Recession were glad to be working, you would be dead wrong. According to… Read More ›

• Political Cartoons: Brazil Protests Illustrated

  By The Red Phoenix on June 19, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

• Hacker who exposed Steubenville rape case could spend more time behind bars than the rapists

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 19, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  [Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence] By Tara Culp-Ressler The Steubenville rape case, in which two high school football players were convicted of sexually assaulting a young girl at a party, helped spark a national conversation about consent, victim-blaming, and rape culture. The case gained national attention… Read More ›

• McD’s worker sues: Don’t pay by debit card

  By Editor-in-Chief on June 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By Bill O’Boyle All Natalie Gunshannon wanted was to be paid a fair wage for her work, she said. Gunshannon, 27, of Dallas Township, worked at McDonald’s Restaurant on the Dallas Highway from April 24 to May 15. When she… Read More ›

• Supreme Court Bans Protests On Its Grounds

  By The Red Phoenix on June 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  By FREDERIC J. FROMMER WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has come up with a new regulation banning demonstrations on its grounds, two days after a broader anti-demonstration law was declared unconstitutional. The regulation bans activities on the court’s grounds or… Read More ›

• Private sector plays greater role in China’s economy

  By The Red Phoenix on June 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  BEIJING, Dec. 26 — The weight of private enterprises in the overall economy is on the rise and that of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) on the decline, Ma Jiantang, minister of the National Bureau of Statistics, said on Friday. The number… Read More ›

• Morsi says Egypt cuts all ties with Damascus, calls for Syria no-fly zone

  By The Red Phoenix on June 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Egypt has decided to cut all ties with Syria, close the embassy in Cairo and withdraw the Egyptian envoy from Damascus, said Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. He also urged the international powers to impose a no-fly zone over Syria. “We… Read More ›

• 100-Year-Old General: We Razed Arab Villages, So What?

  By The Red Phoenix on June 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Brig. Gen. (res.) Yitzhak Pundak: If we hadn’t done it, there would be a million more Arabs and there would be no Israel. By Gil Ronen Brig. Gen. (res.) Yitzhak Pundak is celebrating his hundredth birthday. Pundak was the commander… Read More ›

• Worth a Thousand Words: Pacifists protect Police Station in Istanbul

  By The Red Phoenix on June 17, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

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• Past undetected: Nazi commander found living in US since 1949

  By The Red Phoenix on June 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  A top commander of a Nazi SS-led hit squad and officer in an SS Division, accused of burning villages to the ground during World War II, has been living in Minnesota since 1949 after tricking US immigration officials. Michael Karkoc… Read More ›

• Moderate cleric Rouhani elected president of Iran – Interior Minister

  By The Red Phoenix on June 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani has won Iran’s presidential election with just over 50 percent of votes, state TV reported. 72 percent of the 50 million Iranians turned out to vote, said Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar. The Saturday news was reported… Read More ›

• US to give military support to Syrian rebels as ‘red line’ crossed

  By The Red Phoenix on June 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  After concluding that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the country’s insurgency, thus crossing a ‘red line,’ the Obama administration has decided to start sending arms to anti-Assad rebels for the first time, officials say. The Obama administration… Read More ›

• Let’s Be Clear: Establishing a ‘No-Fly Zone’ Is an Act of War

  By The Red Phoenix on June 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The term is a euphemism that obscures the gravity of what its advocates are suggesting — a U.S. air attack on Syria. by CONOR FRIEDERSDORF Kudos to Josh Rogin for breaking the news that “the White House has asked the Pentagon to draw… Read More ›

• Taliban Surge: Afghan Violence Continues to Grow

  By The Red Phoenix on June 14, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Military Insists 100 Daily Attacks ‘Not a Major Threat’ to Govt by Jason Ditz   A suicide bombing in front of the Supreme Court, just one day after a major attack on the airport in the capital city. Afghanistan is going through… Read More ›

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