Rep. Keith Ellison Pushes Bill to Cut into Big Banks’ Profits and Share the Prosperity
Washington, D.C. – With endorsements up and down Main Street, as well as from international HIV/AIDS and climate change activists, The Inclusive Prosperity Act (H.R. 1579), a financial transaction tax sponsored by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), was unveiled today at a Capitol Hill press conference. Ellison’s bill would create a Wall Street sales tax, providing [...]
Rev. Jesse Jackson Says Reparations Should Be Paid for 1963 Church Bombing
BY JESSE JACKSON April 15, 2013 It was terror that shook the nation. On Sunday, Sept. 15, 1963, a bomb exploded in the basement of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Four little girls, all dressed in white — 14-year-olds Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, and 11-year-old Denise McNair — [...]
Yvette Carnell & Pascal Robert: Why You Should Not Be Surprised Obama Cut Social Security
Yvette Carnell and Pascal Robert speak to the recent decision by the Obama Administration to cut social security. View here.
Critics Say Boston Bombings are Nothing Compared to Drone Violence by US Government
Some might consider it unpatriotic to reflect on US violence around the world as a reaction to the bombings that occurred at the Boston Marathon this week. After all, no one knows who did what, so it’s a stretch to believe that the bombings could be retaliation for US foreign policy. But Glenn Greenwald [...]
NAACP Pres Ben Jealous Speaks on Joining Incarceration Coalition with Dr. Boyce Watkins and Russell Simmons
By Benjamin Todd Jealous The United States has five percent of the world’s people but twenty-five percent of the world’s prisoners. For the sake of our families and future we must do better. Our nation leads the world in the incarceration of our own citizens, both on a per capita basis and in [...]
More Terrorism? Envelope with Deadly Poison Arrives to US Capitol
Fresh off the bombing that took place this week at the Boston Marathon, yet another terrorist attack has occurred. This one was thwarted, but officials say that they intercepted a package containing the deadly poison ricin at the US Capitol this week. The poisonous package was found at an off-site facility, according to law enforcement. [...]
State of Equality and Justice in America: ‘The Maternal Wall’
By Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner In our national conversations about equality and justice in America, we have too often avoided the conversation about the realities of women and mothers in the workforce. This is particularly odd given that women comprise half of the entire paid labor force, three-quarters of moms are now in the labor force, and [...]
Woman Seeks to Become First Lesbian, Bi-Racial Miss South Carolina
Analouisa Valencia of South Carolina has big dreams. She is also getting a lot of attention, largely because she is hoping to be the first ever bi-racial, openly lesbian Miss America. She has part one of the job done, winning the pageant in her home town of Lyman. Now, the 19-year old is going to [...]
Man Recording Cops Told His Cell Phone is a Weapon, So They Beat and Arrest Him
Adam Pringle’s experience is one that gives nightmares to those who want to believe that America is a country that respects civil liberties. Pringle found that for police without constraints on their power, even something as innocent as a cell phone could be seen as a threatening weapon, creating cause for arrest, a beating and [...]
Dr. Julianne Malveaux: When in Doubt, Blame the Dark-Skinned Man
by Dr. Julianne Malveaux I don’t know where CNN’s John King got the information that a suspect in the Boston bombing was “a dark-skinned male”, but beyond apologizing he needs to explain himself. How many sources gave him the false tip? If it was fewer than two, then he violated a basic journalism rule. Who [...]
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