Trio of Performing Artists Follow Lead of America’s Greats - (tags)
Three musical groups produce songs to help in the funding of the search for a missing college student, Lauren Spierer.
Obama and Netanyahu Plan Conflict, not Resolution (tags)
Permanent conflict is US and Israeli policy
Jailed New York City's former police chief Bernard Kerik is in a psychiatric unit and on s (tags)
Kerik is displaying worrisome, risky behavior in jail, a federal judge said Friday after speaking with the jail's psychiatric director
Sen. Patty Murray: "We are fighting a war with no cause" (tags)
Washington Senator dares to speak the truth. The needless troop deaths in Iraq are a waste.. From enlistment to retirement, this administration has failed our troops.
Religious Persecution of Muslims In The US (tags)
Four fans celebrating a birthday at Giants Stadium were plucked from their seats by New Jersey State Police and detained for nearly an hour as FBI agents probed their religious beliefs, the men charged yesterday.
Genocide of African Americans (tags)
Approximately 50,000 African Americans are dying each month in America, according to the National Vital Statistics Report.
Kathy Boudin Granted Parole After 20 years (tags)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Kathy Boudin, the '60s radical who has served 22 years in prison for a 1981 armored car heist in which three men were killed, was granted parole Wednesday. Boudin, 60, a one-time member of the Weather Underground described as a model inmate in prison, had been denied parole just three months ago, as well as two years ago.
Justice for Libya's Unmentionables (tags)
By 1961, Libyan Jews could not vote, hold public office, obtain passports, buy new property, or supervise our own communal affairs. At best we were second-class residents (I can't even say citizens) although Libya was our birthplace and centuries-old home.
Downtown Los Angeles CD and SoCal student walkouts make the Global Headlines (tags)
The Global Media couldn't help but put today's student mobolizations near the top of the world news, and at the top of most local news. And this mornings Civil Disobedience in LA, the highest profile CD of the day in the U.S., also garnered a fair share of attention. The following report was crafted for the LA Times; in the rest of the world, the LA CD was in the seventh paragraph of the AP's summary report.