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Los Angeles Boycotts Arizona
L.A.’s city council has approved a boycott of Arizona businesses. It is the largest city to do so in response to Arizona’s recent immigration law and ethnic studies ban. The 13-1 vote, which came after emotional discussion in which several council members recounted their immigrant ancestors, was largely symbolic since only a small percentage of…
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Surprised? Emerging Oil Rig Evidence Shows Lack of Regulation
The first solid looks at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion are indicative of a trend of poorly regulated offshore rigs across the United States. Wednesday’s hearings by congressional and administration panels – in Washington and in Louisiana – laid out a checklist of unseen breakdowns on largely unregulated aspects of well safety that appear…
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Neil Armstrong Isn't Very Pumped About Obama's Space Plans
Neil Armstrong believes President Obama’s plan for the space program may doom NASA to fall behind in this generation’s space race: “If the leadership we have acquired is simply allowed to fade away, other nations will surely step in where we have faltered,” said the Apollo 11 commander. “I do not believe that this would…
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High School Hooper Turns Out to Be Grown Man
Jerry Joseph was living his dream, starting as a sophomore on his high school basketball team. Too bad Joseph, whose real name is Guerwich Montimere, graduated from high school in 2007. Guerdwich Montimere, a 2007 Dillard High School graduate who posed as a Texas high school player, bonded out of the Ector County Detention Center…
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HBO Takes on 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'
HBO Films announced today that it has acquired the rights to Rebecca Skloot’s non-fiction best seller The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and will develop a film for HBO based on the book. Oprah Winfrey is among the project’s executive producers, and her Harpo Films production company is on board. The book, says an HBO…
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Arizona Signs Anti-Ethnic Studies Bill Into Law
Do ethnic studies in Arizona? Well, you’re SOL if you do! A bill that aims to ban ethnic studies in Arizona schools was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Jan Brewer, cheering critics who called such classes divisive and alarming others who said it’s yet another law targeting Latinos in the state. The move comes…
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Some Light Reading: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Legislative Package
The White House has put together a legislative package to deal with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Below is an excerpt The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster which can seriously damage the economy and environment of our Gulf states and could jeopardize the…
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The Activism of Lena Horne
Democracy Now! highlights Lena Horne’s career as an activist
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