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700 Arrested After Occupy Wall Street Protest
An estimated 700 people protesting corporate greed and social inequality, among other grievances, were arrested on Saturday after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours in a tense confrontation with police, the Associated Press reports. The group Occupy Wall Street has been camped…
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Study: Education About Civil Rights Movement 'Dismal'
NPR is reporting that nearly three-quarters of states fail at teaching the civil rights movement, according to a study released by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The study assigned 35 states a grade of “F”. Only three states — Alabama, New York and Florida — received an “A”. Here’s how the study’s authors sum it…
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VIDEO: Family, Friends, Advocates Remember Troy Davis
MSNBC is reporting that family, friends and supporters of Troy Davis, who was executed on Sept. 21, gathered today to say goodbye to him at Jonesville Baptist Church in Savannah, Ga. The Rev. Raphael Warnock, spiritual adviser to the Davis family and head of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the church of Martin Luther King…
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VIDEO: Cain Says Blacks 'Brainwashed' Against GOP
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said during an interview that aired on CNN’s The Situation Room on Wednesday evening that some members of the African-American community “have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view.” He went on to say: “I have received some of that same vitriol simply…
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Less Than 1 in 3 Say Obama Favors Have-Nots
Score one for President Barack Obama in this rancorous political season. At a time when poverty is at its highest rate in recent history, a new Washington Post-Pew Center poll indicates that nearly half of all Americans say that the president treats society’s rich and poor just about the same. Despite Republican claims that he…
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VIDEO: Angela Simmons on Stripping for PETA
Global Grind is reporting that reality TV’s Angela Simmons stripped for a PETA ad campaign promoting her lifestyle as a vegetarian. During the videotaped photo shoot, she told PETA why she decided to become a vegetarian as well as why she decided to bare it all for a cause, reports Global Grind. “I’m happy with…
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Lawyers Say Strauss-Kahn Is Covered by Immunity
The New York Times is reporting that lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn are asking a judge to dismiss a sexual-assault lawsuit against him, saying that he was entitled to immunity under a United Nations convention that protects heads of specialized agencies. Because Mr. Strauss-Kahn was the managing director of the International Monetary Fund when he was…
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Why the UN Occupation of Haiti Must End
In his article at the Nation, “10 Reasons Why the UN Occupation of Haiti Must End,” Greg Grandin writes that the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti should make a speedy withdrawal from that country, saying that the effort has been dogged by malfeasance. Earlier this month, an explosive cellphone video documenting the alleged sexual…
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Trial of Michael Jackson's Doctor to Begin
CNN is reporting that jurors today will hear opening statements and testimony from the first witness in the trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter. The court will not allow Murray’s lawyers to show video of Jackson’s March 2009 announcement of This Is It concerts in London. It reportedly…
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Campus Bake-Sale Prices Based on Race and Gender
CNN.com is reporting that campus Republicans at the University of California, Berkeley are planning a bake sale with pricing that depends on race and gender. The goal is to protest against pending legislation that would allow California universities to consider race or national origin during the admissions process. During the sale, scheduled for Tuesday, baked…
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