“Pardon me brother, as you stand in your glory. I hope you don’t mind, if I tell the whole story.”
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield playing the “Save the Children” benefit concert in Chicago 1972.
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- Distinction without Division May 24, 2020With Reparations taking center stage at the 2020 debates one has to wonder where the sudden burst ofThe Political Guy
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- Hey, Hi, Hello! Welcome to my Blog! April 22, 2020Hello reader – whoever you may be! As the title of the post says: Welcome to my Blog! My name is TinTinu
- Everything You Need To Know About The Presidential Primary Elections April 14, 2020Source: iOne Digital / other Even though former Vice President Joe Biden became the presumptive Demonewsone Staff
- Fresh audio product March 13, 2020Just added to my radio archive (click on date for link): March 12, 2020 Kali Akuno on why black voteDoug Henwood
- Distinction without Division May 24, 2020
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- An End to Impunity for Dictators—and Their Backers—Makes the World Safer June 2, 2016By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan It was a bad week for dictators, and a good one for international justice. Two brutal, U.S.-backed dictators who ruled decades ago were convicted for crimes they committed while in power. Hissene Habre took control of the northern African nation of Chad in 1982, and unleashed a reign of terror against his own people, killi […]
- Dave Zirin & Jules Boykoff on the 2016 Rio Olympics & Brazil’s Collapsing Political System June 1, 2016We continue our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the book "Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy," and Jules Boykoff, author of "Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics." In early August, more than 10,000 athletes across the world will convene in Rio de Janeiro's […]
- "I Want the World to Wake Up": Hiroshima Survivor Criticizes Obama for Pushing New Nuclear Weapons May 27, 2016Extended interview with Setsuko Thurlow, who survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing, about the bombing of 1945 and her push to eliminate nuclear weapons. On August 6, 1945, Thurlow was at school in Hiroshima when the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on a civilian population. She has been an anti-nuclear activist for decades. Watch Part 1
- Peace Activist and Holocaust Survivor Hedy Epstein Dies at 91 May 27, 2016Holocaust survivor and peace activist Hedy Epstein has died at the age of 91. Epstein was born in Germany and left in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England. Her parents died in Auschwitz. She later returned to Germany to work as a research analyst for the prosecution during the Nuremberg trials. She was involved in civil rights and antiwar movements throughou […]
- Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Takes High-School Detention to a New Level May 26, 2016By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Thursday, Jan. 28, was a cold morning in Durham, North Carolina. Wildin David Guillen Acosta went outside to head to school, but never made it. He was thrown to the ground and arrested by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ). He has been in detention ever since. Wildin, now 19 years old, fled his home […]
- An End to Impunity for Dictators—and Their Backers—Makes the World Safer June 2, 2016
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- Los Angeles And San Diego Schools Announce Online-Only Fall July 13, 2020The districts cited "skyrocketing infection rates" in Southern California.Anya Kamenetz
- Migrant Mother Given A Choice: Leave Her Newborn In U.S. Or Return To Mexico Together July 13, 2020As the Trump administration has effectively shut down the asylum system at the border during the pandemic, one mother was given the choice to go to Mexico with or without her newborn, a U.S. citizen.Max Rivlin-Nadler
- Seoul Holds Funeral For Mayor As Accuser Details Years Of Alleged Sexual Harassment July 13, 2020A former secretary of Park's says she endured four years of sexual harassment. The mayor was found dead on Friday in a park, and the allegations have left the country divided about his legacy.Se Eun Gong
- Statues Of Conquistador Juan De Oñate Come Down As New Mexico Wrestles With History July 13, 2020Who was Juan de Oñate? Critics object to statues of the Spanish conquistador, the first European to colonize New Mexico and a despot who inflicted misery on Native Americans.John Burnett
- Los Angeles And San Diego Schools Announce Online-Only Fall July 13, 2020
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- 17 States Sue Trump Administration: Live Updates July 13, 2020Los Angeles and San Diego school districts will be online-only in the fall. Hong Kong announced it would ban public gatherings of more than four people in response to a new wave of locally transmitted infections.
- ‘We’re Not an Island’: Rural Outbreaks Challenge Oregon’s Virus Success July 13, 2020Oregon was sandwiched between two states that had big coronavirus outbreaks but managed to keep its numbers low. Until it couldn’t.Kate Conger
- Trump Aides Undercut Fauci as He Speaks Up on Virus Concerns July 13, 2020Administration officials moved to treat the nation’s top infectious disease expert as if he were a warring political rival, releasing a list of what they said were questionable statements he had made.Maggie Haberman
- ‘I Can’t Keep Doing This:’ Small Business Owners Are Giving Up July 13, 2020More owners are permanently shutting their doors after new lockdown orders, realizing that there may be no end in sight to the crisis.Emily Flitter
- The Pandemic Has Accelerated Demands for a More Skilled Work Force July 13, 2020Even groups that regularly disagree on labor issues said there should be significant public investment in programs that can upgrade the skills of American workers.Steve Lohr
- 17 States Sue Trump Administration: Live Updates July 13, 2020
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- USS Bonhomme Richard Keeps Burning At The San Diego Naval BaseA ship at the San Diego Naval Base continues to burn after a fire broke out on board Sunday morning. The USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship, was undergoing maintenance at the base.Matt Hoffman (KPBS)
- On Site Opera Offers Live Performances Over The Phone For Just 1 Person At A TimeOn Site Opera, a company that stages performances in unlikely places, has changed its format during the lockdown. Now, it organizes live performances for an audience of just one — over the phone.Jeff Lunden
- USS Bonhomme Richard Keeps Burning At The San Diego Naval Base
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- The NBA Season That WasThis week we speak to the Athletic’s national NBA columnist about the 2018-2019 NBA season that has come and gone and whether anyone has a chance to upset the set up against the Warriors. We talk the Washington Wizards troubles, Lebron’s first year in Los Angeles, and MVP picks. We also have ‘Choice Words’ on the plan to demolish the San Jose State track and […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- The Wild and Crazy USFLThis week we speak to NY Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman about his book Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL. We go into the league’s history, why it went under, and lessons to be learned from its eventual demise. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about proposed cuts to the Special Olympics and we have the same person getting t […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- NCAA Exploitation Word AssociationThis week we speak to DC-based sports journalist and editor Patrick Hruby about the rot that envelops the NCAA, more visible than ever this March. We do all this through the prism of word association, talking coaches, players, apparel companies, and the NCAA. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about Mike Trout’s mega contract. We then got ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- The Attack on Trans AthletesThis week we speak to Katie Barnes of ESPNW about the right wing movement against trans athletes particularly trans women, recent comments by tennis legend Martina Navratilova, and we get their thoughts about the future of the struggle as well. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about Russell Westbrook’s confrontation with a so-called fan in Utah. Also we’ve got ‘ […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
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- Coronavirus: Nations heading in wrong direction with Covid-19, says WHOMixed messages from leaders are undermining public trust in the virus response, warns the WHO chief.
- Coronavirus: White House targets US disease chief Dr Anthony FauciA memo leaked over the weekend said several officials were "concerned" by Dr Fauci's past comments.
- Naya Rivera: Police find body in search for missing Glee starThe star went missing on Wednesday after going boating with her young son at a lake in California.
- Daniel Lewis Lee: US judge delays first federal execution in 17 yearsThe execution of Daniel Lewis Lee in Indiana is stopped just hours before it was due to go ahead.
- Coronavirus: Nations heading in wrong direction with Covid-19, says WHO
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- Farewell, summer October 1, 2015
- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
- Farewell, summer October 1, 2015
- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
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- Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare April 24, 2005House ethics rules bar lawmakers from accepting travel and related expenses from registered lobbyists. The House Majority Leader has said that his expenses on a 2000 trip were paid by a nonprofit organization, and that the financial arrangements for it were proper.R. Jeffrey Smith
- Panel to Start Writing Social Security Bill April 24, 2005Five months after President Bush launched his drive to overhaul Social Security, the difficult, if not impossible, task of drafting legislation begins Tuesday when the Senate Finance Committee holds the first hearing on options to secure Social Security's future.Jonathan Weisman
- DNC Is Told Where to Move Into Bush Bloc April 24, 2005Howard Dean's Democratic National Committee has been studying the electorate, and the party's problem with voters of faith is both worse and better than he feared.Dan Balz
- U.S. Loan Proposed to Rescue Alaska Power Plant April 24, 2005Years ago, the federal government spent $117 million on an experimental "clean coal" power plant in Alaska designed to generate electricity with a minimum of air pollution -- but the project never got up and running.Justin Blum
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- Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare April 24, 2005
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