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- May 4: The Candidate Selection Process April 27, 2022Amiri Baraka at the 1972 National Black Political Convention in Gary IN Important announcements SeeHank Williams
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- Chief Wor’Yahi Meets the Prince of Pan-Africanism November 14, 2021Friday, November 5, 2021 Tyriek “Ras Riek” Baucom meets Dr. Umar Johnson in Atlanta, Georgia at theTyriek Baucom
- Black Folk Better Start Having Some Real Conversations About The Noise November 12, 2021I have been talking to some folk who says that Black folk are not having real conversations about isCurmilus Dancy 2 (Butch)
- Can Black Nationalism Be Revolutionary? September 15, 2021The idea of nationalism has been used in history as both a destructive force and a liberatory one. SCommunity Movement Builders
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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 […]
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- A Mafia hitman is among three men charged in 'Whitey' Bulger's prison death August 18, 2022Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged in the 2018 killing of notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger in a West Virginia prison, the Justice Department said.The Associated Press
- There's a bit of good news about monkeypox. Is it because of the vaccine? August 18, 2022It's basically the same vaccine used against smallpox. Here's how it works — and whether researchers think it's playing a role in the fact that the current outbreak is starting to slow down.Michaeleen Doucleff
- The Bible is among dozens of books banned in this Texas school district August 18, 2022The books under review were previously challenged and placed back on shelves, but now the Keller Independent School District wants them to undergo another review with new criteria.Wynne Davis
- A judge denies bail for the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie August 18, 2022The Chautauqua County district attorney said that Hadi Matar stabbed the author a dozen times in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye, before he could be stopped by shocked bystanders.The Associated Press
- A Mafia hitman is among three men charged in 'Whitey' Bulger's prison death August 18, 2022
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- Sealed Affidavit in Trump Search Should be Redacted, Judge Says August 18, 2022A federal judge ordered the government to propose redactions to the affidavit that was used to justify the F.B.I. search last week at the former president’s Florida home.Patricia Mazzei and Alan Feuer
- Allen Weisselberg, a Top Trump Executive, Pleads Guilty in Tax Scheme August 18, 2022Mr. Weisselberg has refused to cooperate in the Manhattan district attorney’s broader investigation into Donald J. Trump and his family business.Jonah E. Bromwich, Ben Protess and William K. Rashbaum
- Another Trump Mystery: Why Did He Resist Returning the Government’s Documents? August 18, 2022As with so much else with the former president, there is not one easy answer as to why he refused and ignited a legal firestorm. But here are some possibilities.Maggie Haberman
- Watson Suspended 11 Games and Fined $5 Million in Sexual Misconduct Case August 18, 2022The N.F.L. was seeking a yearlong suspension but reached a settlement with the quarterback after an arbitrator recommended a six-game penalty.Jenny Vrentas and Ken Belson
- Big Ten Gets More Than $1 Billion a Year in Record TV Deal August 18, 2022The agreement splits the Big Ten’s sports among Fox, NBC and CBS, and is the richest annual deal for any college sports league.Alan Blinder and Kevin Draper
- Sealed Affidavit in Trump Search Should be Redacted, Judge Says August 18, 2022
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- How a journalist and an aspiring writer in Ukraine grew while working on a news siteA local journalist in small town New York and an aspiring writer in Eastern Ukraine discovered they had a lot more to learn from each other than either expected.Gregory Warner
- Some see Iran's assassination plots as yet another reason not to revive nuclear dealFeeling vindicated by recent evidence of an Iranian plot to kill former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton, opponents to reviving the nuclear deal with Iran are pressing their case.Michele Kelemen
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- Ukraine war: Damage to nuclear plant would be suicide - UN chiefAntónio Guterres makes the warning during a summit with Ukrainian President Zelensky in Lviv.
- Europe storms: Deaths are reported in France, Austria and ItalyDeaths are reported in France, Austria and Italy in violent storms after weeks of heat and drought.
- Palestinian rights groups' offices raided by Israeli troopsThe army seals shut the offices of the groups, which it has designated as terrorist organisations.
- Sanna Marin: Finland PM partying video causes backlashOther politicians suggest Sanna Marin takes a drug test - she insists she only drank alcohol.
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- 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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