Pulling a Gun on a Pool Party? Texas Cop Suspended After Manhandling Bikini-Clad Black Teen; The Arctic 30: How Greenpeace Activists Risked All to Stop Oil Drilling in New Climate Battleground; Rainbow Warrior: 30 Years Later, Will France Ever Apologize For Fatal Bombing of Greenpeace Ship?.
Director Andy Abrahams Wilson from Open Eye Pictures discusses his film Under Our Skin with Dana Walsh who was included in the film and has gone on to work educating people.
Protesters Press Secluded G7 Leaders on Harmful Policies, from Crippling Austerity to Dirty Coal; Traumatized by 3 Years at Rikers Without Charge, Ex-Teen Prisoner Kalief Browder Commits Suicide.
Overflow crowds cheer Bernie Sanders’ bid for the presidency: do we have a progressive majority electorate yet? Plus:Michelle Goldberg with her biography of the audacious Indra Devi. with host Kris Welch.
Social media exploded this week when Vanity Fair’s cover introduced Caitlin Jenner to the world and continued a dialogue about the gender identity of the former Olympic track star Bruce Jenner. But as Laverne Cox, another trans celebrity, said, “Most trans folks don’t have the privileges Caitlyn and I have now have,” and raised the … Continued
On Tuesday, Mission activists lost a vote on freezing market-rate development–but turned out overwhelming grassroots support for their cause. We’ll talk to Supervisor David Campos about what’s next; to one of the opponents of the Mission Moratorium about what he thinks the solution to the city’s housing crisis is, and to Tim Redmond about what happens to upcoming … Continued
“These are War Crimes”: Shocking Details Emerge of U.S. Resident Majid Khan’s Torture by CIA; Evan Young: Meet the High School Valedictorian Barred from Giving Coming-Out Graduation Speech; Colorado Congressman Calls for Probe into School Cancellation of Evan Young’s Graduation Speech.
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Activists disrupt city council meeting in Oakland over plans to construction of a 24-story luxury apartment tower on East 12th Street, between 1st and 2nd avenues, near Lake Merritt — a development that is designed to accommodate wealthy residents.
A look at the symbolic work that went into making US elites identify with Israel’s government, even as early Palestinian organizing was convincing most of the rest of the world to see the country through Arab eyes. Plus: how a new type of warfare is rapidly changing the US military, revolutionizing surveillance, and tipping public opinion … Continued
“Cultural Genocide”: Landmark Report Decries Canada’s Forced Schooling of Indigenous Children; Australian Whistleblower Who Took on FIFA Corruption: Sepp Blatter’s Resignation Long Overdue; Fracking Protests Continue in Texas as New ALEC-Backed Law Bars Towns from Banning Drilling.
