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At Zimmerman Murder Trial, Defense Tries to Discredit Friend Who Heard Trayvon Martin’s Final Pleas; Senate Bill Creates Path for Undocumented Immigrants, But at Cost of Radically Militarized Border; Horace Campbell: Obama Takes “Imperial Tour” of Africa As World Honors Ailing Mandela. HeadlinesJune 28, 2013 Senate Approves Landmark Immigration Bill After Border Amendment Draws … Continued
LGBT Movement Wins Defeat of DOMA & Prop 8, Fueling Momentum for Next Steps in Fight for Equality; The New Black: Documentary Film Explores Divisions in African-American Community Over LGBT Rights; The People’s Filibuster: Texas Governor Revives Anti-Abortion Bill Defeated by Protesters, Lawmakers. HeadlinesJune 27, 2013 Supreme Court Advances Marriage Equality with Rulings Against … Continued
Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act, Sparking Fears of Rollback for Minorities Long After Jim Crow; Texas Showdown: Anti-Abortion Bill Fails After Protesters Fill Capitol to Cheer Marathon Filibuster; Obama’s Climate Plan: A Historic Turning Point or Too Reliant on Oil, Coal, Natural Gas? HeadlinesJune 26, 2013 Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Section of … Continued
In Affirmative Action Ruling, Supreme Court Upholds Importance of Diversity in College Admissions; Insider Threat: Government Employees Urged to Tattle On Coworkers In Effort to Stop Classified Leaks; Eve Ensler on New Memoir & Confronting Gender Violence with Congolese Activist Christine Deschryver. HeadlinesJune 25, 2013 Julian Assange: NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden “In a Safe … Continued
The FBI’s License to Kill: Agents Have Been Deemed “Justified” in Every Shooting Since 1993; FBI’s Use of Drones for U.S. Surveillance Raises Fears over Privacy, Widening Corporate-Gov’t Ties; The Other James Gandolfini: “Sopranos” Actor Remembered For Support of Injured Vets, Community Media. HeadlinesJune 21, 2013 Leaked Docs Detail Broad Guidelines for NSA Retention … Continued
Did U.S. Gov’t Lie about TWA Flight 800 Crash? Ex-Investigators Seek Probe as New Evidence Emerges; In Historic Victory for Community Radio, FCC Puts 1,000 Low-Power FM Frequencies Up For Grabs. HeadlinesJune 20, 2013 Taliban-U.S. Talks Stalled After Afghan Gov’t Protests Obama Proposes Nuclear Arsenal Reduction in Berlin Speech Obama to Limit Carbon Emissions … Continued
Michael Hastings Dies at 33; Fearless Journalist Challenged Power & Exposed Myths of Afghan War; Defiant Turkish Demonstrators “Finding New Ways to Protest” in Face of Relentless State Crackdown; Mass Protests Sweep Brazil in Uproar over Public Services Cuts & High Costs of World Cup, Olympics; Sister Helen Prejean & Bill Pelke on Freeing the … Continued
A Medical Ethics-free Zone? Guantánamo Doctors Urged to Stop Force-Feeding Hunger-Striking Prisoners; Glenn Greenwald: As Obama Makes “False” Surveillance Claims, Snowden Risks Life to Spark NSA Debate. HeadlinesJune 18, 2013 Edward Snowden: NSA Leaks Motivated by “Litany of Lies” from U.S. Officials Obama Claims Domestic Spy Programs are “Transparent” China Demands Explanation for U.S. … Continued
Iran Elects Moderate President Hassan Rouhani — Will U.S. Respond by Easing Crippling Sanctions? As World Awaits U.S. Reaction to NSA Leaks, Movement Emerges to Support Edward Snowden in Hong Kong; Long Before Helping Expose NSA Spying, Journalist Laura Poitras Faced Harassment from U.S. Agents; Turkish Unions Hold National Strike as Protesters Face Worst Crackdown … Continued
