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Yemeni Reporter Who Exposed U.S. Drone Strike Freed from Prison After Jailing at Obama’s Request; Richard Wolff: Detroit a “Spectacular Failure” of System that Redistributes Pay From Bottom to Top. HeadlinesJuly 25, 2013 Obama: Reversing Income Gap Admin’s “Highest Priority” Workers Stage #RaiseTheWage Protests Nationwide New York City Fast Food Workers Authorize 3rd Strike … Continued
Edward Snowden Allowed Into Russia Weeks After Outing Himself as the NSA Leaker; How the Pentagon Papers Came to be Published By the Beacon Press Told by Daniel Ellsberg & Others. HeadlinesJuly 23, 2013 Leaked Report: Scores of Civilians Killed by U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan Iraq: 500 Prisoners Escape from Abu Ghraib Dempsey … Continued
Detroit Goes Bankrupt: Will Unelected Manager Pit City’s Needs Against Rights of Pensioners? First Leaked Pakistani Report on U.S. Drone War Undermines Claims of Low Civilian Toll; Media Frenzy over British Monarchy’s New Heir Sparks Hopes for World Where “All Babies Matter.” HeadlinesJuly 23, 2013 Leaked Report: Scores of Civilians Killed by U.S. Drone … Continued
As Protests Continue over Verdict, Obama Says “Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me 35 Years Ago”; Cornel West: Obama’s Response to Trayvon Martin Case Belies Failure to Challenge “New Jim Crow”; Censoring Howard Zinn: Former Indiana Gov. Tried to Remove “A People’s History” From State Schools. HeadlinesJuly 22, 2013 Thousands Join “Justice for Trayvon” … Continued
Glenn Greenwald: Growing Backlash Against NSA Spying Shows Why U.S. Wants to Silence Edward Snowden; On His 95th Birthday, the Story of Nelson Mandela’s Struggle Told Outside His Old Soweto Home; “I Live to Sing”: Black Opera Students Excel at Formerly White School in Post-Apartheid South Africa. HeadlinesJuly 18, 2013 NSA: Phone, Internet Spying … Continued
California Prisoners Challenge Solitary, Jail Conditions with Largest Hunger Strike in State History;Michelle Alexander: “Zimmerman Mindset” Endangers Young Black Lives With Poverty, Prison & Murder; Trayvon Martin’s Unpunished Shooting Death Among 100+ Extrajudicial Killings of Unarmed Blacks. HeadlinesJuly 17, 2013 “Justice for Trayvon” Rallies Continue Ahead of Weekend Action Florida Activists Occupy Governor’s Office, … Continued
