Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink, was arrested at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial for…..dancing. The video below shows footage from this weekend of peace activists being violently arrested by police for dancing. A small group of them were given warning that they would be arrested if they danced, but when asked what law they would […]
Author / Rania Khalek
While we have been frantically playing defense against relentless assaults on multiple fronts, from anti-union legislation to draconian anti-choice laws to the attempted privatization of Medicare, the selling off of public assets to the private sector has received little attention. As states face a budget shortfall of $125 billion dollars for fiscal year 2012, leaders are […]
In the wake of the catastrophic tornado that tore through Joplin, Missouri, the likes of which has not been seen in the 61 years since record-keeping began, areas that have been affected are in desperate need of disaster relief. You would think the party that so vehemently claims the title of “pro-life” would be first […]
I did an interview this afternoon with PressTV’s US Desk about my latest article, This Is What A Police State Looks Like. It’s a little over 5 minutes long and if you’re interested, you can listen to it here. I also want to point out something I didn’t mention in my article that is absolutely […]
The late Chalmers Johnson often reminded us that “A nation can be one or the other, a democracy or an imperialist, but it can’t be both. If it sticks to imperialism, it will, like the old Roman Republic, on which so much of our system was modeled, lose its democracy to a domestic dictatorship.” His warning rings more […]
On September 24, 2010, the FBI, in a coordinated effort, raided the homes of peace activists in Minneapolis and Chicago. As it turns out, the FBI accidentally left behind documents at one of the raided homes, that detail the motives for investigating citizens practicing their First Amendment right to free speech and assembly. In a […]
In case you’re interested, I did a short, 2 minute long interview this afternoon with Press TV’s US desk about my article In America, Being Poor is a Criminal Offense. You can listen to the interview here. I should warn you, I used the word umm a lot and stuttered a bit, but in my […]
In case you’re unfamiliar with the story, Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright Tony Kushner was set to receive an honorary degree from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. Until the degree was abruptly blocked by the City University of New York Board of Trustees during a May 2 meeting, after […]
It takes a special kind of bully to target the most vulnerable and neediest families in society, which millionaire politicians like to argue are draining America’s treasury. I am referring to Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA), who recently introduced a bill that would require states to implement drug testing of applicants for and recipients of the federal […]
According to the Guardian, dozens of African migrants were left to die in the Mediterranean Sea after a number of European and NATO military units apparently ignored their cries for help. On board were 72 passengers, including several women, young children, and political refugees (twenty were women and two were small children, one of whom […]
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