Crossposted from AlterNet: Not all news stories are treated equally. As 2011 comes to a close, we will see lists of the year’s most memorable events and most important people, as is the pattern every year. But not all stories are created equal. When the corporate media bury significant developments in the back pages of […]
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Crossposted From AlterNet: Among other things, Newt worries that the country will become both atheistic and Muslim. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is the latest not-Romney to capture the attention of GOP primary voters. With a solid lead in three early primary states, he’s giving the erstwhile front-runner a serious run for his money. While Newt may […]
Police and Border Patrol officers around the country are being punished for criticizing the devastating war on drugs and supporting drug decriminalization. Here’s my latest piece at AtlerNet: With so much bloodshed, hundreds of thousands incarcerated, and millions of families torn apart, one would have to be blind not to question the failed war on […]
From the battlefield of Afghanistan to your local Occupation, the government has invested big bucks in weapons that don’t cause permanent damage. Crossposted from AlterNet: Hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in the research and development of more “media-friendly” weapons for everyday policing and crowd control, and as uprisings around the world spread, the […]
Crossposted from AlterNet: The United States, with just 5 percent of the world’s population, currently holds 25 percent of the world’s prisoners, and for the last 30 years America’s business entrepreneurs have found a lucrative way to cash in on the incarceration surplus: private for-profit prisons. While the implications of an industry that locks human beings […]
Crossposted from AlterNet: On Friday, November 18, a group of UC Davis students staged a sit-in to protect their Occupy encampment from destruction by a horde of riot police. Seated on the ground, the students defensively ducked as Lt. John Pike approached them. They were right to do so: Pike aimed a riot-extinguisher at them, […]
Crossposted from AlterNet: In just under two months, the Occupy movement has managed to turn the country’s attention toward social inequality. As many in the movement struggle with unemployment, student debt and unaffordable mortgage payments, words like foreclosure, debt and joblessness have reentered the public discourse. More recently, as the number of homeless people at Occupy […]
Crossposted from AlterNet: Occupy Wall Street has spread like wildfire to all corners of the globe. No matter the distance between them, the protests bear a striking resemblance to one another in spirit, courage and resolve. The non-hierarchical decentralized structure, the inclusiveness and cooperation are staples of the occupations. The authoritarian response that accompanies any […]
My latest at AlterNet: The whistleblower Web site WikiLeaks—whose publication of leaked classified documents has exposed the corruption of some of the world’s most powerful governments—is being muzzled by a handful of financial institutions, according to the organization’s founder. On Monday, Oct. 24, Julian Assange announced that WikiLeaks has been forced to suspend publication to […]
Crossposted From AlterNet: As the number of Occupy Wall Street arrests nears 1,000, instances of police brutality continue to pile up. Felix Rivera-Pitre was punched in the face in New York during a march through the city’s financial district; Ryan Hadar was dragged out of the street by his thumbs at Occupy San Francisco; and at Occupy […]
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