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The 1 Percent Court? After Healthcare, Supreme Court Returns to a Docket Heavy on Divisive Issues; In Shell Case, Will Supreme Court’s View of Corporate Personhood Mean Liability for Crimes Abroad?; Onerous Requirements Under Virginia’s TRAP Law Could Force Closure of State’s Abortion Clinics; Virginia Residents Fight Back Against Nuclear Industry Effort to Lift Ban … Continued
Alice Walker on 30th Anniv. of “The Color Purple”: Racism, Violence Against Women Are Global Issues; Palestine Conditions “More Brutal” Than in U.S. South of 50 Years Ago, Says Author Alice Walker; “Democratic Womanism”: Poet and Activist Alice Walker on Women Rising, Obama, and the 2012 Election. HeadlinesSeptember 28, 2012 Iraq: Prison Attack Kills … Continued
The United States of ALEC: Bill Moyers on the Secretive Corporate-Legislative Body Writing Our Laws; In U.N. Address, WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Urges Obama Admin to End “Regime of Secrecy”; Exposed: U.S. May Have Designated Julian Assange and WikiLeaks An “Enemy of the State.” HeadlinesSeptember 27, 2012 Anti-Austerity Protests Continue in Greece, Spain Activists Claim … Continued
Thousands Surround Spanish Parliament in Bid to “Occupy Congress” and Stop Austerity; Study Finds U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan Miss Militant Targets and “Terrorize” Civilians; Botched NFL Call Sparks Wide Support for Unionized Refs & Outrage at Owners’ “Corporate Arrogance.” HeadlinesSeptember 26, 2012 Syrian Army Command Post Bombed in Damascus Greek Workers Hold General … Continued
“Harvest of Empire”: New Film Recounts How U.S. Intervention Caused Mass Latin American Migrations. HeadlinesSeptember 25, 2012 U.S. Drone Strike Kills 5 in Pakistan Study: Drones “Terrorize” Pakistani Civilians, Avoid Top Militants Syrian Rebels Bomb School Housing Gov’t Forces 2 Marines Face Court Martial for Urinating Incident in Afghanistan Romney: U.S. Should “Shape the … Continued
As Anti-Immigrant “Papers” Law Takes Effect, Jeff Biggers on Arizona, the “State Out of the Union”; Jailed, Censored at Home, Russia’s Pussy Riot Hailed by Supporters from Yoko Ono to Aung San Suu Kyi; One Billion Rising: Eve Ensler, Activists Worldwide Plan Global Strike to End Violence Against Women. HeadlinesSeptember 24, 2012 Anti-U.S. Protests … Continued
Remembering Troy Davis: Questions Remain over Whether Georgia Executed Innocent Man One Year Ago; Troy Davis One Year Later: Execution Fuels National Movement to Abolish Death Penalty; As Italy Sentences 23 CIA Agents in Rendition Case, Obama Refuses To Prosecute Anyone For Torture. HeadlinesSeptember 21, 2012 1 Dead in Pakistan as Anti-Film, French Cartoon … Continued
Mother Jones Reporter David Corn on Revealing the Secret Romney Video That’s Upended 2012 Campaign; Exclusive: Live From Illinois Plant Where Workers Camp Out to Pressure Romney, Bain on Saving Jobs; “Bainport, A Taste of the Romney Economy”: Workers at Bain-Owned Factory Fight Outsourcing to China. HeadlinesSeptember 20, 2012 Justice Dept. Clears Holder, Faults … Continued
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis: Deal Ending Strike a Victory for Education; Romney’s Dismissal of “Dependent” 47% in Line With Tax Policies Favoring the “Country Club” 1%. HeadlinesSeptember 19, 2012 Chicago Teachers Suspend Strike After Deal Reached Obama Admin Wins Freeze on Ruling Against Indefinite Detention Court Overturns Rule for Disclosure of TV … Continued
Michigan a Key Battleground for Labor Rights with Votes on Emergency Managers, Collective Bargaining; Obama Admin Appeals NDAA Ruling in Bid to Preserve Indefinite Detention at Home and Abroad; Detropia: New Doc Takes Intimate Look at Detroit’s Struggle With Manufacturing Collapse, Urban Decay. HeadlinesSeptember 18, 2012 Over 150 Arrests as Occupy Wall Street Marks … Continued
