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Is James Jones a Hero? Outraged Father of Daughter With Cerebral Palsy Confronts the Bullies on the School Bus

• September 20, 2010 • 7 Comments

Posted in Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Education, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
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Meet Alioune Niasse, the Senegalese Muslim Brother Who May Have Been the Very First to Sound the Alarm About the Times Square Terrorist. But You Wouldn’t Know That From Media Coverage, Would You?

• May 7, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Religion, Senegal, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Democracy Now!", "The Times", 45th and Broadway, Alioune Niasse, British, Celebrity Hogs, CNN, Domestic Terrorism, Duane Jackson, Faux Noise, Fox News, Hero, Immigrant, International Terrorism, Lance Orton, Marriott Hotel, Muslim, Senegal, Senegalese, Street Vendor, Terrorism, Think Progress, United Kingdom

Officer Stephen Johns’ Funeral in Fort Washington Today

• June 19, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Hate Crimes, History, Race
Tags: Anne Frank, Emmett Till, Farewell, Fort Washington, Funeral, Hero, Holocaust Survivors, Janet Langhorne Cohen, Michigan, Paying Respects, Rep. John Conyers, Stephen Johns Jr., Stephen Tyrone Johns, The Smithsonian, The Wackenhut Corporation, The Washington Post, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, William S. Cohen, Zakiah Johns

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Arizona's Election Review Inspires Copycat Efforts in Other States September 24, 2021
The inquiry into the 2020 vote, derided as a badly flawed partisan exercise, has already spawned imitators in other states.
Jim Justice's Basketball Dreams Are Blocked. And He Is Crying Foul. September 23, 2021
As his state was battered by Covid-19, Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia applied to coach a boys’ team in his spare time. When the school board rejected him, he threatened to haul the members before a judge.
Lawsuits Filed Against Texas Doctor Could Be Best Tests of Abortion Law September 24, 2021
Legal experts said two lawsuits filed this week might test the constitutionality of the Texas law more than federal challenges by abortion providers and the Justice Department.
A Bitter Fight Over Fate of Surfside Condo Collapse Site September 21, 2021
What to do with the site of the collapsed condo in Surfside, Fla.? There is no easy way to both honor victims and compensate condo owners.
Border Patrol Agents Who Mistreated Haitians 'Will Pay,' Biden Says September 24, 2021
“It’s outrageous,” President Biden said. “I promise you, those people will pay. There will be an investigation, underway now, and there will be consequences.”
Former Louisiana Trooper Faces Federal Civil Rights Charge September 24, 2021
Body-camera footage shows the ex-trooper, Jacob Brown, repeatedly pummeling a Black man, Aaron Larry Bowman, with a flashlight during a traffic stop in 2019.
Biden Urges Those Eligible for a Pfizer Booster to Get One Soon September 24, 2021
President Biden’s remarks came just hours after one of his top health officials overruled a recommendation by her agency’s panel of scientific advisers that had refused to endorse booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine for frontline workers.
How Did Californians Spend Their Second Summer of the Pandemic? September 24, 2021
Finding joy even in bleak moments.

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‘Necessary for security’: veteran Taliban enforcer says amputations will resume September 24, 2021
Nooruddin Turabi, in charge of Afghan prisons, says executions and removal of hands will restart, but possibly not in publicThe Taliban will resume executions and the amputation of hands for criminals they convict, in a return to their harsh version of Islamic justice.According to a senior official – a veteran leader of the hardline Islamist group who was in […]
German election too close to call as SPD lead evaporates September 24, 2021
A coalition appears inevitable in reflection of the increasing fragmentation of German politicsThe race to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor remains completely open two days before Europe’s largest nation goes to the polls, with the latest predictions showing the leading parties almost neck and neck.A final big opinion poll ahead of Sunday’s electio […]
Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont arrested in Sardinia September 24, 2021
Former head of autonomous government to appear in court to hear Spanish case for extraditionThe former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain four years ago in the wake of a failed unilateral bid for regional independence, is due to appear in court in Sardinia after being detained by police shortly after arriving on the Italian island on Thursda […]
China declares transactions involving cryptocurrencies illegal September 24, 2021
Country steps up its campaign to block use of unofficial digital moneyChina’s central bank has declared illegal all transactions involving bitcoin and other virtual currencies, stepping up a campaign to block use of unofficial digital money.The price of bitcoin fell more than 8% immediately after the announcement, dropping to just over $41,000 (£30,000). Con […]
Global climate strike: thousands join coordinated action across world September 24, 2021
Rally to demand government action on climate crisis is first worldwide since start of pandemicHundreds of thousands of people in 99 countries have taken part in a coordinated global climate strike demanding urgent action to tackle the ecological crisis.The strike on Friday, the first worldwide climate action since the coronavirus pandemic hit, is taking plac […]
Switzerland gears up to vote in same-sex marriage referendum September 24, 2021
Conservative parties oppose extension of same-sex couples rights beyond basic civil partnership Swiss voters will determine on Sunday whether to allow same-sex couples to wed and enjoy the same rights as heterosexual marriage partners, after a bitter referendum campaign in one of the last western Europeans countries still to ban gay marriage.The government a […]
Facebook ‘overpaid in data settlement to avoid naming Zuckerberg’ September 24, 2021
Lawsuit alleges settlement in Cambridge Analytica case driven by desire to protect founderFacebook paid $4.9bn more than necessary to the US Federal Trade Commission in a settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal in order to protect Mark Zuckerberg, a lawsuit has claimed.The lawsuit alleges that the size of the $5bn settlement was driven by a desire to […]
‘Eerie silence’ as Evergrande misses payment deadline September 24, 2021
As debt-laden Chinese property giant enters 30-day grace period, officials look to limit unrest and job lossesThe embattled Chinese property developer Evergrande is inching closer to the potential default that investors fear, after missing an interest payment deadline.The company, which has total debts of about $305bn (£222bn), has run short of cash, and inv […]

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Afghanistan: Executions will return, says senior Taliban official September 24, 2021
Extreme punishments like executions and amputations will resume in Afghanistan, says the Taliban's head of prisons.
Detained Huawei boss due in court amid deal reports September 24, 2021
Chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou has been detained in Canada over US fraud charges since 2018.
German election: Climate protesters rally in cities September 24, 2021
They want the next government to do more to limit global heating and to end the use of coal.
Kim Yo-jong says North Korea open to ending war if conditions met September 24, 2021
Kim Yo-jong was responding to a renewed call from the South to officially declare an end to the Korean War.
Migrants freezing to death on Belarus-Poland border September 23, 2021
The BBC finds stranded migrants facing sub-zero temperatures amid a row between Poland and Belarus.
Jitender Maan Gogi: India gangster shot dead in Delhi court September 24, 2021
Two men dressed as lawyers opened fire in court on a man police detained on charges of murder and extortion.
China declares all crypto-currency transactions illegal September 24, 2021
Trading Bitcoin and other crypto-currenices is a criminal activity, China's central bank says.
Syria war: UN calculates new death toll September 24, 2021
It says that the actual number is bound to be higher than its tally, 10 years after the war began.