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“Dr. Laura” Caller Nita ‘Jade’ Hanson on “Larry King Live”: Next Time, Sista, Go to a Qualified Shrink to Work Out Your Problems, Especially Not a Wing Nut Radio Talk Show Host

• August 20, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
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After the Verdict on Mehserle, Black Oakland Largely Sits This One Out

• July 9, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Aftermath, Attitudinal Healing Connection, Black Youth, Blacks, Churches, Coffeehouses, Community Centers, Constables on Patrol, Drama, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Growing Up, Johannes Mehserle, Lake Merritt, Latinos, Mainstream Media, Mayor Ron Dellums, MSM, Murder, Oakland CA, Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Racism, Rage, Richard Pryor, Rodney King, Ron Dellums, Shawn Gullatt, The Media, Verdict, Vigil, Youth, Youth Uprising, Youths of Color

Johannes Mehserle GUILTY of Involuntary Manslaughter in the Shooting of Oscar Grant

• July 8, 2010 • Comments Off

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Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, BART, BART Cops, BART Train, Black Mothers, Black Women, Blacks, California, Civil Suit, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Discharging Weapon, District Attorney David Stein, Fruitvale Station, Johannes Mehserle, L.A. County, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Money, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Wanda Johnson

Meanwhile, Back in Los Angeles: Pretrial Hearings Underway in the Oscar Grant Case

• January 9, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television
Tags: "Grand Theft Auto", "The L.A. Watts Times", "The Los Angeles Times", Alameda County, Anthony Sowell, BART, BART Police, Bled to Death in Custody, C-Span, California, Changing Stories, Chuco's Justice Center, Criminal Record, DeAndre Brunston, Flight from Justice, Fruitvale Station, Gag Order, Hayward CA, Johannes Mehserle, Judge Perry, Judge Robert J. Perry, Keishia Brunston, L.A. County Sheriff's Department, L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies, Marysol Domenici, Michael Rains, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Nevada, New Year's Day, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Property Damage, Public Television, Riots, San Francisco Bay Area, Taser, Tasering, Tatiana Grant, Televising Court Cases, Tony Pirone, Wanda Johnson

Update: BART Cop Trial for Shooting of Oscar Grant Sent to Los Angeles, Not San Diego

• November 21, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
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Oscar Grant Update: Johannes Mehserle Trial To Move to Another California City; Judge Agrees That Oakland and Alameda County Can’t Give Him a Fair Trial

• October 25, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, Attorney General Jerry Brown, BART, BART Police, BART Train, Beverly Hills, Black Youth, Blacks, California, Change of Venue, Channel 2, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Councilwoman Desley Brooks, Execution, Guilty, Johannes Mehserle, KTVU-2, Latino Youth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County, Madison WI, Marysol Domenici, Mayor Ron Dellums, Michael Rains, Murder, Oakland, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Racism, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rodney King, Sacramento CA, San Francisco Oakland Bay Area, Supervisor Keith Carson, The Net, The Web, Tony Pirone

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The New York Times

In Florida, California and Beyond: Both Sides Mobilize Over Abortion June 27, 2022
On Monday, plaintiffs will ask a judge to block Florida’s law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. It is set to take effect on Friday.
The Final Days of Mississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic June 27, 2022
The Jackson Women’s Health Organization was at the center of the case that overturned Roe v. Wade. Already, supporters are planning new ways to help women in one of the poorest spots in the nation get access to abortions.
Violent Threats to Election Workers Are Common. Prosecutions are Not. June 27, 2022
The Jan. 6 hearings laid bare how threats have terrified some election officials. But a federal pledge to address them has so far come up nearly empty.
‘Ghost Flights’? The Facts Behind Transporting Migrant Children June 24, 2022
Government flights carrying undocumented children from the border to federally licensed shelters around the country are being criticized by conservative politicians in an election year.
Yellowstone Flooding Is a Sign of What’s to Come for National Parks June 16, 2022
Record rainfall and mudslides forced closures just as tourism season ramped up. Virtually none of America’s national parks are untouched by extreme weather and climate change.
A Decade After DACA, a New Generation of Undocumented Students Rises June 16, 2022
A vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work.
Photos of Flooding Damage in Yellowstone June 16, 2022
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Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Elect Bart Barber as President June 15, 2022
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, a bellwether for conservative Christianity, chose a rural Texas pastor and approved actions to address its sex abuse crisis.

The Guardian, UK

Calls for investigation over deaths in Moroccan-Spanish border crossing June 26, 2022
NGOs say toll could be as high as 37 after hundreds of people break into border control area in attempt to reach Melilla enclaveHuman rights campaigners in Spain and Morocco have called for investigations to be launched in both countries after a mass attempt to scale the border fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla left at least 23 people […]
22 people found dead in South African nightclub June 26, 2022
Police in southern city of East London launch investigation and officials rule out stampede Police forensic teams in South Africa are investigating the deaths of 22 young people at a nightclub and bar in the southern coastal town of East London.Specialists have yet to establish the cause of the tragedy, which occurred during end of school year celebrations b […]
Melilla: death toll from mass incursion on Spanish enclave rises to 23 June 25, 2022
Crowd of more than 500 enter border control area after cutting fence in attempt to cross from MoroccoThe death toll from the mass attempt to cross from Morocco into Spain’s enclave of Melilla has risen to 23, according to Moroccan state TV.About 2,000 people approached Melilla at dawn on Friday and more than 500 managed to enter a border control area after c […]
Stars urge Commonwealth to oppose UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda June 25, 2022
Celebrities including Sophie Okonedo and David Harewood say scheme shows ‘colonial view’ of Africa as ‘dumping ground’British celebrities have urged Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda to oppose the UK’s plan to deport refugees to the country, saying it shows a “colonial view” of Africa as a “dumping ground”.It comes as a summit of Commonwealth prime ministers an […]
Rwanda making preparations to take children removed from UK June 24, 2022
Hostel in Kigali building football pitches and providing outdoor toys for any children flown to the countryA hostel that has been leased by the Rwandan government to house asylum seekers from the UK is making preparations to accept children.The Hope hostel in Kigali is building outdoor facilities that will include football pitches, basketball courts and outd […]
Charles tells Commonwealth leaders dropping Queen is ‘for each to decide’ June 24, 2022
Prince of Wales says at summit any move by members to become a republic can be ‘without rancour’The Prince of Wales has told Commonwealth leaders that keeping the Queen as head of state or becoming a republic is “a matter for each member country to decide”.Charles made the comments during the opening ceremony of a summit of Commonwealth prime ministers and p […]
Collapse of bullfight stands in Colombia leaves four dead, hundreds injured June 27, 2022
Chaos overtakes city of Espinal after wood and bamboo stands collapse during cultural festivalAt least four people were killed and hundreds injured in Colombia on Sunday after spectator stands at a bullfight collapsed, authorities said.The bull reportedly escaped from the plaza hosting the spectacle and was causing panic in the streets of Espinal, Tolima, a […]
Gold miner in Canada finds mummified 35,000-year-old woolly mammoth June 26, 2022
Discovery in the Klondike ranks as the most complete mummified mammal found in the AmericasIt was a young miner, digging through the northern Canadian permafrost in the seemingly aptly named Eureka Creek, who sounded the alarm when his front-end loader struck something unexpected in the Klondike gold fields.What he had stumbled upon would later be described […]

The BBC

Youngest South Africa tavern victim was 13 - minister June 27, 2022
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Russia in debt default as payment deadline passes June 27, 2022
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Afghanistan earthquake: Villagers report aftershocks but no aid June 27, 2022
In a remote Afghan village residents fear a new earthquake and aid has not yet reached the nearest town.
Nasa launches first rocket from Australian commercial spaceport June 27, 2022
It is Nasa's first launch from a commercial site outside the US - and a landmark moment for Australia.
Colombia: Scores injured in deadly bullfight stand collapse June 27, 2022
Hundreds of people are injured and four have died after a wooden stand fell, local officials say.
Ecuador promises fuel price cuts amid protests June 27, 2022
President Lasso makes a concession during a protest respite, but no deal has been reached.
G7 summit: Leaders detail $600bn plan to rival China's Belt and Road initiative June 27, 2022
The revamped plan will see fresh funds being injected into development projects in Asia and Africa.
Japan urges 37 million people to switch off lights June 27, 2022
Officials have asked people in Tokyo and its surrounding area to turn off lights amid a heatwave.