democracynow.org - This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show in Baltimore, where protests over the death of Freddie Gray have entered their fifth day. The 27-...
sanders.senate.gov - White House ’16 Sen. Bernie Sanders is “days away” from making a decision on a 2016 run and is leaning toward yes according to his top strategist. “I think he’s leaning towards wanting to do this, ...
delmarvanow.com - Inside Salisbury University's Perdue Hall on Monday, former gubernatorial candidate Heather Mizeur did not sound like someone campaigning for another run at office. In front of a group of students,...
firstlook.org - (This post is from our new blog: Unofficial Sources.) Taco Bell franchise owners are lobbying Congress to help prevent their workers from organizing a union or qualifying for employer-based healthc...
salon.com - Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is by most accounts an awkward, charmless politician who is motivated by little more than a ruthless desire to accrue power and win his next electi...
rt.com - Hawaii is on its way to becoming the first ever US state to raise the tobacco smoking age to 21. The groundbreaking bill passed the Legislature on Friday and is awaiting the governor’s signature. T...
attn.com - "Would you attend a gay wedding?" An iteration of this question was recently asked to several official and potential Republican 2016 candidates. Today 54 percent of Americans support same-sex marri...
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - Kenneth Thomas has a nice post about how those pooh-poohing the achievements of the Affordable Care Act are moving the goalposts. The latest, as he points out, is this absurdity: If we predict that...
pastebin.com - FEBRUARY 8, 2014 #OpKillingBay TWEETSTORM -----------Oh Yes, There WILL BE Mirrors...-------------- Videos with background on this situation (Note, some contain the images from this horrible slaugh...
recode.net - Dan Fredinburg, a longtime Googler who headed privacy for Google X and product management for the overall privacy team, died this morning of a head injury after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake triggered...
rawstory.com - Chile’s Calbuco volcano kept villagers on edge Saturday as it spewed fire and ash after two powerful eruptions blanketed the region in suffocating volcanic debris. A sleeping giant for more than 50...
theenergycollective.com - Greenpeace USA wants me to renew my annual membership. I'm ambivalent. A letter signed by Phil Radford, who leads Greenpeace USA, paints a dire picture of the state of the environment: We all see p...
raiders.com - Today, April 25, we look back at former Raider Eldridge Dickey who was selected No. 25 overall in the first round of the 1968 NFL Draft. Dickey, a standout quarterback at Tennessee State University...
disinfo.com - In the wake of a study by the ACLU showing that Chicago police stop and frisk more people, particularly African American men, than any other city, six men have filed suit against the department. Si...
vice.com - "At first I didn't think it would blow up this big," Ramsey Orta told me. He was describing the video he took of his friend Eric Garner being killed by the NYPD. His voice was nearly too soft to he...
detroitnews.com - Detroit — After nearly five years, the officer who accidentally killed 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones during a raid being filmed by a TV camera crew has been restored to active duty as a Detroit p...
beforeitsnews.com - First off, when dealing with the police in the U.S., common sense and caution are required. Secondly, I believe most cops are decent people, but given recent events, this post is topical. If you wa...
deedixon.tumblr.com - Yet the “common sense” belief that the racial ideology known as Whiteness has always existed is one of the greatest tricks in human history. In all, Whiteness is a new invention. The ways in which ...
beforeitsnews.com - As the Bible says about God, “His throne is built on a foundation of justice and righteousness”. Does the Church of England stand by that statement and support it with their actions? I refer to the...
reuters.com - (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 7.7 magnitude struck 80 km (50 miles) east of Pokhara in Nepal on Saturday, about half way between the town and the capital Kathmandu, the U.S. Geological Survey...