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US Politics

Rep. Jeffries Wants Justice Department To Look At Zimmerman Case As More National Leaders Condemn Acquittal

Several national and local New York leaders and politicians released statements following the acquittal of George Zimmerman for killing Trayvon Martin, the 17 year ...

Ugly Miscarriage: Zimmerman, Killer Of Trayvon Martin, Walks

After depriving unarmed teen of life, Zimmerman gets to walk… What’s new? The killer of an unarmed young Black male walks. The judicial system ...

Trayvon Martin is Dead Because He Was Born Black in America. Period!

[Beneath The Spin] White conservatives often criticize Black people for being too quick to allegedly play what they call “the race card.” On the ...

California Hunger Strike Raises Issue of Force-Feeding on U.S. Soil

  More than 12,400 inmates across California have been fasting since Monday, to protest solitary confinement and call for improved prison conditions. The strike, ...

George Zimmerman: Jurors Must Do The Right Thing

The right to self defense is a universally recognized concept. So-called “Stand Your Ground”, or “No Duty To Retreat” laws in many U.S. states ...

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George Zimmerman’s “Punk Patrol”

When George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012: That night, Zimmerman, who was on punk-patrol was determined that another punk would not ...

The Night George Zimmerman Shot His “Fucking Punk”

[Black Star Editorial] The young man left the house to buy candy on Feb. 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida, and he ended up dead ...

Anger, Jealousy, Plus Easy Gun, Equals Death

[The Children’s Corner] “My heart was shattered while I was working at 60 Minutes when my only sister was shot and killed by her ...

Asylum: Venezuela Awaits Snowden’s Response

The Foreign Affairs Minister Elías Jaua, Venezuela’s Foreign Minister, declared on Saturday that the country has yet to receive a response from Edward Snowden ...

FOX News And Cornel West Mourn For Black Folk

Prof. Cornel West. Wonder what he’d be saying if he’d been invited to 2009 inauguration? [Beneath The Spin]   This time Fox News is ...