50 Years After Selma — Fight for Voting Rights Continues
John Lewis, now a member of Congress, being bloodied On March 7, 1965, more than 600 civil rights demonstrators attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma,…
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Even With More Bridges To Cross, Selma Will Reverberate Through The Ages — Obama Says
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCHES Edmund Pettus Bridge Selma, Alabama It is a rare honor in this life to…
Benjamin Netanyahu Doubles Down And Sells Bush’s “Big Lie Approach” Again
Netanyahu: the big lie speech to Congress and the world Benjamin Netanyahu claimed: “So when it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your…
U.S. Justice Department Rips The Ferguson Police Plantation
Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson A Corrupt Cesspool of Racism This week, the Justice Department in a report found that the Ferguson Police Department engaged in a “pattern…
BURUNDI-WATCHERS SEE EROSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Mar 3 (GIN) – The bad old days of the 1980s and 1990s when Burundi was widely considered a police state may be making a comeback. Some 300,000…
POPULAR LAWYER GUNNED DOWN IN MOZAMBIQUE
Mar. 2 (GIN) – As billions pour into Mozambique from foreign investors scooping up fields of coal and natural gas, the signs of new-found wealth are impossible to…
CAMEROON IN LINE OF FIRE AS KIDNAPS RISE
Mar. 2 (GIN) – With kidnappings and violent attacks almost a daily occurrence in Nigeria, the disappearance of an American missionary appears to have stirred a new wave…
NAMIBIA’S PRESIDENT TAPPED FOR LEADERSHIP PRIZE
Mar. 3 (GIN) – A five million dollar prize for exemplary leadership, good governance and defending human rights has been awarded to the president of Namibia, it was…
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Why Cops Kill Black Males
Charley Saturmin Robinet -- he was "no angel"; now he's dead Black males, especially those from low-income background are in constant danger from death at the hands of…
Participatory Democracy Starts With: “What Can I Do About It?”
Lee Hamilton The question usually comes toward the end of a public meeting. Some knotty problem is being discussed, and someone in the audience will raise his or…