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Despite appeal, Black Hebrews ordered to leave Israel within two weeks
Israel's Population and Immigration Authority has rejected an appeal by 51 members of the Hebrew Israelites community against a deportation order they received last April, ordering them to leave Israel within 14 days. The mayor of Dimona, where many of th ...[Read more]
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House Dems remove Iron Dome funding from spending bill amid pressure from progressives
In an unprecedented show of strength by House progressives, Democratic leadership strips $1 billion in funding for an Israeli arms system from a government spending bill. ...[Read more]
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New Study Shows More Than Half of Police Killings Have Gone Uncounted Since 1980
New research appears to confirm what Black Lives Matter activists and abolitionist organizers have said for years: There is a crisis of police-perpetrated killings in the United States that has gone underreported for decades, and people of color (and Blac ...[Read more]
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3.5 Million Homeless and 18.5 Million Vacant Homes in the US | Occupy America
In the last few days, the U.S. government census figures have revealed that 1 in 2 Americans have fallen into poverty or are struggling to live on low incomes. And we know that the financial hardships faced by our neighbors, colleagues, and others in our ...[Read more]
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UK government plans for private police
The breathtaking list of policing activities up for grabs includes investigating crimes, detaining suspects, developing cases, responding to and investigating incidents, supporting victims and witnesses, managing high-risk individuals, patrolling neighbou ...[Read more]
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The Assault on Public Education
Public education is under attack around the world, and in response, student protests have recently been held in Britain, Canada, Chile, Taiwan and elsewhere. California is also a battleground. The Los Angeles Times reports on another chapter in the campa ...[Read more]
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Kony 2012 group confirms WikiLeaks spy allegation
The non-profit group Invisible Children has confirmed that a U.S. diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks, which claims the group fed intelligence to the Ugandan government to enable the 2009 arrest of a central resistance figure, is in fact true. ...[Read more]
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Agitated airport patron strips naked to protest TSA
The TSA asks airport patrons to slip off their shoes, unbuckle their belts and empty their pockets before being screened at security checkpoints. John E Brennan didn ...[Read more]
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Stallman: CISPA ‘nearly abolishes’ the right not to be unreasonably searched
Software freedom activist Richard Stallman says Internet users should beware, as the government is a much bigger threat than any individual hacker. ...[Read more]
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Musicians Realizing They Don’t Need Major Labels Anymore
Music reality TV has become a key feeding ground for the major labels lately. Shows like American Idol, the Voice, X Factor and the like seem to be where the labels have been picking up some of their bigger name stars lately -- allowing the shows to help ...[Read more]
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