A State Department employee was scapegoated for linking an already published WikiLeaks document to his blog. On the same day that more than 250,000 unredacted State Department cables haemorrhaged out onto the internet, I was interrogated for the first time in my 23-year State Department caree... Read more...
"Y'all been eatin' long enough now, stop bein' greedy Just keep it real partna, give to the needy" Stop Being Greedy-DMX One morning last month, tired of the state of corporate-owned Hip Hop, a small group of people gathered in front of Intergalactic Records with picket signs saying "Hip... Read more...
The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has opened an investigation into Google’s practice of saving about $1 billion a year in federal income tax by funneling profits from its US and European business units into countries with lower tax rates, Bloomberg is reporting. The techniques Go... Read more...
Cristian Fernandez is only 12 years old. And if Florida prosecutor Angela Corey has her way, he'll never leave jail again. Cristian hasn't had an easy life. He's the same age now as his mother was when he was born. He's a survivor of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. In 2010, Cristian watched... Read more...
“The Real Thanksgiving” is a very important event that we ask you to post and also attend. Most of us have family from or in the Gullah/Geechee Nation’s corridor: “Down South” in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida areas. At this event, we will learn firsthan... Read more...
The tragedy of Officer Mark MacPhail’s murder was compounded by Troy Davis’s drawn-out march to death. Last week, Davis was executed in the state of Georgia, despite the fact that questions still remain about whether he was guilty of the crime for which died. Troy Davis's case represents ever... Read more...
With a quick search of your name on any given “peoplefinder” website, you’ll see your name, date of birth, names of family members, current and past addresses, your phone number and gender. Some sites will also reveal your marital status, your hobbies, your online profiles, and maps or a p... Read more...
Cant blame Bush for this one... Last week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, set up disaster recovery centers in the area for those in need after recent storms. Those centers were overwhelmed this weekend, prompting FEMA to break claims into two categories, food vouchers or... Read more...
Troy Anthony Davis (born October 9, 1968) was convicted of the August 19, 1989, murder of Savannah, Georgia, USA police officer Mark MacPhail. MacPhail was working as a security guard at a Burger King when he intervened in an argument between several men in a nearby parking lot. He was shot in the h... Read more...