Racism

Taser Death Ignites Racial Tensions

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:14:07 -0400

Taser Death Ignites Racial Tensions
by Howard Witt

WINNFIELD, LA. - At 1:28 p.m. on Jan. 17, Baron “Scooter” Pikes was a healthy 21-year-old. By 2:07 p.m., he was dead.

American Inequality Highlighted by 30-Year Gap In Life Expectancy

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:06:13 -0400

American Inequality Highlighted by 30-Year Gap In Life Expectancy
by Leonard Doyle

Where is the outrage???????

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:18:38 -0400

Where is the outrage ???? Jesse Jackson, Savior, part time minister, full time extortionist calling black folk the "N" word, Don't call me a troll, I want some serious response to this phony. He's hypocrite and everyone knows it!!

This Is The US On Drugs

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:33:09 -0400

[P]oliticians [are getting elected] and reelected by talking tough — not smart, just tough — about drugs and crime. But the tougher we get in prosecuting nonviolent drug crimes, the softer we get in the prosecution of everything else because of the limited resources to fund the criminal justice system.

AWARE #60 4th of July Parade 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:13:05 -0400

The AWARE was joined by IVAW and VVAW and a Gulf War l Veteran Against the War.
4th of July Parade: Champaign County Freedom Celebration.
Official Theme: Honoring Our Military Heroes.
AWARE Theme: Honoring Our Military Heroes Who Speak Against War!

*AWARE* and a contingent of veterans who oppose war marched in the July 4th Parade.

GREAT SOCIETIES THAT DO NOT EVEN PROTECT THEIR INNOCENT,BECOME THE GUILTY !

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:45:44 -0400

THIS FAMOUS AMERICAN WILL ROGERS QUOTE FITS OUR US CONGRESSIONAL MENTALITY PERFECTLY CONCERNING FEDERAL APPEALS IN AMERICA ONLY BEING AVAILABLE TO BE PROPERLY UTILIZED BY AFFLUENT AMERICANS EXCLUDING OUR US MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR FROM EVER HAVING ANY OPPORTUNITY OF EXONERATING THEMSELVES.
*********** " EVERYTHING IS FUNNY AS LONG AS IT IS HAPPENING TO SOMEBODY ELSE!"

In Manassas, the Medium Is The Issue

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:24:24 -0400

In Manassas, the Medium Is The Issue
by Nick Miroff

In Manassas’s quaint, red-brick Old Town neighborhood, a giant billboard greets visiting tourists and commuters, but it was not put there by the city or Chamber of Commerce.

New Report From Interviews With 90 Peace and Justice Organizers: An Assessment of Antiwar Organizing and Activism

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:15:31 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 25, 2008
11:00 AM

Crime Is Falling - But Our Obsession With Locking People Up Keeps Growing

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:53:06 -0400

Crime Is Falling - But Our Obsession With Locking People Up Keeps Growing
Wealth, and the desire to preserve it, is what drives citizens of rich nations to demand an increasingly punitive justice system
by George Monbiot

POORER AMERICANS NEED WORLD'S COURT HELP !

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:16:29 -0400

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY COMES TO THE RESCUE ~!

I hate to say it, but I do believe that this injustice that our US judicial system has been inflicting on the tens of thousands of our Middle Class and Working Poor Amercans (who are the least educated US prison inmates) with prolonged incarceration, is a very realistic human rights violation if not a crime against humanity issue.