Some of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams have certainly come true. But when it comes to closing the economic gap between black and white Americans, we’ve got a long way to go.
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Month: January 2014
Asian American Reflections on Martin Luther King Day
Like many others, my Asian American story begins in war. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, my father was a young man studying in Seoul, and my mother a 13-year-old girl. They both largely insi…
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Martin Luther King Jr. Unsanitized: confronting the triple evils of capitalism, militarism and racism
“Public officials and politicians on all sides of the isle today claim to adhere to the values of Dr. King….”
But do they?
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Tavis Smiley – Podcast Week Two 2014
Neera Tanden – “A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink”
“A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink”, a study released this week by The Shriver Report and the Center for American Progress, found that one in three American women lives in or near poverty. Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, joins us to discuss the study’s findings.
Kshama Sawant and Karen Kubby – Socialist Elected Officials
Kshama Sawant made history this year when she was sworn in to the Seattle City Council as an avowed socialist. She joins us to talk about how her socialist agenda fits into a capitalist society. We also hear from Karen Kubby, a former council member in Iowa City, who talks about her 11-year tenure as the council’s lone socialist.
Maj. Neill Franklin – Legalizing Drugs in America
On January 1, Colorado became the first state in the nation to permit legal sales of marijuana for recreational use. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), an organization that supports legalizing drugs, hopes more states will follow. The executive director of LEAP, retired police major Neill Franklin, joins us to explain why.
Sterlin Harjo and Dr. Hugh Foley – “This May Be the Last Time”
In 1962, filmmaker Sterlin Harjo’s grandfather disappeared from the town of Sasakwa, OK. As the Native American community searched for the missing man, they sang the hymns their ancestors sang while being forced out West along The Trail of Tears. Harjo joins us to discuss his documentary, “This May Be The Last Time”. Dr. Hugh Foley, professor of cinema and Native American Studies at Rogers State University, also joins us the discussion to offer a historical…
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Doorbell Prank Leads To Teen Shooting
Teenagers out for fun who were ringing doorbells or knocking on doors in the early morning hours were shot at in Pennsylvania, and one of the teens was hit in the foot.
▶ Was This Execution Cruel And Unusual?
“An attorney for the family of a killer whose Ohio execution by lethal injection was marked by several minutes of unprecedented gasping and unusual sounds plans to sue the state over what happened. Dayton defense lawyer John Paul Rion says Dennis McGuire’s family is deeply disturbed by his execution and believes it violated his constitutional rights. Rion is a member of a state Supreme Court panel examining possible changes to Ohio’s death penalty law. He said Thursday all citizens have a right to expect they won’t be punished in a cruel and unusual fashion…”.* Ben Mankiewicz (co-host, What The Flick?! and TYT Sports) breaks it down on The Young Turks.
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▶ Minority students get harsher punishment in school – YouTube
“The Departments of Education and Justice together issued new guidance on Wednesday to help public schools administer student discipline without discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin. Data shows that students of color face harsher punishments for committing the same actions as their white peers.”
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Man who shot video of Border Patrol arrest of undocumented worker arrested
The man who shot cell phone video showing a Border Patrol agent struggling to arrest an undocumented worker has been arrested.
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The Worst Shot Came From The Justice System
“The gun was removed from Morgan’s waistband, and then they opened fire on him.”
▶ ‘Popcorn Killer’ Uses Stand Your Ground To Justify Theater Slaying
“The sheriff who’s investigating the fatal shooting of a moviegoer this week in Florida said the state’s “stand your ground” defense doesn’t apply in this case, but an attorney said it likely does.
“What most people don’t understand is, the law is not concerned with what started your argument; the law is not concerned about how petty it is,” attorney Stephen Romine told First Coast News. “The law is concerned about the acts between two people — the person who died and the person who did the shooting.”
Retired police captain Curtis Reeves was charged with second-degree murder after he shot 43-year-old Chad Oulson to death Monday afternoon because he refused to stop sending a text message to his 2-year-old daughter’s day care provider.
Reeves told investigators that he feared for his safety when he was struck in the face with an object that investigators determined was popcorn, but his attorney suggested may have been a more dangerous object.”* John Iadarola (TYT University), Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies) and Gina Grad (The Gina Grad Show) break it down.
*Read more here from Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/17…
Community Village‘s insight:
“The one guest says “punch him” and he’d be out by now”
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