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Will California prison hunger strike lead to Gitmo-style force-feeding?
Amid a massive hunger-strike being waged across the state of California by thousands of prisoners in several facilities, officials may move to begin force-feeding inmates if it could prevent a larger uprising from occurring. California is one of only three states where prison physicians are barred from using force-feeding in instances where inmates refuse to…
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Detroit files for federal bankruptcy, marking largest case in US history
The city of Detroit has filed for federal bankruptcy, or Chapter 9 protection, which could mean municipal employees are laid off, assets sold and services like trash collection, which have already been cut to the bone, further scaled back. Detroit has become the largest city in American history to file for bankruptcy. Kevin Orr, a…
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Zimmerman acquitted of Trayvon Martin murder
A jury in Florida has ruled that George Zimmerman is not guilty of all charges relating to the murder of unarmed African-American teenager Trayvon Martin. The high-profile case sparked a massive national debate on race and guns in the United States. Twenty-nine-year-old Zimmerman was acquitted on Saturday of all charges relating to the fatal shooting…
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Sioux Nation Chief Oliver Red Cloud dies at age 93
A lifelong champion of Lakota culture. A delegate to the United Nations. A descendant of one of the most important leaders in Native American history. On Friday, those were a few of the terms that family and friends used to describe Oliver Red Cloud, chief of the Sioux Nation, who died on Thursday at the…
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A Disturbing Sign of the Times
Recently a news story about a McDonald’s worker suing her employer has started making the rounds on the internet. Twenty-seven year old Natalie Gunshannon of Dallas Township (Pennsylvania) found that instead of receiving her first paycheck via direct deposit or an actual paper check, she got a Chase debit card attached to a list of…
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South Dakota commits shocking genocide against Native Americans
by: ALBERT BENDER Genocide is not too strong a term for what is now happening in South Dakota. The huge, shocking violation of legal and human rights being carried out by the state is tantamount to genocide against the Native American nations, the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Sioux, residing within its borders. It is the abduction…
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36 dead, over 1,000 injured in clashes between Egyptian protesters
Mohammed Sultan, deputy head of Egypt’s national ambulance service said that 36 people were killed on Friday during violent clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed President Morsi. 1,138 more were injured, according to the Health Ministry. Some of the worst violence was reported in Alexandria, where 14 people lost their lives. Tens of thousands…
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‘Not Your Colony’: Bolivia Threatens Shutdown of US Embassy
South American leaders flank the Bolivian President as he rails against US air piracy in manhunt for Snowden – Sarah Lazare, staff writer Bolivian President Evo Morales threatened Thursday to shut down the U.S. embassy in his country after a forced re-routing and downing of his plane earlier this week on suspicion that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden…
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Cop cleared of wrongdoing after shooting kittens in front of screaming kids
An Ohio policeman shot to death a litter of kittens on Wednesday, telling a group of screaming children that the animals would be going to “kitty heaven”. But instead of firing the officer, the local police department cleared him of any wrongdoing. Humane Officer Barry Accorti was responding to a report of a litter of…
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‘I watch him bleed out:’ Drone operator who helped kill 1,626 targets reveals trauma of watching them die on a computer screen
Brandon Bryant, 27, served as a drone operator from 2006 to 2011 at bases in Nevada, New Mexico and Iraq He could clearly see his targets through thermal images on a computer When he was recruited to the job, he was told he would be like the smart guys in the control room in a…
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