Joe Biden condemns ‘horrifying and heartbreaking’ deaths as driver of truck and two Mexican men tied to the smuggling incident are taken into custody. Published On 29 Jun 202229 Jun 2022 (aljazeera.com) Authorities in the United States have opened a criminal investigation into the deaths of at least 51 people who had… Continue reading
by Randy Shaw on June 27, 2022 (beyondchron.org) Drug dealers arrive early on 600 Eddy Will New DA Make Difference? The block of 600 Eddy between Larkin and Polk includes the legendary Phoenix Hotel, the Chambers and Son and Garden restaurants, and two affordable housing projects with a third around the corner. So… Continue reading
BY LUKE THIBAULT (Jacobin.com) A new report finds that Medicare for All would have saved one-third of the one million lives lost to COVID in the US. That’s 340,000 deaths at the hands of our for-profit health system — all to make the private insurance companies even richer. The new… Continue reading
May 18, 20225:00 AM ET (npr.org) EMILY FENG MANUELA LÓPEZ RESTREPO A portrait of American statesman, writer and scientist Benjamin Franklin, circa 1750. Hulton Archive/Getty Images Benjamin Franklin is revered in history for his fixation on inventing practical ways to make everyday life easier. He was a prolific inventor and… Continue reading
By Andy Borowitz June 27, 2022 (NewYorker.com) WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Millions of American women and girls have declared themselves corporations in order to force the United States Supreme Court to grant them rights as people, legal observers have reported. Attorneys across the nation indicated that they have been swamped by requests… Continue reading
5iF3R Jan 7, 2011 Volume 1 of 5 in the ‘speaking freely’ series. (52 minutes) For many years John Perkins claimed to have been working as something he defines to be like an “economic hit man in the world of international finance”; a function he performed by persuading Third World countries… Continue reading
Julian Assange Birthday Rally #FreeAssangeNOW Sunday, July 3rd 10:30am Meet at Harry Bridges PlazaThe Embarcadero at Market St. – Across from the Ferry BuildingSF Please join us to celebrate Julian Assange’s birthday and rally for his freedom! His life- along with our future freedom of Speech and Journalism- depends on… Continue reading
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas appears at the White House on October 26, 2020. (Photo: Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images) “It is clear he and the court’s majority have no respect for other precedents that have been won in recent decades,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. JULIA CONLEY… Continue reading
Focus Features Sep 18, 2019 Mark Ruffalo stars in #Darkwaters. Get tickets: https://www.darkwaterstickets.com/ From Participant (Spotlight), DARK WATERS tells the shocking and heroic story of an attorney (Mark Ruffalo) who risks his career and family to uncover a dark secret hidden by one of the world’s largest corporations and to… Continue reading
