By OcJim In full riot gear, a phalanx of several hundred police – Oakland, state, and neighboring communities -- violently dispelled peaceful Oakland participants of the Occupy Wall Street movement in the early dawn hours of Tuesday morning and again Tuesday night, using tear gas canisters, rubber bullets and…
By Jim Hoover Herman Cain is thought to be a "stalking horse" for the Koch Brothers, who have poured a great deal of money into their causes, mostly through politicians and political action groups formed to promote their interests. Cain doesn’t seem to have a viable organization in primary…
By: Jack Bristle As Occupy Wall Street expands into 1,500 cities worldwide with several million people joining on the streets, it becomes blatantly obvious that despite mainstream media's trivialization of the movement and after a month of protesting it's still gaining momentum. Occupy Wall Street represents the first major…
By Jim Hoover I can remember that when JFK was president in the 1960s, he gave credence to the best minds in America and routinely utilized them for important advisory and cabinet positions in his administration. Contrarily George W. Bush seemed to brag about his own mediocrity, demonizing the…
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Because there is little to no coverage and to give an idea of what is going on with the Wall Street Protests, we've shared a You Tube video (below) of Lawrence O'Donnell's analysis describing how police brutality continues to thrive well beyond the days of Rodney King. In addition…
There is a war currently being waged in a predominately Black and poverty stricken neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois named West Washington Park. The battle grounds are located between 56th and 65th street from Cottage Grove to Martin Luther King Drive. This war has not garnered much media attention except…
From: Daily Graphic/Ghana Shared by: Myjoyonline.com The Head Pastor of African Faith Tabernacle, Rev. Paul Nkansah, has been arrested for allegedly raping five sisters at Akyem Akiase in the Eastern Region. Rev. Nkansah, who was alleged to have confessed to having affair with the five sisters, said he committed…
By: Chaz Valenza @ OpEdnews.com Shared from Alternet.org Editor's note: Today is the fifth day demonstrators have staged an "occupation" of Wall St. and other parts of lower Manhattan in protest of America's staggering economic inequality and the influence of big finance on our politics. As of Tuesday night,…