Archives for مارس 2015

Yemen: Suicide Bomb Attack Kills 135 At Shia Mosques

A group claiming affiliation with ISIS claimed responsibility, but the link has not been independently verified.

بواسطة Common Dreams
Houthis near a damaged car after a bomb attack in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 20, 2015.

Shia rebels, known as Houthis, stand near a damaged car after a bomb attack in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, March 20, 2015. Triple suicide bombers hit a pair of mosques crowded with worshipers in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Friday, causing heavy casualties, according to witnesses. The attackers targeted mosques frequented by Shiite rebels, who have

‘Black America In Crisis’: Report Shows Troubling Racial Disparities Across US

Urban League findings are ‘a clarion call that a more comprehensive, inclusive and on-the-ground recovery is necessary’ for minorities across country

بواسطة Deirdre Fulton

Helen Shaw talks to people during a rally outside Greater Grace Church, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, for Michael Brown Jr., who was killed by police in Ferguson, Mo.  "The state of Black America is in crisis—and we see justice challenged at every turn." So says this year's National Urban League assessment of racial equality in the U.S.,

Nestle Continues Stealing World’s Water During Drought

Nestlé is draining California aquifers, from Sacramento alone taking 80 million gallons annually. Nestlé then sells the people’s water back to them at great profit under many dozen brand names.

بواسطة Dan Bacher
ARROWHEAD MORONGO NESTLE

The city of Sacramento is in the fourth year of a record drought - yet the Nestlé Corporation continues to bottle city water to sell back to the public at a big profit, local activists charge.  The Nestlé Water Bottling Plant in Sacramento is the target of a major press conference on Tuesday, March 17, by a water coalition that claims the company

FBI Investigating Hanging Death Of Black Man In Mississippi

The investigation involves the FBI, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s office. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is also involved.

بواسطة Associated Press
A home in Port Gibson, Miss., where authorities were investigating the hanging death of a black man in the neighboring woods.

Claiborne County officials prepare to leave a home in Port Gibson, Miss., where authorities were investigating the hanging death of a black man in the neighboring woods, Thursday, March 19, 2015. The man has not been identified. PORT GIBSON, Miss. — Federal and state authorities are investigating the hanging death of a black man in

Senate Intelligence Committee Advances Terrible “̶C̶y̶b̶e̶r̶s̶e̶c̶u̶r̶i̶t̶y̶”̶ ̶B̶i̶l̶l Surveillance Bill In Secret Session

The newest Senate Intelligence bill joins other cybersecurity information sharing legislation like Senator Carper’s Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015. All of them are largely redundant.

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the new chair (and huge fan of transparency) may have set a record as he kept the bill secret until Tuesday night.

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the new chair (and huge fan of transparency) may have set a record as he kept the bill secret until Tuesday night. The Senate Intelligence Committee advanced a terrible cybersecurity bill called the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 (CISA) to the Senate floor last week. The new chair (and huge fan of