[From BBC News] Coretta Scott King carried on her husband’s work after he was killed Coretta Scott King, the widow of US civil rights leader Martin Luther King, has died aged 78.Mrs King had carried on her husband’s work for racial equality after he was assassinated in 1968. She fought successfully for a national holiday [...]
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Coretta Scott King, 78, Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dies
[From NYT ] Coretta Scott King, who became known as an avid proselytizer for her husband’s vision of racial peace and non-violent social change, died Monday night. Continue reading Coretta Scott King at NYT Tags: peace <BR/>
Bush is Censoring Information on Global Warmining from NASA
[From Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print] Count this as one of those stories you probably missed on Friday while you were out strolling under blue skies and America’s strangely prolonged bout of unseasonable weather: President Bush and his political appointees are exerting pressure on a top NASA scientist to prevent him from telling Americans [...]
State Of The Union Address Preview
[From The J-Walk Blog] Bush’s annual State of the Union address is scheduled for Tuesday. If you can’t wait, watch James Adomian’s comedic preview: State of the Union 2006. Tip: Pay attention to the people standing behind him.
Controversial Industries Have Backed Boehner
[From Washington Post] Two controversial industries — for-profit colleges and trade schools, and private student lenders — have been the major sources of financing for Rep. John A. Boehner’s bid to become House majority leader. Boehner has been an outspoken advocate for each interest, and has used his chairmanship to… Continue reading Controversial Industries Have [...]
Representative Markey proposes a bill to regulate search engine privacy.
[From Congressperson Markey] January 20, 2006-Google’s Infinite Database Under Scrutiny Washington, D.C. –Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the ranking Democrat on the Telecommunications subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today announced his plans to introduce a bill to strengthen consumers’ Internet privacy. When Congress returns, Rep. Markey will introduce legislation to prohibit the [...]
INCOME INEQUALITY GROWING
[Via UNDERNEWS] CBPP – In most states, the gap between the highest-income families and poor and middle-income families grew significantly between the early 1980s and the early 2000s, according to a new study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute. The incomes of the country’s richest families have climbed [...]
BRITISH ID CARD COULD TRACK PEOPLE BY RADIO
[Via UNDERNEWS] PHILIP JOHNSTON, TELEGRAPH, UK – Anti-ID cards campaigners accused the Home Office yesterday of misleading parliament and the public over plans to include radio tracking devices in ID cards. Only last month, Andy Burnham, the Home Office minister, said in a parliamentary written answer that there were “no plans to use radio frequency [...]
Canadian Politician Threatens To Sue Critic Of Her Fundraising Habits
[From TechDirt] Contributed by Mike from the chilling-effects dept. It would appear that Canadian politician Sam Bulte is not happy about people questioning her impartiatility towards the big content industry. We’ve mentioned already the fact that she’s called anyone supporting users’ rights zealots, and how she’s denying tonight’s fundraiser is a fundraiser, despite calling it [...]
‘I was on the March on Washington’
From the BBC Foot soldier “The march opened the world’s eyes to terrible things” Child crusader “The struggle up until that day had felt so isolated” March co-ordinator “A tremendous sense of expectation” White campaigner “People singing freedom songs came to touch our train” Black Panther “The world at that time needed people to step [...]