Year: 2011
Study exposes prison phone price gouging
April 26, 2011
Study exposes prison phone price gouging
Not only are prisoners ripped off by the prisoner telephone industry but the jails, prisons and detention centers routinely make…
D.C. teachers protest biased Washington Post coverage
April 24, 2011
D.C. teachers protest biased Washington Post coverage
On April 15, teachers rallied in front of the Washington Post to oppose their biased reporting on education reform in…
Earth Day speech: Maximizing energy profits equals death
April 23, 2011
Earth Day speech: Maximizing energy profits equals death
Richard Becker, Western Regional Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, discusses environmental destruction, the forces behind it and what we can…
Attacks on immigrants continue unabated under Obama administration
April 23, 2011
Attacks on immigrants continue unabated under Obama administration
Attempts to promote an anti-immigrant hysteria continue as reactionary politicians propose legislation attacking undocumented workers and their families.
Hundreds protest in Saudi Arabia
April 23, 2011
Hundreds protest in Saudi Arabia
In defiance of a protest ban, Shia Muslim protesters took to the streets of Qatif and Awwamiya in eastern Saudi…
Data show Obama lied for Libya intervention
April 23, 2011
Data show Obama lied for Libya intervention
A report by Human Rights Watch on the fighting between government forces and rebels in Misurata, western Libya admits that…
D.C. gentrification expands at expense of Black population
April 23, 2011
D.C. gentrification expands at expense of Black population
n the last decade, the number of African Americans living in the District of Columbia declined by 11 percent, according…
Students occupy U.S. Department of Education luncheon
April 23, 2011
Students occupy U.S. Department of Education luncheon
The U.S. Department of Education had the nerve to hold a higher education summit at the San Diego Community College…
Prisons break laws to obtain death penalty drugs
April 22, 2011
Prisons break laws to obtain death penalty drugs
In order to more quickly execute death row prisoners, Georgia prison officials bypassed drug laws to have lethal-injection drugs shipped…
Students, staff, instructors march against budget cuts
April 22, 2011
Students, staff, instructors march against budget cuts
More than 1,000 students, professors and staff members at California State University of Long Beach marched and rallied on April…