In Cecily McMillan’s arrest in Zuccotti park, the New York prosecutor’s office found an outlet for its fury at Occupy Wall Street. The District Attorney seized the opportunity and held onto it like a dog with a bone. It would be the height of absurdity to charge with assault a […]
Monthly Archives: June 2014
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Video @BmoreBloc Baltimore Police Chief Batts has taken up the task of swaying public opinion of the city’s law enforcement. This past Wednesday on June 25th, Chief Batts along with his top brass participated in a City Hall public hearing on law enforcement practices. This comes after several years of community activism […]
A little-known regulatory agency has been the site of daily protests this week against the environmental costs and health and safety hazards associated with exporting natural gas. Roughly twenty people have been picketing every day this week outside the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency in charge of approving […]
When we were teenagers, my brother and I lived in Iran for three years and traveled throughout the Middle East. We went to high school in the city of Shah-in Shah, and we enjoyed a great educational experience at the International School. We traveled to Afghanistan and other countries with […]
This week the White House announced that it is sending an additional 275 soldiers to Baghdad to calm unrest in the conflict stricken area. President Obama said the mission is necessary to protect American interests abroad. “This force is deploying for the purpose of protecting U.S. citizens and property, if […]
Washington, DC-area Starbucks employee Sam Dukore put a few tough questions to Howard Schultz, the corporate CEO, when he came to town promoting a new benefit that Starbucks is offering its employees: tuition reimbursement for online college classes. *See below: Starbucks “scholarship” program not what it seems* Dukore, who makes […]
Journalists Tim Eastman, Matt Hopard and Shay Horse are covering the World Cup 2014 protests in Brazil. We’ll be continuously updating this post with more photos and reports. Follow on Twitter: @TimBEastman @StopMotionSolo @HuntedHorse To support Matt Hopard’s work (StopMotionsolo), send a paypal donation to stopmotionsolo@gmail.com To support Tim’s and […]
On the anniversary of the first news story based on Edward Snowden NSA leaks, Fight for the Future and other Internet privacy advocates are taking matters into their own hands. Legislators have failed to own up to the illegality of the NSA programs which collect massive amounts of data on […]
What Happened to the Will of the People? Earlier today, someone asked me to explain why corporations have so much more power than the American people. The easy answer is that now, in America, money is free speech and corporations can speak far louder. And while the sentiment is true, […]
Hundreds filled the auditorium of Patuxent High School in Lusby, Maryland on May 31, eager to tell two representatives from the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC) how they feel about the agency permitting a plant to export natural gas. In a marathon hearing lasting more than six hours, 150 people […]