Washington, DC — When Maria Hamilton lost her son Dontre over a year ago to police brutality, she wondered what Mothers Day would be like without him. She would soon realize his loss would be a calling to rally mothers from around the country to waken the Nation to police […]
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Saint Louis, Mo.-A Grand Jury chose not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for the August 9th shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black youth today. The controversial decision is set to release a torrent of nationwide protests as frustration is expected to spill into streets around the nation. […]
Charlie Grapski a political theorist and scientist, had planned to travel to Ferguson, Missouri to study irregularities in local government and to investigate the police shooting of Mike Brown, but was detained. He was released Saturday afternoon after being held under Florida’s Baker Act. Police alleged Grapski had made threats […]
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 […]
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 […]
FCC Commissioners held a public hearing on May 15 where they voted 3 to 2 to move ahead with rules which could put an end to Net neutrality. Outside the FCC building, protestors had been camped out for days to draw attention to the potential for big changes in who […]
Feedback on proposed FCC rules governing internet access that might create “fast lanes” for those who can pay for them is only increasing as Thursday’s meeting of FCC Commissioners approaches. Gigi Sohn, FCC chair Tom Wheeler’s special counsel for external affairs, held a Q&A via Twitter today. Tweets with the […]
The video below features Omar Soltan, the brother of Mohamed Soltan, a journalist, translator and aide to media organizations such as al-Jazeera. The Egyptian government jailed Soltan after the Muslim Brotherhood uprising in Egypt this past summer. Because he is the son of a well-known Muslim Brotherhood figure, he remains […]
Nearly a hundred people associated with labor advocacy groups Working Families of DC and Our DC rallied at Union Station, then marched to the U.S. Capitol on March 27 in support of living wages for struggling families in the District. They demanded that Mayor Vincent Gray approve a living wage […]
By John Zangas By the banks of the Dan River near Eden, NC, there is a sign that says, “This is your drinking water… help keep it clean!” Apparently Duke Energy didn’t pay attention to it. On February 2, toxic coal ash leaked into the Dan River from a pit […]
“Welcome to North Carolina,” reads one sign. “Turn your watch back 50 years!” You could say that the “Moral Monday” movement and Saturday’s “Mass Moral March” are the backlash against a backlash–against modernity. Since gaining the upper hand in the legislature in 2010 and securing the governorship in 2012, North Carolina’s GOP […]
by Anne Meador UPDATE below A secret non-disclosure agreement between Calvert County, MD officials and Dominion Cove Point LNG may have concealed financial projections crucial to calculating the full benefit Dominion will receive from property tax breaks passed by the Board of County Commissioners last November. A public information request […]