The bombs have fallen over Baghdad and the Hussein regime has apparently fallen. Whole armies have ditched their uniforms, shed their boots, dropped their weapons, and walked away from battles with the Americans. It seems… Full Transcript
A man steals several videotapes from the friendly neighborhood Kmart, and gets arrested. When sentenced for these petty thefts, he’s cast into prison for life. Another man steals several golf clubs, and he too gets… Full Transcript
This week marks 91 years since the death of a woman who was, even during her lifetime, a legend: Harriet Tubman. Born near Tidewater, in bondage, in Maryland, to Harriet and Ben Ross, she was… Full Transcript
The pretext for war are always promoted by the supine corporate media. See it for what it is, and continue your efforts to bring this imperial venture to an end. Many months ago, this commentator… Full Transcript
Who can think of the world’s women and not marvel? There is no area of human endeavor upon which the mark of woman has not been made, and made well. Every year around the time… Full Transcript
It is ironic that the land that gave birth to man on this planet is most often the site of intense conversions; a notion that implicitly suggests that a divine source, however he or she… Full Transcript
There’s an old saying that the first casualty in war is truth. Secretary of State Colin Powell took the floor at the United Nations Security Council and strove mightily to make the administration’s case for… Full Transcript
When the Germans call you Hitler. Have you ever wondered what politicians really think of each other? Think of the last time you saw two politicians, say Bush and Russia’s Putin, grinning like Cheshire cats… Full Transcript
My name is Mumia Abu Jamal. I’m a journalist, a husband, a father, a grandfather, and an African American. I live in the fastest growing public housing tract in America. In 1981, I was a… Full Transcript
[Singing] “You remind me of my jeep, I wanna wax you baby. You remind me of my bank account, I wanna spend you babe.” That’s from “You Remind Me of Something,” by R. Kelly. The… Full Transcript
Mr. Augustus Baxter is a member of the school board of Philadelphia, which has, at this point in time, a majority of students who are Black. That exact percentage is close to 70%. My question… Full Transcript
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s words have been censored. Prison officials have banned his voice. And so I will read to you one of his essays. “The rich rob the poor, and the poor rob each other,” Sojourner… Full Transcript
Imagine a trial where the defense lawyer sleeps during the proceedings. Unfortunately, one doesn’t have to imagine, for a number of people now know about quite a few cases where lawyers have slept in court… Full Transcript
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