Chokwe Lumumba—human rights attorney, civil rights activist and revolutionary Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi—unexpectedly died Tuesday of heart failure at the age of 66. Before entering politics, Lumumba rose to prominence as a civil rights activist and human rights attorney—defending notable clients including Black Panther Assata Shakur. Lumumba served as a leading figure in the Republic…
Duke Energy to Customers: You Pay for Coal Ash Mess
Duke Energy’s North Carolina customers should pay for the cleanup of its toxic coal ash ponds across the state. That’s what the company’s CEO, Lynn Good, said on Friday. Speaking to The Charlotte Observer after receiving the BusinessWoman of the Year award at Queens University of Charlotte, Good said that though the decision ultimately rests…
Contamination Even More Widespread After Nuclear Dump Site Leak
Four more workers have now tested positive for radiation after being exposed to a February leak from an underground nuclear waste dump near Carlsbad, New Mexico, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday, bringing the total number of contaminated workers to 21. The announcement came a day ahead of a DOE plan to send a…
GOP elector: Obama should tell people trying to intimidate electors to 'stand down'
A GOP elector is calling on President Obama to tell people to stop trying to intimidate Electoral College voters. Click Here: Fjallraven Kanken Art Spring Landscape Backpacks “Our president should stand up and say, ‘Hey, stand down people. This is the process,” Robert Graham, chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, said on Fox News. GOP…
Report: Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion 'All Risk, No Reward'
Enbridge is seeking a pipeline expansion that will double the amount of “dirty” tar sands pumped along the coast of Lake Superior and across key habitats in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. But according to a new report (pdf) published Monday, that proposed plan amounts to ‘all risk and no reward’ for the land and…
Hamilton hopes Whitmarsh has forgiven him for leaving
Lewis Hamilton hopes that there’s no ill will lingering between himself and Martin Whitmarsh, his former boss at McLaren, over his decision to leave the team. Whitmarsh took over as team principal at Woking in 2009 after Ron Dennis stepped down. He was still in charge when Hamilton dropped the bombshell in 2012 that he…
GOP rep defends Trump's tweeting habits
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Net Neutrality-Defender Barack Obama Missing in Action
As a president who has professed to be a staunch supporter of net neutrality, Obama must voice his opposition to the proposal just advanced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a group advocating for an open Internet charges. On Thursday, the Commission voted for a proposal that, as Michael Weinberg, Vice President at Public Knowledge,…
John "Man Up" Kerry Faces Firestorm for Snowden Remarks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is facing widespread criticism for his comment that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden—increasingly seen by the American public as a heroic figure for exposing government surveillance—should “man up” by returning home to face criminal charges. “This is a man who has betrayed his country,” Kerry told CBS News on Wednesday,…
Moral Movement Launches 'Freedom Summer' in North Carolina
Protesters who for over a year have railed against the “extremist” policies of the North Carolina legislature are now bringing their fight to the voting booth as the movement known as Moral Mondays launched a bold initiative to get-out-the-vote this week. “We have exposed the hypocrisy,” Rev. William J. Barber II, chief organizer of the…