Senate and House leaders announced Friday they are postponing work on two controversial anti-piracy bills in the wake of large online protests that spurred several congressmen to rethink the legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced today that he is postponing Tuesday’s procedural vote on the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Meanwhile, House Judiciary Committee Chairman [...]
Kim Jong Il, the diminutive North Korean dictator whose provocations and brinkmanship confounded three U.S. presidents and raised tension across northeast Asia, has died. He was 69. Kim’s death was announced today by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, the Associated Press said. Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008 [...]
The Smithsonian Channel will air MLK: The Assassination Tapes, a new documentary that includes footage primarily from local news in Memphis, Tenn., where the civil rights leader was murdered on April 4, 1968. Via Color Lines The documentary includes interviews with locals, including Vince Hughes, who was a 20-year-old Memphis police dispatcher on his second [...]
Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics. Blagojevich’s 18 convictions included allegations of trying to leverage his power to appoint someone [...]
On October 14th, Russell Simmons was heckled while speaking with CNN after protestors were allowed to remain in New York’s Zuccotti Park.
Thousands of demonstrators protesting corporate greed filled Times Square on Saturday night, mixing with gawkers, Broadway showgoers, tourists and police to create a chaotic scene in the midst of Manhattan. “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!” protesters chanted from within police barricades. Police, some in riot gear and mounted on horses, tried to [...]
After all these years, its feels good to hear about this new memorial. This morning the Martin Luther King memorial was open to the public out in Washington, DC. As the memorial opens in front of you, the ‘Stone of Hope’ stands at its center—with a statue of Dr. Martin [...]
Miami, Florida Hip-Hop icon Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell has officially announced he will run for Mayor of Miami-Dade County, after the sitting Mayor, Carlos Alvarez, was booted from office in a recall election last month. Luther Campbell said that his campaign’s biggest obstacle is people taking his run for Miami-Dade County Mayor serious. But Campbell [...]
