JERUSALEM — Vice President Biden on Thursday assured Israelis that the United States is “determined” to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and urged Arab states, equally worried about Iran’s nuclear program, to take steps towards peace with Israel . Biden drew a link between the effort to …
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A new book by legal scholar and civil rights advocate Michelle Alexander argues that although Jim Crow laws have been eliminated, the racial caste system it set up was not eradicated. It’s simply been redesigned and now racial control functions through the criminal justice system.
A quintet of Democratic senators introduced legislation Wednesday to
specifically prohibit investment maneuvers that have been likened to "selling a car with faulty brakes and then buying an insurance policy on the buyer of those cars".
Colleen R. LaRose agreed to murder the artist, marry a terrorism suspect so he could move to Europe and martyr herself if necessary, the indictment filed yesterday said. LaRose, who called herself JihadJane online, is “one of only a few such cases nationwide in which females have been charged with …
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Rachel Corrie, a twenty-three-year-old student from Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington, was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza seven years ago as she stood before a Palestinian home facing demolition. Today, a trial opens in Israel in a lawsuit brought by Corrie’s family against the Israeli government. The eyewitness testimony is expected to challenge Israel’s version of events with evidence that she was clearly visible to the soldiers, standing before the bulldozer in her florescent orange jacket. We spend the hour with Rachel Corrie’s family: her father Craig, her mother Cindy, and her sister Sarah. [includes rush transcript]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) excoriated the national press on
Wednesday during a debate over the war in Afghanistan, charging
reporters with shirking their duty to cover the issue and instead
focusing on the peccadillos of former Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.).
"There’s one, two press people in this gallery," he thundered.
"We’re talking about Eric Massa 24/7 on the TV. We’re talking about war
and peace; $3 billion; 1,000 lives and no press! No press!"
BRISTOL, Conn. — Robert De Niro is set to play Vince Lombardi in an upcoming movie. ESPN announced Tuesday that the Academy Award-winning actor has agreed to play the Hall of Fame coach in the film it is developing with Andell Entertainment and the NFL. “Lombardi” will chronicle the years in …
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Rachel Corrie, a 23-year old student from Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington, was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza seven years ago as she stood before a Palestinian home facing demolition. Today, a trial opens in Israel in a lawsuit brought by Corrie’s family against the Israeli government. The eyewitness testimony is expected to challenge Israel’s version of events with evidence that she was clearly visible to the soldiers, standing before the bulldozer in her florescent orange jacket. We spend the hour with Rachel Corrie’s family: her father Craig, her mother Cindy, and her sister Sara.
A court today began hearing a civil suit brought against the Israeli government over the death of Rachel Corrie, the US activist who was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza seven years ago.
The case, brought before a Haifa court by Corrie’s family, challenges the official Israeli version of events in which the military said its troops were n
HARTFORD, Conn. — As Geno Auriemma left the locker room with his assistants for the second half of a game that was much closer than anyone in the state of Connecticut had imagined, the UConn coach could not resist mocking the monster he’s created over the past two seasons. “Come on, it’s …
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