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What We Know and Don't Know About the Michael Brown Shooting in Ferguson
Written by Alex Altman | TIME
There's a lot we know about the death of Michael Brown and its aftermath, but many questions remain unanswered.
It’s been 11 days since Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot dead by Darren Wilson, a white policeman in Ferguson, Mo. Since then, the violent protests that followed have drawn national attention and flummoxed authorities and elected officials looking to lower the temperature. But we’re still missing a lot of key facts about the incident and the ongoing investigations. Despite a calmer night on Tuesday, no one knows when the nightly clashes will end.
As I watch the events in Ferguson Missouri I can't help but think about my own time in law enforcement and just how much I've changed since I wore the badge.
Michael Brown Shooting in Ferguson Becomes an International Incident
Written by Julie Makinen | LA Times
Amnesty International has sent monitors to the scene. Palestinians are tweeting advice on how to cope with tear gas. Tibetan monks have showed up to offer prayers. Russian officials, Iran’s official news agency and China’s state-run media are offering lectures on human rights abuses.
What started as a small-town police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old black man in suburban St. Louis has quickly become an international incident.
Voter Registration Surge in Ferguson 'Could Completely Change the Political Landscape'
Written by Nadia Prupis | Common DreamsMore than 3,000 Ferguson residents have registered since August 9. In a new development that many activists believe could spark a political shift, voter registration in St. Louis County has soared since August 9, the day that unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot to death by Officer Darren Wilson, an election official said on Thursday.
The Mass Incarceration Movement Can Learn From The Climate Struggle
Written by James Kilgore | TruthoutProfiteers and their political allies don’t give up the ship without mobilizing all their resources for the fight. They will grant small concessions, window dress their past practice, even invite their most intransigent enemies into the tent, but they will not change unless a political force emerges that compels them to do so.
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How about some good news? Kansas Democratic Representative advances bill for Native Peoples. +
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Repealing the Jim Crow law that keeps 1.5 million Floridians from voting. +
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Statement of Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch on the Demise of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Lame-Duck Session of Congress +
The news that the White House and Republican congressional leaders have given up on passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is… Read More
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No, Trump Didn’t Kill the TPP — Progressives Did +
If you read the headlines, Donald Trump’s election has killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The headlines have it wrong. Read More
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"It's About Letting Giant Corporations Rig the Rules": Warren Skewers TPP +
Democratic senator from Massachusetts offers fresh criticism of trade deal in new video Read More
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WTO Authorizes Over $1 Billion in Sanctions Unless U.S. Guts Popular Country-of-Origin Meat Labels, Disproving Obama Claim That Trade Pacts Can’t Undermine Public Interest Policies +
Today’s World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against the U.S. country-of-origin meat labels (COOL) that consumers rely on to make informed… Read More
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Trans-Pacific Partnership: Exporting U.S. Meat, Dairy, and Disease +
Negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership—a trade agreement between 12 nations—ended earlier this week. The likely passage of the agreement means… Read More
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Protesting Big Pharma 'Death Sentence,' Cancer Patient Arrested Outside TPP Talks +
'For thousands of women to die unnecessary of breast cancer because of the TPP is a horrible, cruel, premeditated, and… Read More
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Obama trade agenda inches toward passage with Senate vote on ‘fast track’ +
A razor-thin Senate vote Tuesday put President Obama on the cusp of claiming victory for his ambitious international trade agenda,… Read More
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Fast Track Down +
The Fast Track trade authority package was rejected Friday because two years of effort by a vast corporate coalition, the… Read More
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Shock: Congress Plots to Pay for Reviled TPP Deal by Raiding Medicare +
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Put Trade in the Spotlight
CWA devised a simple plan for which they were united suited: drag TPP out of the shadows and into the light - one city at a time - using a medium they understand intimately: Daily Newspapers!
Two CWA members - Dave Felice in Denver, CO and Madelyn Elder in Portland, OR have started the ball rolling. We just need to keep up the momentum.
