March 2011
16 posts
Former Chicago Police Commander Begins Prison Term
Former Chicago police commander Jon Burge has reported to a North Carolina prison to begin serving a four-and-a-half-year sentence for obstruction of justice and lying about torturing prisoners into making confessions. Burge was convicted in June following longtime accusations of overseeing the systematic torture of more than a hundred African...
wanting to talk about prison abolition and palestine.
Wisconsin Sees Largest Protests Ever Following...
In Wisconsin, more than 100,000 people filled the streets of Madison Saturday in what what has been described as the state’s largest protest ever. The massive rally was held one day after Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill to strip most workers of their right to collectively bargain. The AFL-CIO put the size of the crowd on Saturday at 185,000. Speakers at the rally included many of the 14...
www.smallfarms.cornell.edu/news/
As part of continued efforts to close the chapter on allegations that discrimination occurred at USDA in past decades, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Assistant Attorney General Tony West announced the establishment of a process to resolve the claims of Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who assert that they were discriminated against when seeking USDA farm loans.
“The Obama...
“Small-scale farmers can double food production within 10 years in critical regions by using ecological methods, a new UN report shows. Based on an extensive review of the recent scientific literature, the study calls for a fundamental shift towards agroecology as a way to boost food production and improve the situation of the poorest.” - Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human...
WatchNovelist Ahdaf Soueif on Egypt’s Revolution: “People Were Rediscovering Themselves”
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“We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a...”
– Audre Lorde, “Eye to Eye: Black Women, Hatred, and Anger,” Sister Outsider (via ohhsequin)
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