Is China Winning the War for Africa?
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-17
While traveling in Africa in the 1980 and 1990s, I was surprised to see Chinese crews building roads, schools, and houses. Although at the time this meant little to me, I later realized it was part of a policy of Chinese insertion into the African countries' economies. Historically, the African continent has been plundered by…
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What You Can Do About the Saudi Atrocities in Yemen
Muhammad Othman | counterpunch.org | 2018-10-17
Since the war criminality embedded in U.S. complicity in Yemen is no less than what was represented at the Nuremberg Trials, it is incumbent upon us to take action. U.S. citizens — no matter what their politics are — must do something about the horror we're inflicting upon the innocent citizens of Yemen. After all,…
counterpunch.org/2018/10/17/what-you-can-do-about-the-saudi-atrocities-in-yemen/
Amid furor over Khashoggi murder, UN warns millions more face starvation in Yemen
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-10-17
While leading Democrats and Republicans have called for sanctions over the Saudi journalist's killing, Washington has maintained a discreet silence over the US-backed mass murder in Yemen.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/17/yeme-o17.html
It's Crunch Time for Activism Against US Involvement in Yemen
Chris Gelardi | thenation.com | 2018-10-17
It's Crunch Time for Activism Against US Involvement in Yemen…
thenation.com/article/its-crunch-time-for-activism-against-us-involvement-in-yemen/
Leidesdorff Day 2018, Historic Negro Bar, Sacramento County
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2018-10-17
Restoration and reconciliation of the stolen legacy from the "African Founding Father of California" Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. may help mitigate some of today's challenges seeking to remove the name Negro Bar, Folsom Lake Recreational Area by showcasing to the world the amazing contributions by "hidden figures" of Pan Africans during the California Gold Rush Era.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/10/13/18818195.php
WATCH NOW: Bishop TD Jakes Sends a Special Message to Voters
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-10-16
NAACP and Bishop TD Jakes agree on one thing: African Americans need to VOTE! Our lives depend on it. Watch his special message.
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'How Can You Be Moral?': Here Are 9 Questions You Don't Need to Ask an Atheist — And Their Answers
Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog | alternet.org | 2018-10-16
"Why are atheists so angry? " | Asked of Hispanic-Americans: "Are you in this country legally? " Asked of gays and lesbians and bisexuals: "How do you have sex? " Asked of transgender people: "Have you had the surgery? " Asked of African Americans: "Can I touch your hair? "Every marginalized group has some question, or questions, that are routinely asked of them — and that drive them up a tree; questions that have insult or bigotry or dehumanization woven into the very. . .
alternet.org/how-can-you-be-moral-here-are-9-questions-you-dont-need-ask-atheist-and-their-answers
Desmond Meade Hopes to Win Voting Rights for 1.4M Floridians with Felony Convictions–Including Himself
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-16
Voters in Florida are preparing to vote on a measure that would restore voting rights to 1.4 million people with nonviolent felonies who have fully completed their sentences. One in five African Americans in Florida and 10 percent of the state's adult population are ineligible to vote because of a criminal record. Across the United States, more than 6.1 million people with felony convictions are not eligible to vote. Florida is one of just four states that bar ex-felons from voting for life. The other states are Iowa, Kentucky and Virginia. The Brennan Center for Justice reports that Florida disenfranchises…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/16/meet_desmond_meade_a_former_felon
Trump Actually Just Compared the Authoritarian Saudi Regime to Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Cody Fenwick, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-10-16
Aren't there people who are supposed to stop him from saying these things? | Speaking with the Associated Press on Tuesday, President Donald Trump compared the treatment of the authoritarian Saudi regime — known for committing atrocities in its war on Yemen and for being implicated recently in the likely murder of a critical journalist — with new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. "Here we go again with you know you're guilty until. . .
alternet.org/news-amp-politics/trump-actually-just-compared-authoritarian-saudi-regime-justice-brett-kavanaugh
Trump Won in 2016 Thanks to Voter Suppression Says Carol Anderson, Author of "One Person, No Vote"
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-16
Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election due to voter suppression. That's what professor Carol Anderson argues in her new book "One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy," which tracks the rise of restrictive voting laws across the United States. In it, Anderson examines how African-American voter participation has been systematically compromised since a 2013 Supreme Court decision that gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act. By the 2016 election, turnout among black voters nationwide dropped from 66 percent to under 60 percent. The discrepancy was even larger in key areas like Milw…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/16/trump_won_in_16_thanks_to
Stacey Abrams Runs to Become Georgia's First Black Governor as Her Opponent Suppresses the Vote
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-16
With the midterm elections just three weeks away, voting rights advocates are accusing Republican officials in several states of orchestrating a campaign of voter suppression targeting people of color. In Georgia, the Democratic candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams, is calling on her Republican opponent, Brian Kemp, to step down as secretary of state for placing 53,000 voter applications on hold. Seventy percent of the applicants are African-American. Abrams has accused Kemp of using the state's "exact match" system to disenfranchise voters. With exact match, even a minor discrepancy in a voter's registration an…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/16/is_georgias_brian_kemp_disenfranchising_53
Floridians Will Vote on Whether to Restore Voting Rights to 1.4 Million People
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-10-16
Voters in Florida are preparing to vote on a measure that would restore voting rights to 1.4 million people with non-violent felonies who have fully completed their sentences. One in five African Americans in Florida and ten percent of the state's adult population are ineligible to vote because of a criminal record. Across the United States more than 6.1 million people with felony convictions are not eligible to vote. Florida is one of just four states that bar ex-felons from voting for life. The other states are Iowa, Kentucky and Virginia. The Brennan Center for Justice reports that Florida disenfranchises m…
truthout.org/video/floridians-will-vote-on-whether-to-restore-voting-rights-to-1-4-million-people/
The Khashoggi Extortion Fiasco
The Saker | iranian.com | 2018-10-16
A mystifying diplomatic escalation ensued following the disappearance of Saudi Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, after visiting the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Why would the United States of America make such a fuss over the disappearance of a non-American citizen? Why would America turn a blind eye to the Saudi killing of thousands of Yemeni […] | The post The Khashoggi Extortion Fiasco appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/10/16/khashoggi-extortion/
Chicago Finally Releases Video of Police Officer Shooting Unarmed and Disabled Ricky Hayes
Jamie Kalven | theintercept.com | 2018-10-16
Chicago's police accountability office released a video of the August 2017 shooting of Ricky Hayes, a mentally disabled African-American teenager. | The post Chicago Finally Releases Video of Police Officer Shooting Unarmed and Disabled Ricky Hayes appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/10/16/chicago-police-shooting-video-ricky-hayes/
Top wildlife official resigns after posing on hunt with dead baboons & giraffe (PHOTOS)
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-16
An intense backlash has prompted the resignation of Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner Blake Fischer after he was pictured posing with a family of dead baboons and a dead giraffe while on an African hunting trip.
rt.com/usa/441415-idaho-commissioner-resignation-baboons/
Saudi War on Yemen: World's Worst Famine in a Century Could Claim 13 Million
Juan Cole | mintpressnews.com | 2018-10-16
The United Nations coordinator for Yemen has warned that the world has only 3 months to halt the slide toward catastrophe in Yemen | The post Saudi War on Yemen: World's Worst Famine in a Century Could Claim 13 Million appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/saudi-war-on-yemen-worlds-worst-famine-could-claim-13-million/250777/
Wildlife official who killed 'whole family of baboons' faces backlash, calls for resignation
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-14
An Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner who shared graphic images of animals he killed in Africa, including a "family of baboons," is facing calls to resign.
rt.com/usa/441234-fischer-hunter-baboons-idaho/
Trump under pressure to stop arms sales to 'good partner' Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi affair
RT | rt.com | 2018-10-12
As public pressure mounts on the Trump administration to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the US defense industry is alarmed while critics of the Yemen war hope for the best.
rt.com/usa/441127-trump-saudi-weapons-khashoggi/
Rep. Ro Khanna Condemns Saudi Barbarity from Disappearance of Saudi Journalist to War in Yemen
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-12
President Donald Trump is rejecting calls to cut off arms sales to Saudi Arabia following the disappearance and probable murder of the Saudi-born Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Washington Post is reporting the Turkish government told U.S. officials it has audio and video evidence that Khashoggi was killed last week inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Officials say the recordings confirm that a Saudi security team detained Khashoggi after he walked into the consulate on October 2, before killing him and dismembering his body. We speak with Ro Khanna, Democratic congressmember from California.
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/12/rep_ro_khanna_condemns_saudi_barbarity
Decades After Taking Henrietta Lacks's Cells Without Consent, Johns Hopkins Names Building After Her
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-12
Johns Hopkins University has announced plans to name a new research building after Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman who permanently changed modern medicine nearly 70 years ago when it was discovered that her cells could live forever. These "immortal cells" have helped scientists produce remedies for numerous diseases, including the first polio vaccine, that have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. But Lacks's cells were taken without her consent when she was a patient at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in 1951. For decades, the woman whose cells would transform modern medicine was unknown. Instead,…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/12/decades_after_taking_henrietta_lackss_cells
"Voting needs to become ubiquitous to the Black community as quickly as possible," says NAACP President
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-10-10
NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, penned an opinion piece for Essence magazine, a leading magazine publication for African-American women. In it, he emphasizes the need to mobilize the Black vote for the 2018 midterm elections, the organization's plan to support this effort, and the Black individual's role in relational organizing: "Voting needs to become […] | The post "Voting needs to become ubiquitous to the Black community as quickly as possible," says NAACP Pre…
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Eve Ensler: Nobel Peace Prize for Mukwege & Murad Is an Award for Every Rape Survivor in the World
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-05
After a landmark year for the "Me Too" movement, which ignited an international conversation on sexual assault, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday morning to two champions of women's rights who have built their careers fighting sexual violence: physician Denis Mukwege and human rights activist Nadia Murad. Dr. Denis Mukwege founded the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1999. The clinic receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery as a result of sexual violence. Nadia Murad is a 25-year-old Yazidi Kurdish human rights activist from Iraq. She was kidnapped and held…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/5/eve_ensler_nobel_peace_prize_for