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Justice on Trial: Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Prison Industry
January 8, 2011"The new face of American racism is in the prison system," says Johanna Fernandez, producer of the film Justice On Trial, about Mumia Abu-Jamal and the American justice system. Adds reporter Linn Washington, "The issue is not hiding what has been hidden in plain sight. The issue is doing something about it."Justice on Trial, Microlending, and John Boehner's Tears
January 7, 2011"The new face of American racism is in the prison system," says Johanna Fernandez, producer of the film Justice On Trial, about Mumia Abu-Jamal and the American justice system. Adds reporter Linn Washington, "The issue is not hiding what has been hidden in plain sight. The issue is doing something about it."Freeing the Scott Sisters: Clemency and Race
January 4, 2011The price of freedom from an overly harsh sentence in Mississippi? Apparently, one kidney. That's the promise Mississsippi governor Haley Barbour extracted from Gladys Scott--that she would donate a kidney to her sister Jamie in order for both of them to have their sentences commuted. The sisters had served nearly 17 years in prison for an armed robbery worth $11, and a prolonged grassroots effort finally paid off in achieving their freedom--though it may have more to do with Barbour's attempt at making up for his recent approving comments about the White Citizens' Councils.Mike Papantonio, Freeing the Scott Sisters, and Snow
January 3, 2011President Obama needs to go after Republicans as aggressively as they go after him, notes Mike Papantonio, "not just for his presidency but for democracy." The new Congress gets sworn in this week, and Darrell Issa is already announcing his investigations, but Papantonio notes that Democrats still control the Senate and that they can still push back against Republican attacks.
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