Category: Top Stories

Once Again Trayvon’s Parents Wait For Justice

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As usual Mychal Denzel Smith writes so eloquently on the George Zimmerman trial for The Nation…

Because even a guilty verdict is only a consolation. It would send a one-time message that a black child’s life had value, but it would hardly shift the tide from the constant dehumanization. We would still be up against the same system—no only our criminal justice system but a larger cultural sytem—in which it was prudent to test Trayvon for drugs but not Zimmerman, that would ask a grieving mother if her son did anything to cause his own death, and that didn’t see fit to make an arrest for nearly a month and a half.

via What Does #Justice4Trayvon Look Like? | The Nation.

We were lucky he took time from his schedule covering the trial to talk with us. Listen to my conversation with him down below…

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Georgia To Execute “Mentally Retarded”

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What kind of country is this? We’re the only industrialized nation that still uses capital punishment. Now we’re killing the “mentally retarded?”  Ian Millhiser from Think Progress…

even mental health professionals have evaluated Warren Lee Hill, a Georgia inmate scheduled to be executed next Monday, and all seven have determined that Hill is intellectually disabled, the clinical term for the disability that was known as “mental retardation” at the time Atkins was decided. Yet, thanks to several legal loopholes that effectively cut Hill off from the Constitution, it is likely that his execution will proceed.

Why Georgia Gets To Thumb Its Nose At The Constitution’s Ban On Executing The ‘Mentally Retarded’ | ThinkProgress.

My talk with Ian Millhiser from Think Progress below…

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10 Best and 10 Worst Democratic Freshmen

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Howie Klein has a great post today on his Down With Tyranny blog which is a must read for everybody.

The best freshman and the worst freshman each comes from Florida. Overall best is Alan Grayson, more than just a good voter– a real leader and organizer. And please do watch that video up top. Ironically, the worst freshman, Patrick Murphy, is also a leader and an organizer– he’s leading other freshmen, really dumb ones, astray and organizing to help push through Boehner’s toxic agenda. But let’s get to the roll calls that we counted in assessing each freshman.

via DownWithTyranny!: Midterm Report: The Best and the Worst Democratic Freshmen.

Howie’s on our show all the time, I’m proud to say. Check out our most recent conversation

 

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Top 10 Reasons Women Should Hate All Men

Tim Murphy writes for Mother Jones and was a great interview last month. Here’s his latest from Mother Jones:

State Sen. Dan Patrick (R): Defending his party’s chaotic effort to force through a vote as the session was ending, the founder of the state’s tea party caucus told former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on his radio show that lawmakers had an obligation to ignore proper Senate rules and procedure if it meant saving fetuses: “I spoke to my colleagues and said, when Jesus criticized the Pharisees, he criticized them because their laws and their rules were more important than actually taking care of people. And in my view, stopping a debate to save thousands of lives, well, saving the thousands of lives is more important than our tradition of, well, you should never stop someone.”

The 10 Most Absurd Things Texas Republicans Said About Abortion This Year | Mother Jones.

Listen to my conversation with Tim below:

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Jesus Supports Immigration Bill

Our talk with Esther is one of our favorites of the year.

Our talk with Esther is one of our favorites of the year.

Esther Yu-Hsi Lee is a brilliant journalist who writes eloquently on immigration. Here’s her latest from Think Progress…

For the past two months, religious leaders, immigration advocates, and day laborers across the nation have been participating in a days-long fast to encourage Congress to pass immigration reform and to stop mass deportations. Participants in Mountain View, CA, kicked off the movement with a week-long fast before passing the baton to other states, including Florida, New Jersey, Oregon, and Massachusetts.

In 17 Cities, Faith Leaders And Immigrants Are Fasting To Stop Deportations | ThinkProgress.

Listen to my terrific interview with this terrific journalist:

https://davidfeldmanshow.com/esther-yu-hsi-lee/

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