Civil Rights Groups Ask Governor Blagojevich to End Consent Searches by Illinois State Police

McKinney Blazes NC Trail With Incendiary Speech
by Matt Saldaña

Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney has moved from blue to green, and similarly, she demonstrated her move to the left side of the political spectrum in a speech she gave in Durham: “It’s time to move from protest to resistance.”

System That Convicts Innocent Needs Reform
by Jesse Jackson

On July 9, the long agony of JonBenet Ramsey’s family was brought at least to a partial close. On the basis of new forms of DNA testing, the Boulder, Colo., district attorney wrote a letter of apology to her father, John Ramsey, because the results cleared him and his late wife of any involvement in the girl’s murder.

Taser Death Ignites Racial Tensions
by Howard Witt

WINNFIELD, LA. - At 1:28 p.m. on Jan. 17, Baron “Scooter” Pikes was a healthy 21-year-old. By 2:07 p.m., he was dead.

American Inequality Highlighted by 30-Year Gap In Life Expectancy
by Leonard Doyle

Where is the outrage ???? Jesse Jackson, Savior, part time minister, full time extortionist calling black folk the "N" word, Don't call me a troll, I want some serious response to this phony. He's hypocrite and everyone knows it!!

[P]oliticians [are getting elected] and reelected by talking tough — not smart, just tough — about drugs and crime. But the tougher we get in prosecuting nonviolent drug crimes, the softer we get in the prosecution of everything else because of the limited resources to fund the criminal justice system.

The AWARE was joined by IVAW and VVAW and a Gulf War l Veteran Against the War.
4th of July Parade: Champaign County Freedom Celebration.
Official Theme: Honoring Our Military Heroes.
AWARE Theme: Honoring Our Military Heroes Who Speak Against War!

*AWARE* and a contingent of veterans who oppose war marched in the July 4th Parade.

THIS FAMOUS AMERICAN WILL ROGERS QUOTE FITS OUR US CONGRESSIONAL MENTALITY PERFECTLY CONCERNING FEDERAL APPEALS IN AMERICA ONLY BEING AVAILABLE TO BE PROPERLY UTILIZED BY AFFLUENT AMERICANS EXCLUDING OUR US MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR FROM EVER HAVING ANY OPPORTUNITY OF EXONERATING THEMSELVES.
*********** " EVERYTHING IS FUNNY AS LONG AS IT IS HAPPENING TO SOMEBODY ELSE!"

In Manassas, the Medium Is The Issue
by Nick Miroff

In Manassas’s quaint, red-brick Old Town neighborhood, a giant billboard greets visiting tourists and commuters, but it was not put there by the city or Chamber of Commerce.