The educator was attacked for discussing world cultures and for recognizing the existence of the United Nations. By Chris Walker , TRUTHOUT Published August 11, 2023 Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, support us with a donation of any size. Last […]
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Florida: Where You’re Free To Be Stupid
Christopher Columbus Says Slavery Was ‘Better than Getting Killed’ in New Videos Approved for Florida Students Florida has approved using controversial animated videos created by an unaccredited, right-wing group as supplemental teaching materials by Don Mooney Published on August 10, 2023 01:31PM EDT Months after Florida canceled a class on […]
An Actors Actor From Scarface to ‘Breaking Bad’ Mark Margolis Dies at 83
He received an Emmy nom for portraying Hector Salamanca on those shows and appeared in ‘Scarface,’ ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,’ ‘Oz’ and six Darren Aronofsky movies. BY MIKE BARNES AUGUST 4, 2023 8:52AM Mark Margolis, the journeyman actor who turned in a commanding performance as the vindictive drug runner Hector Salamanca, […]
Worm Back From 46,000 Year Coma
July 30, 20235:00 AM ET Emma Bowman A Panagrolaimus kolymaensis nematode is seen under the microscope at the University of Cologne’s worm lab in Germany. Scientists have discovered a worm that managed to stretch its short life expectancy — by tens of thousands of years. A tiny roundworm was revived after it […]
Randy Meisner, a founding member of the Eagles, dies aged 77
The bassist and vocalist, who sang the hit Take It to the Limit, died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Associated PressThu 27 Jul 2023 21.17 EDT Randy Meisner, a founding member of the Eagles, has died at age 77, the band said on Thursday. Meisner died on Wednesday […]
The New Frontier Is Here
“A just machine that make big decisions. Programed by fellas with compassion and vision.”Donald Fagen Peter Johnson | Jul 19 2023 – 7:18 am PT Nissan is adopting Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) starting in 2025, the first Japanese automaker to make the move. Nissan EVs will use Tesla NACS in a first […]
Protestors Show Up For Bonner HQ Opener
Daily Memphian Published: July 23, 2023 4:00 AM CT Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner opened his mayoral campaign headquarters in East Memphis Saturday, July 22, with a lot of emphasis on the city’s crime problem and a picket line of a dozen protesters. “If crime is the No. 1 issue, […]
Uncle Thomas On The Grind
Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him Luxury trips and property deals: supreme court controversies explained Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington @skirchyWed 12 Jul 2023 […]
Wife Killed in Alleged Road Rage Shooting After Husband ‘Flipped Off’ Other Driver
“She died for no reason,” the husband of Paola Nuñez Linares tells PEOPLE By Michael Lee Simpson Published on July 13, 2023 03:04PM CST A 37-year-old woman was fatally shot in an apparent road rage incident in Texas on Monday, and now her widower and mother are speaking out to PEOPLE […]
A Tour To Heal America
by Don Mooney 7-14-2023 Memphis, TN—The great American Reconciler, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr paid the ultimate sacrifice in Memphis by peacefully attempting to reconcile the Black and White divide in America. Now 55-years later the completion of that work is more evidently needed as the political state of the […]