By Charles P. Pierce Article Reprint The Shock Doctrine — as it was applied to the city of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina anyway — has taken a bit of a hit
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Feds Free to ‘Liquidate’ Seized Silk Road Bitcoins Worth $25 Million
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Article Reprint Federal prosecutors are now free to cash in on the Bitcoin seized from the online drug marketplace Silk Road. United States District Judge J. Paul Oetken signed off on the
Read moreOhio execution: New drug protocol, but 15 minutes to die
By Michael Muskal Article Reprint Convicted murderer and rapist Dennis McGuire took more than 15 minutes to die, appearing to gasp during his execution Thursday by Ohio using a combination of drugs never tried before
Read moreSanitizing Mandela
by Jackie Muhammad Article Reprint As 90 heads of state converged on South Africa to commemorate and memorialize the lifelong accomplishments of former South African President Nelson Mandela, a cadre of liberal and conservative pundits
Read moreTony Parker, the ADL & the “French Farrakhan”
By Tingba Muhammad Article Reprint The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) sheer determination to make every Black person an “anti-Semite” knows no bounds or restraint. Its head, Abraham Foxman, fresh from his ambush of rapper Kanye West
Read moreBenghazi Attack Was Preventable, Senate Panel Says
By Associated Press Article Reprint WASHINGTON (AP) — Both highly critical and bipartisan, a Senate report declared Wednesday that the deadly assault on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, could have been prevented. The
Read moreGOP Senate Candidate Claims Food Stamp Program Is Like Slavery
By NewsOne Staff Article Reprint Greg Brannon, a GOP U.S. Senate hopeful out of North Carolina, compared food stamps to slavery and called for the dissolution of the Department of Agriculture in an interview recently
Read moreOrchestra labor dispute is over; musicians back to work Feb. 1
By: Euan Kerr & Jon Collins Article Reprint After 15 months of bitter argument, the Minnesota Orchestra lockout is over. Musicians and management reached an agreement which will have the players return to work in
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