On Monday, June 9, Keon Dawson turned 14 years old. While many 14-year-olds might spend their birthdays celebrating, Keon spent his in a demonstration in front of the police department because just two nights before, St. Petersburg police murdered his brother, Javon Dawson.
Javon Dawson was at a graduation party at the Shining Light Masonic Lodge [...]

By Christian Fraser
BBC News, Rome
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has arrived in Libya for talks with Col Muammar Gaddafi.
The two leaders will discuss how to stop illegal immigrants using Libya as a launching point for Italian shores.
Mr Berlusconi said he would ask for the creation of Libyan holding centres for illegal immigrants and increased vigilance [...]

This September, the Republicans are meeting in Saint Paul, Minnesota, September 1-4, 2008, to nominate candidates for president and vice-president of the United States and to create their political platform.
The Republicans, as you may remember, are the ones that brought the citizens of the United States (and the citizens of the world) such delights as [...]

Let the misinformation campaign begin…
Recreate 68 protesters split before convention
By Ivan Moreno
The Associated Press
06/28/2008
DENVER — They adopted a bold name — Re-create 68 — promising a protesters’ show of force like in Chicago 40 years ago when the Democratic National Convention comes to Denver in August.
But the Denver-based umbrella coalition ranging from anarchists to environmentalists [...]

Norfolk, VA – A music performance at the Bayou Boogaloo & Cajun Food Festival by Boots Riley, the well-known front man for The Coup, ended abruptly with police charges of “abusive language.” Boots was charged with an obscure law even the police had difficulty finding; citing him with § 18.2-416. This law has never been [...]