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 TRNN Exclusive: The Man That "Shoed" Bush Pt.2
 The Real News Network
al-Zaidi: Beatings ended when my brother organized protests, but I was kept in solitary confinement.
Memo to US Political Parties: Adapt or Die
 Liz Sidoti
Since the birth of the American political party, its primary mission has been to amass power by recruiting candidates, raising money and spreading messages. In short, a holding company that elects people — with a monopoly for a century and a half by Democrats and Republicans.
Mexico Shaken by Apparent Abduction of Powerful Politician Fernandez
 William Booth
All the police found in the abandoned Cadillac pickup truck were scissors and blood that matched the type of Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, the cigar-chomping political powerhouse who has not been seen again.
Back to Marx: How Can His Work Help Us to Understand Modern Times?
 Laurent Etre
The world economic crisis has ended the taboo on referring to Marx. More and more works are being published on the author of Das Kapital, and the press is publishing special sections on him.
The Toronto G20 Police State Crackdown
 Dana Gabriel
It appears as if the G20 summit in Toronto is shaping up to be a showdown between anarchists and police. Caught in the middle of the security circus are local residents. If there is violence and property damage, peaceful protesters will also be demonized.
Obama, at West Point, Repudiates Bush’s Failed Foreign Policy
 Darlene Superville
The U.S. must shape a world order as reliant on the force of diplomacy as on the might of its military to lead, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he outlined a foreign policy vision that repudiated the go-it-alone approach forged by his predecessor, George W. Bush.
Travel to Cuba Legislation Mired by Scandal, Fierce Opposition
 Katya Rodriguez & Carl Patchen
In 1963, following heightened tensions in the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy imposed the first travel restrictions on American citizens desiring to travel to Cuba.
In Texas, Social Studies Textbooks Get a Conservative Makeover
 Brad Knickerbocker
In a move that has potential national impact, the Texas State Board of Education has approved controversial changes to social studies textbooks – pushing high school teaching in a more conservative direction.
TRNN Exclusive: The Man that "Shoed" Bush
 The Real News Network
Muntadhar Al-Zaidi from Beirut: I expected to be killed the day I threw my shoes at Bush.
'Immediate' US Aid in Drug War Slow to Help Mexico
 Martha Mendoza
The United States has spent a fraction of the $1.1 billion it promised Mexico between 2008 and 2010 to make "an immediate and important impact" on surging drug cartel violence, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Calderon Criticism of Arizona Law Overlooks Mexico's Tough Immigration Policy
 FOXNews.com
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has been ripping into Arizona's immigration law as he tours Washington - while appearing to disregard the way his own country cracks down on immigrants along Mexico's southern border.
White Wealth and Black Debt Shot Up in "Growth" Years
 Kai Wright
The wealth gap between Blacks and Whites has grown by fourfold over the course of Generation X’s lifetime, exploding to $95,000, a study released this week found. And the debt burden among African American families has nearly doubled.
Politician's Disappearance Rivets Mexico
 Tracy Wilkinson
In a country inured to killings and kidnappings, the disappearance of Diego Fernandez de Cevallos has horrified Mexicans — especially the ruling class. It has dominated headlines, talk shows, conversations.
Taking Back Homes From the Banks: Exercising the Human Right to Housing
 Bill Quigley
May has seen an upsurge in local organizations exercising their human rights to housing. With millions of homeless living in our communities and millions of empty foreclosed houses all across our communities, groups have decided to put them together.
Mexico Migrants Head for Arizona Despite Crackdown
 Tim Gaynor
Kidnapped by bandits, and caught and repatriated three times by the U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican migrant Roberto Santos says Arizona's tough new immigration law is the least of his worries.
Rich and Powerful: Obama and the Global Super-Elite
 David Usborne
The US President's bank balance has been buoyant since he took office. But he is still some way short of rivalling the very richest world leaders.
Fight Over Arizona's Migrant Law Heads to the Courts
 William Fisher
The controversy over Arizona's new immigration law heated up further Monday when a powerful coalition of civil rights and immigration advocates asked a U.S. federal court to find the new law unconstitutional and issue an injunction against its taking effect.
Homophobia is a Human Rights Issue
 Shobha Shukla
In order to prevent and control HIV we must protect and promote the human rights of the homosexuals - the most vulnerable and typically marginalized sections of society.
US-Mexico Tensions Darken Visit of President Felipe Calderón
 Howard LaFranchi
US-Mexico relations are never simple or care-free. But rising drug violence concentrated in Mexico’s border communities and Arizona’s new anti-illegal-immigration law provide a particularly difficult backdrop for Mexican President Felipe Calderón's state visit to Washington today.
Mexican Rebels Disown Ex-Candidate Disappearance
 Mark Stevenson
Authorities said Monday there is no evidence any armed group is behind the disappearance of a former presidential candidate, and Mexico's most active guerrilla group said it does not know what happened to him.
 On The Trail Of Mexico's Vicious Sinaloa Cartel
 John Burnett & Renee Montagne
Based on analysis of arrest records and interviews with law enforcement and organized crime experts, federal forces in Ciudad Juarez — ground zero of the cartel war — appear to be favoring the Sinaloa cartel.
US Supreme Court Rules Juveniles Cannot Serve Life in Prison for Lesser Crimes
 Michael Doyle
A divided Supreme Court on Monday said Florida and 36 other states cannot sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole for non-homicide crimes.
Texas Schools Board Rewrites US History With Lessons Promoting God and Guns
 Chris McGreal
A clutch of Christian evangelists and social conservatives have grasped control of the state's education board, and are expected to force through a new curriculum that is likely to shift what millions of American schoolchildren far beyond Texas learn about their history.
Is the Flow of U.S. Weapons to Mexican Drug Cartels Increasing?
 Michael Isikoff
The Mexican military has discovered a major training camp run by the notorious Zetas drug cartel and stocked with an arsenal of military weapons, including 140 semi automatic assault rifles and 10,000 rounds of ammunition—all of them believed to be purchased in the United States.
Chomsky: "We Were Denied Entry"
 The Real News Network
Noam Chomsky, a renowned Jewish-American scholar and political activist, has been barred from entering Israel to deliver a speech at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. He spoke to Al Jazeera about his hours-long wait at the Israeli border, and the explanation he was given for being denied entry.
389 Miles “Living the Border”
 Luis Carlos Davis
389 Miles “Living the Border” is a documentary film that addresses the current immigration debate taking place on the Arizona-Mexico border.
Ex-Candidate's Disappearance Rattles Mexico
Olga R. Rodriguez
The mysterious disappearance of a former presidential candidate is stoking fear in Mexico that nobody may be safe from relentless kidnapping and rampant drug violence.
Arizona's War on Immigrants
 Dahr Jamail
Most immigrants are economic refugees. US policy in the post-9/11 world states that the government knew there would be ‘collateral damage,’ meaning more dead migrants because of the increasing militarization of the borders. But when people are desperate, they’ll do what they need to do to feed their families.
Wary Mexicans Shun Cellphone Database Meant to Bolster Security
 William Booth
To combat organized crime, the Mexican government ordered the owners of every cellphone in the country to register their names, numbers and addresses. But in a remarkable mass protest, even under threat of service interruption, millions of Mexicans are refusing to submit their personal data.
New Arizona Bills Continue Targeting of Minority Groups, Critics Say
 Yana Kunichoff
Tucson's Unified School District is 56 percent Latino, but you may not know it by the changes in the curriculum. According to bills recently passed in the Arizona state legislature, the Mexican-American studies program may no longer be offered, and you certainly won't be hearing any Spanish-inflected vowels in English-language classes.
U.S. Nurses Rising Up
 The Real News Network
Nurses around the United States are standing up for themselves and their patients, both through local labor disputes and the strengthening of a new national union.
Ruling Party Candidate's Killing Stokes Fear that Mexico Drug Cartels Will Control Elections
 Associated Press
Recent violence is intensifying fear that Mexico's drug cartels could control July 4 local elections in 10 states by supporting candidates who cooperate with organized crime and killing or intimidating those who don't.
San Juan Copala Calls for Second Human Rights Caravan to Break Siege
 Ramor Ryan
In an act of implacable defiance, the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala has called on civil organizations to organize another Human Rights caravan to attempt to break the paramilitary blockade surrounding their besieged headquarters in the indigenous Triqui region of Oaxaca, Mexico.
After 40 Years, $1 Trillion, US War on Drugs has Failed
 Martha Mendoza
After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread. Even U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske concedes the strategy hasn't worked.
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