New Biography Details How MLK’s Criticism of Malcolm X Was Fabricated

TruthOut - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 10:26

We speak in depth with journalist Jonathan Eig about his new book, King: A Life, the first major biography of the civil rights leader in more than 35 years, which draws on unredacted FBI files, as well as the files of the personal aide to President Lyndon Baines Johnson, to show how Johnson and others partnered in the FBI’s surveillance of King and efforts to destroy him, led by director J.

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Marijuana parcels seized from plane owned by evangelical church

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 09:37
The aircraft is reported to have links to a Brazilian branch of an evangelical church.
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74 Percent of Voters Support Raising Federal Minimum Wage to $20 an Hour

TruthOut - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 09:36

Amid the longest period in Congressional history without any raising of the federal minimum wage, new polling finds that the vast majority of voters not only support raising the minimum wage, but also nearly tripling it. According to polling by Data for Progress released last week, 74 percent of voters support raising the federal minimum wage to $20 an hour — almost three times the current level...

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Watchdog Hits DeSantis With FEC Complaint for Campaign Finance Violation

TruthOut - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 09:34

A campaign finance watchdog on Tuesday filed a Federal Election Commission complaint against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleging that the 2024 Republican presidential candidate unlawfully transferred or directed more than $80 million from a state political action committee to a super PAC supporting his White House bid. The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) says in its complaint that the reported...

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Autistic Youth and Those With Mental Health Conditions Target of Anti-Trans Laws

TruthOut - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 08:51

Three states want to stipulate how, and whether, autistic transgender youth and those with mental health conditions are able to access gender-affirming care — a new tactic aimed at the intersection of two marginalized groups. Georgia, Arkansas and Missouri enacted policies that either: suggest that the provision of such care should be withheld from autistic people; require doctors to determine...

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How Do We Push Back Against the US Warfare State?

TruthOut - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 08:21

David Barsamian: American Justice Robert Jackson was the chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials. He made an opening statement to the Tribunal on November 21, 1945, because there was some concern at the time that it would be an example of victor’s justice. He said this: “If certain acts of violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany...

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Iowa building collapse: Woman rescued after 24 hours

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 07:24
Lisa Brooks is the ninth person rescued from a partially collapsed block in Davenport.
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Denial Isn’t an Effective Health Care Strategy, Say People With Long COVID

TruthOut - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 07:13

Before Missouri resident Amanda K. Finley had heard of COVID-19 or long COVID, she worked as an archeologist. Although her work schedule was erratic, she was frequently hired by engineering firms to make sure that the development sites they intended to build on conserved the cultural integrity of the land. She did this for 14 years. Then, in March 2020, 10 months before the COVID vaccine became...

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Iran tries female journalists who reported on Mahsa Amini's death

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 06:48
Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi were arrested days after the notorious incident.
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New Work Requirements for Food Aid Would Deepen Hunger and Poverty, Critics Warn

TruthOut - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 06:47

Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could soon be at risk of losing federal food aid and falling deeper into poverty due to a provision of the new debt ceiling agreement that expands work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a change that comes as food banks across the United States are seeing demand surge. The deal that the Biden White House reached with House...

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Moscow drone attack: What we know about the strikes

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 06:03
Several buildings have been damaged by drone attacks in Moscow.
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Florida shooting: Beachgoers flee as nine injured

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 05:53
Nine people have been injured, including children, after gunfire broke out at Hollywood Beach on Tuesday.
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Video appears to show drone flying over Il'inskii area of Moscow

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 05:14
Mobile phone footage appears to capture footage of a drone flying in the south east of Moscow.
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Kosovo-Serbia row leaves Nato peacekeepers under attack

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 04:43
The leaders of Kosovo and Serbia trade accusations after Nato soldiers are hurt in fierce clashes.
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Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 04:31
Heads of OpenAI, Google Deepmind and Anthropic say the threat is as great as pandemics and nuclear war.
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Nigeria fuel subsidy: Tinubu's plan to scrap measure sparks rush to stock up

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 04:04
People are hoping to stockpile petrol as fears grow of big price rises due to high inflation.
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Alleged former Russian spy whale spotted off Sweden's coast

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 03:37
Hvaldimir the beluga whale was first found off Norway's coast in 2019 wearing a Russian harness.
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Polish probe into 'Russian influence' angers EU

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 03:15
Opposition MPs say the new panel probing Russia links aims to bar its leader Donald Tusk from office.
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India's protesting wrestlers to sink medals in Ganges

BBC World News - Tue, 05/30/2023 - 02:28
The wrestlers, which includes Olympic medallists, have also vowed to go on indefinite hunger strike in Delhi.
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Moscow drone attack: 'The windows of my home shook'

BBC World News - Mon, 05/29/2023 - 23:50
BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg describes hearing and feeling a drone attack on Moscow.
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