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On Al Jazeera America’s The Stream, a community activist from Florida whose brother was killed as a result of the violence in Egypt last week claimed that the Egyptian military and security forces are bombing Christian churches and blaming it on the

When you’re royalty, it’s fashionable to make your subjects wait. President Barack Obama is notoriously tardy, and now we find out that Queen Bey, aka Beyoncé, who is normally used to being worshiped and adored, left thousands of very unhappy

The Lee County, Florida chapter of the NAACP has decided to wage a crusade against a Robert E. Lee portrait that hangs in the commission chambers. Lee County NAACP president James Muwakkil said the portrait of the Confederate general is

Google Translate, the free online translator the company offers, now translates the Spanish word “indocumentado” to “undocumented immigrant” instead of “illegal immigrant” or “illegal migrant” after pressure from Hispanic activists and journalists.  According to a writer at ABC/Univision, “a free

At the Otay crossing near the San Diego border last Monday, about 200 people coming from Mexico gained entry to the United States all using the same key phrase; they claimed they had a ‘credible fear’ of drug cartels. According

(AP) Demolition set for Ohio house in kidnapping caseBy THOMAS J. SHEERANAssociated PressCLEVELANDThe house where three women were held captive and raped over a decade faces demolition Wednesday morning in Cleveland. The house will be torn down as part of

Al Jazeera is asking for reader help in identifying “#AllAmericans” for its new show, America Tonight, starring host Joie Chen and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien. Al Jazeera America posted this on its Google+ Hangout website: Join us for a Google+

In Virginia’s first gubernatorial debate, Republican Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said Virginians, at a minimum, have a right to demand that candidates running for governor should have some record of commitment to the state before they decide to run. As documented

While residents across Chicago continue to struggle facing a 10.3 percent unemployment rate and a median household income of $47,371, according to the 2010 U.S. Census the city of Chicago is paying 2,409 of its employees over $100,000 per year. The

Unburdened by the Constitutional requirement to obtain a search warrant, those nice people at the National Security Agency (NSA) have teamed with Apple, Google and Microsoft to take time out of their busy day to capture all your party pictures from

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Jordan’s one year old Zaatari refugee camp: 150,000 Syrian refugees Israel agrees to prisoner release, as new Mideast peace talk talks begin U.S. drone strike kills 6 in Pakistan, despite opposition Jordan’s one year

Glenn Greenwald on This Week With George Stephanopoulos discusses the National Security Administration’s storage of private communications by American citizens: “The NSA has trillions of telephone calls and email in their databases. What these programs are are very simple screens,

A homemade explosive device was found July 21 in a parking garage at the site of the Brazilian shrine Pope Francis will visit this week while in Rio de Janeiro for World Youth Day 2013. According to AFP, the Sao

On Saturday, Virginia’s two candidates for Governor, Republican nominee and current Virginia Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, and Democratic nominee and former DNC Chairman, Terry McAuliffe, faced off in a debate sponsored by the Virginia Bar Association. During the two-hour long contest,

Vivek Bapat, Vice President, Portfolio Marketing, SAP, writes in Forbes that the huge information disparity gap between the haves and have-nots across the world is likely to create a “new digital caste system.” Bapat suggests that a new “creative economy”

Singer Stevie Wonder thrust himself back into the national spotlight Tuesday when he said he wouldn’t perform in Florida to protest George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin and the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law. The announcement came

From Senator Mike Enzi: Americans cannot tell the government they don’t want their personal financial information collected or stored. That was the message U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., shared when he spoke against the nomination of Richard Cordray to be

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Greece on strike amid plans to cut 25,000 civil service jobs Wall Street professional survey reveals widespread misconduct EU imposes sanctions on Israel for West Bank settlements Greece on strike amid plans to cut

The New York Times is not often known to publish pieces that are non-partisan or that sway to the right, especially in their opinion pages. That changed on Sunday with an eloquent piece from David Leonhardt on abortion, which is

While the nation waited to see if there would be violence resulting from the acquittal of George Zimmerman, four more people were murdered in Chicago on Friday and Saturday, one of them an eight year-old-girl. In the Austin area of

On July 12, the Obama administration asked the Egyptian military to free deposed president Mohammed Morsi. According to AFP, Egypt’s interim government claims to be holding Morsi in a “safe place,” but the U.S. believes Morsi should be released. State Department

House Republicans looking to continue collecting campaign donations from high tech giants like Facebook, Google, and Microsoft will come under increasing pressure to pass the immigration bill that Silicon Valley has pumped millions into promoting. Reps. Eric Cantor (R-VA), Paul

Jennifer Lopez plead ignorance last month when human rights abuse watchers blasted the singer for accepting money to sing for the head of a repressive regime. The erswhile Jenny from the Block’s team said the star never would have taken