Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Hollywood Diversity Is a Special Effect
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, TIME
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "Just because you think you are seeing more people of color, more women, more LGBT characters, it doesn't mean the industry is actually diversifying. When we pull back the curtain, the Great and Powerful Hollywood is mostly business as usual. White male business."
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, TIME
Abdul-Jabbar writes: "Just because you think you are seeing more people of color, more women, more LGBT characters, it doesn't mean the industry is actually diversifying. When we pull back the curtain, the Great and Powerful Hollywood is mostly business as usual. White male business."
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Tony Blair Says He's Sorry for Iraq War 'Mistakes'
Jethro Mullen, CNN
Mullen writes: "Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he's sorry for 'mistakes' made in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, but he doesn't regret bringing down dictator Saddam Hussein."
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Jethro Mullen, CNN
Mullen writes: "Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he's sorry for 'mistakes' made in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, but he doesn't regret bringing down dictator Saddam Hussein."
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Representative Keith Ellison Calls for More Oversight After Drone Papers Revelations
Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept
McLaughlin writes: "Ellison has been a vocal critic of targeted killings for years, along with other members of his progressive caucus. Over the summer, with CPC co-chair Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, D- Ariz., Ellison tried and failed to attach an amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act that would have mandated that the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community investigate civilian deaths from drone strikes and report back."
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Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept
McLaughlin writes: "Ellison has been a vocal critic of targeted killings for years, along with other members of his progressive caucus. Over the summer, with CPC co-chair Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, D- Ariz., Ellison tried and failed to attach an amendment to the Intelligence Authorization Act that would have mandated that the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community investigate civilian deaths from drone strikes and report back."
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Ignoring US Destabilization of Libya, GOP Benghazi Hearing Asks Clinton All the Wrong Questions
Democracy NOW!
Excerpt: "Melvin Goodman, former CIA and State Department analyst, says the Benghazi hearing has ignored the real issue for Clinton to address: the U.S. bombing of Libya that destabilized the country and set the stage for the fatal 2012 attack. 'What was learned was irrelevant,' Goodman says. 'What was relevant wasn't discussed.'"
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Democracy NOW!
Excerpt: "Melvin Goodman, former CIA and State Department analyst, says the Benghazi hearing has ignored the real issue for Clinton to address: the U.S. bombing of Libya that destabilized the country and set the stage for the fatal 2012 attack. 'What was learned was irrelevant,' Goodman says. 'What was relevant wasn't discussed.'"
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6 Ways to Fix Baltimore's Police Problem
Ben Wrobel, ThinkProgress
Wrobel writes: "A few 'bad apples' can change the culture of a whole police department. Honorable cops in Baltimore feel pressured to honor a 'code of silence' and protect fellow officers who are corrupt or abusive, according to former NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous."
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Ben Wrobel, ThinkProgress
Wrobel writes: "A few 'bad apples' can change the culture of a whole police department. Honorable cops in Baltimore feel pressured to honor a 'code of silence' and protect fellow officers who are corrupt or abusive, according to former NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous."
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Life-Saving Pill That Had Its Price Hiked to $750 Now Has a $1 Competitor
Elahe Izadi, The Washington Post
Izadi writes: "Turing Pharmaceuticals chief executive Martin Shkreli found himself in the middle of a media firestorm last month as he adamantly defended his company's 4,000 percent drug price hike as 'altruistic.' Now, another company will offer a Daraprim alternative, at just $1 a pill."
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Elahe Izadi, The Washington Post
Izadi writes: "Turing Pharmaceuticals chief executive Martin Shkreli found himself in the middle of a media firestorm last month as he adamantly defended his company's 4,000 percent drug price hike as 'altruistic.' Now, another company will offer a Daraprim alternative, at just $1 a pill."
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Ex-Executive Denies Flouting Rules in Deadly West Virginia Coal Mine Blast
Alan Blinder, The New York Times
Blinder writes: "A former coal company executive testified Friday that he and his boss, Donald L. Blankenship, the former chief executive of Massey Energy Company, had never conspired together to flout safety rules before 29 workers were killed after an explosion at the company's Upper Big Branch mine."
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Alan Blinder, The New York Times
Blinder writes: "A former coal company executive testified Friday that he and his boss, Donald L. Blankenship, the former chief executive of Massey Energy Company, had never conspired together to flout safety rules before 29 workers were killed after an explosion at the company's Upper Big Branch mine."
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