"Henry Louis Gates and the Times: Unfit to Print"

Henry Louis Gates and the Times: Unfit to Print
On December 27, 2005 the New York Times printed an article entitled "Ghanaians' Uneasy Embrace of Slavery's Diaspora." The New York Times rarely delivers on its claim to give its readers "all the news that is fit to print." Even white politicians like John Kerry get biased coverage when they dare to challenge the established order. If a white presidential nominee can't catch a fair break from the Times, then black people are definitely out of luck.

Afro-Colombians Driven Off Land in Cocaine War
Although Colombia has had a large displaced population for two decades, its size has increased quickly in recent months, experts say, and a disproportionate number of them are, like Garces, Afro-Colombians. They are targeted because they lack political clout and sophistication at a time when their rural homes have become economically attractive.

U.N. calls urgent meeting on postponed Haiti elections
Emergency talks are being held by the 15 member states on the postponement of the Haiti election
The UN Security Council has summoned an emergency meeting on Friday for talks on Haiti’s elections which have been pushed back again. The country has failed to keep a date for elections and has previously postponed four dates since former president Jean Bertrand Aristide was ousted from office in 2004. Its interim government has postponed polls planned for January 8, causing alarm bells in the U.N.

Sudanese army deployed along border with Ethiopia
The armed forces in Al-Gadarif State have taken up position in agricultural areas on the border strip east of Al-Atbarawi River in the areas south of Daglash Mountain and east of Sundus and Al-Allaw.

Zambia says ban on gene-altered maize stands
Zambia said on Thursday a ban on gene-altered maize remained in force despite pressure from millers arguing it delayed shipment of grains to the southern African country. Zambia faces severe food shortages and the government declared a national food emergency last year to attract more donor support to save people on the brink of starvation. It says 1.7 million people need food handouts because they are far too poor to afford commercial purchases.

The War Against Civilisation
On May 6, 2002, the United States denounced the International Criminal Court, telling the United Nations that it would no longer consider itself bound by the Treaty establishing the ICC – signed by President Clinton in the closing days of his administration.

France to rewrite controversial law on colonial past, Chirac says
France will rewrite a much-contested law that requires textbook publishers to put an upbeat spin on France's colonial past, President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday.

FBI Patents Domestic Spying
The tactics they use are the same as the ones used on Martin Luther King, Jr. and '60s radicals.

IMF Occupies Iraq, Riots Follow

What Hillary Clinton Doesn't Know About Palestine