JET Magazine Releases its Final Print Issue JET app will launch June 30 CHICAGO, (June 6, 2014) — JET magazine will release its final print issue, hitting newsstands on June 9. The cover of the last issue salutes JET magazine’s iconic history by featuring images of previous covers throughout the past 63 years. […]
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Low-wage workers butt heads with 21st century capital
By Peter Costantini SEATTLE (IPS) —“Supersize my salary now!” The refrain rose over a busy street outside a McDonald’s in downtown Seattle.A young African-American mother carrying a little girl told the largely youthful crowd that she had walked off the job to join them because “we’re getting tired of being pushed around”. Her five-year-old took […]
Moving LGBT rights beyond marriage equality
By Farangis Abdurazokzoda WASHINGTON (IPS) — Honoring the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Friday emphasized progress in advancing the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons, but a new report on criminalization of LBGT people suggests that there is still a long way to go.“Today of […]
A slow response to Nigerian atrocity
By Julianne Malveaux Long after completing his 8-year presidency, William Jefferson Clinton acknowledged that he should have intervened in the conflict in Rwanda. Hundreds of thousands perished from the genocide that shaped the country. In his zeal for international peace President Clinton intervened in Ireland, the Middle East and Bosnia. He acknowledged that had the […]
U.S. public feeling more multilateral than isolationist
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON — Amidst a roiling and mostly partisan debate over Washington’s global role, a survey released here Thursday suggests that President Barack Obama’s preference for relative restraint and multilateral — over unilateral — action very much reflects the mood of the voting public.The survey, which was conducted by prominent pollsters for both […]
U.N. denies dragging its feet on U.S.-Iran visa dispute
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) — After two long weeks of raging controversy over Washington’s refusal to grant a U.S. visa to the Iranian envoy to the United Nations, the U.N.’s office of legal affairs is being accused of moving at the pace of a paralytic snail — only to seek more time while […]
U.N. denies dragging its feet on U.S.-Iran visa dispute
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) — After two long weeks of raging controversy over Washington’s refusal to grant a U.S. visa to the Iranian envoy to the United Nations, the U.N.’s office of legal affairs is being accused of moving at the pace of a paralytic snail — only to seek more time while […]
Voting in November 2014 Mid-term elections more important than ever
By Marc H. Morial “The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.” President Lyndon B. JohnsonLast week in Austin, Texas, three former United States Presidents and President Barack Obama came together to […]
World cuts back military spending, but not Asia
By John Feffer WASHINGTON (IPS) — For the second year in a row, the world is spending a little less on the military. Asia, however, has failed to get the memo. The region is spending more at a time when many others are spending less.Last year, Asia saw a 3.6 percent increase in military spending, […]
Memories of LBJ, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton
By George E. Curry Covering the three-day celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the University of Texas last week brought back a string of memories – some fond, some bitter. As a son of the South –Tuscaloosa, Ala., to be specific – I saw first-hand how the region was […]
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