The private visit of R & B singer Beyoncé and her rapper husband Jay-Z to Cuba last week continues to make headlines on Sunday as two US congress persons accuse them of possible violating the US travel ban on its citizens.
Read MoreA wave of protests in the West Bank met with excessive use of live ammunition which resulted in the death of two young Palestinians following the death of a Palestinian political prisoner in Israeli hospital.
Read MoreThe new documentary “Shadows of Liberty” had its U.S. premiere last night at the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver. Using individual cases of journalists whose attempts to tell their stories have been muzzled by corporations and the government.
Read MoreAs North Korea threatens to launch a nuclear attack on the United States, the Obama administration is quietly expressing concern its own recent actions may have been too provocative and could inadvertently trigger a deeper crisis.
Read MoreWe present the news in brief from Democracy Now for Wednesday April, 3, 2013.
Read MoreIn what will be a “lightning fast” 10-day political struggle, the campaign for the April 14th Venezuelan elections began with lots of emotion but few concrete plans for addressing the country’s problems. The proselytizing began on Tuesday and will end on Thursday, April 11, in the shortest campaign in Venezuelan history.
Read MorePresident Obama outraged food activists last week when he signed into law a spending bill with a controversial rider that critics have dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act.” The rider says the government must allow the planting of genetically modified crops even if courts rule they pose health risks.
Read MoreExxonMobil continues its cleanup efforts after a ruptured pipeline sprayed thousands of barrels of crude oil from Canada across a central Arkansas subdivision, forcing nearly two dozen homes to evacuate.
Read MoreVenezuelan presidential candidate Henrique Capriles said today that if elected on April 14th he would stop “giving away” oil to Cuba, alleging that this is what the current government does.
Read MoreThe Arab League starts a fund to support the Islamic and Arabic presence in Jerusalem, meanwhile, Israeli invasions into the West Bank and Gaza Strip this week mount to 37, these stories and more, coming up, stay tuned.
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