Source: euronews.
Friday, December 15, 2017
Thursday, December 14, 2017
AG Schneiderman: 'I Will Sue To Protect Net Neutrality'
Source: The Office of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
ONA Launches Journalism Mentorship Collaborative to Help Improve Diversity in Newsrooms
The Online News Association (ONA) has launched the Journalism Mentorship Collaborative, a program supporting news professionals seeking to develop or expand inclusive mentorship opportunities in newsrooms. ONA is accepting applications to join the Collaborative now through Friday, Feb. 2.
Newsrooms often cite recruiting and retention of diverse talent as a priority. The Collaborative aims to support newsrooms making investments in addressing this challenge. ONA will create a peer network for sharing ideas, document best practices for mentorship programs and — best of all — open a challenge competition to support innovative mentorship initiatives from a pool of $125,000.
Headed by NPR’s Doug Mitchell, the Journalism Mentorship Collaborative's leadership team is responsible for developing the curriculum for webinars and fellowship training, as well as providing region-specific coaching to the fellowship participants. P. Kim Bui, Charo Henriquez and Amy Kovac-Ashley will serve as advisors to the leadership team.
Click here for more information on the program and leadership team advisors.
Source: The Online News Association
Newsrooms often cite recruiting and retention of diverse talent as a priority. The Collaborative aims to support newsrooms making investments in addressing this challenge. ONA will create a peer network for sharing ideas, document best practices for mentorship programs and — best of all — open a challenge competition to support innovative mentorship initiatives from a pool of $125,000.
Headed by NPR’s Doug Mitchell, the Journalism Mentorship Collaborative's leadership team is responsible for developing the curriculum for webinars and fellowship training, as well as providing region-specific coaching to the fellowship participants. P. Kim Bui, Charo Henriquez and Amy Kovac-Ashley will serve as advisors to the leadership team.
Click here for more information on the program and leadership team advisors.
Source: The Online News Association
PBS Suspends Tavis Smiley's Talk Show Following A Sexual Misconduct Investigation
Source: Roland S. Martin
Speaker Ryan Says Representative Farenthold Made 'Right Decision' to Retire
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) told reporters on Capitol Hill that he’s
had conversations with Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) over the allegations
of sexual misconduct. Rep. Farenthold announced that he’s retiring and
Speaker Ryan said that it was right for him to retire.
Source: C-SPAN
Saving Our Youth: A Homeboy's Guide to Healing by Former L.A. Gang Members
This video was published on YouTube on November 4, 2015.
For the last 30 years, Father Gregory Boyle and Homeboy Industries have been supporting and training formerly incarcerated and gang-involved individuals in East L.A. Former gang members reveal their process of healing.
Source: Los Angeles Times
Trailblazers in Black History: Tracy Chapman
This video was published on YouTube on December 12, 2008.
Tracy Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, known for her hits
"Fast Car" and "Give Me One Reason", along with other singles "Talkin'
'bout a Revolution", "Baby Can I Hold You", "Crossroads", "New
Beginning" and "Telling Stories".
This segment features a backstage interview with Chapman at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin before her third show in the Irish capital on the Our Bright Future Tour. (TV show: X posé on TV 3)
Source: Traci Chapman Online
This segment features a backstage interview with Chapman at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin before her third show in the Irish capital on the Our Bright Future Tour. (TV show: X posé on TV 3)
Source: Traci Chapman Online
11-Year-Old Girl Wrongfully Handcuffed by Police in Front of Mother and Aunt
This report was broadcast on December 13.
State Department Enacts New Travel Warning System
This report was broadcast on December 13.
Source: CBS News
What Republicans Should Take Away from Jones' Win
This report was broadcast on December 13.
Source: CBS News
BONUS REPORT: Trump Voters Debate Roy Moore Loss
Fed Chief Gives Upbeat View of Economy After Raising Interest Rates
This report was broadcast on December 13.
Source: CBS News
Heather Heyer’s Mom: I Have to Hide Her Grave From Neo-Nazis
In a candid interview, Susan Bro tells Tim Teeman about holding Trump accountable for Heather’s death, facing her daughter’s alleged killer in court, and keeping her grave private.
By Tim Teeman
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia—Heather Heyer’s ashes are interred in a
safe place, says her mother Susan Bro, at an unmarked, undisclosed,
“completely protected” location.
This site cannot be publicly
known because of all those extremists who profess their hatred for Heyer
and Bro, and who convey their continued threats of violence toward Bro
and others of Heyer’s family. The location is also secret to protect
those who work there, says Bro.
She visits Heyer there in peace,
and other members of the family and close friends have been to the
location, or will be told in time where the place is and taken there.
“It’s
a symptom of hate in society that you should have to protect your
child’s grave, for Pete’s sake,” says Bro. “So, I’m protecting my child
now.”
As she tells me this, what sounds like the wheezing of a
dying animal fills the small room we are in. Bro laughs at how horrific
the computer hard drive sounds, especially as we are talking about the
death of her daughter at the same time as the machine’s mortal gurgling
continues. Every time I think I turn it off, the computer seems to turn
itself on again and the guttural howling begins anew.
“She’s here, Heather’s here,” Bro says, smiling, of the machine in the side office of the Miller Law Group, where Heyer
worked as a paralegal, aiding people facing bankruptcy. Heyer, 32, was
killed after being struck by a car while protesting against white
supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12. Many other counterprotesters alongside her were injured.
President Trump blamed “many sides” for the Charlottesville violence, and said there “very fine people” on both of those sides. After seeing these remarks, Bro would not take his calls.
Click here for the full article.
Source: The Daily Beast
New York Civil Liberties Union Files Suit After Suffolk County Turns Resident Over to ICE
By Molly Crane-Newman and Leonard Greene
The New York Civil Liberties Union is suing the Suffolk County
Sheriff's Department for detaining a suspect for immigration officials.
Attorneys for the advocacy group are seeking the release of Susai
Francis, a Suffolk County man, who was locked away in the Suffolk County
Jail after he pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct violation and
sentenced to time served.
Instead of being released after his plea Monday, Francis was held by
sheriffs and turned over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.
Click here for the full article.
Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)
Warning of Swollen State Debt, DiNapoli Proposes Reforms
Warning that state debt is projected to reach $63.7 billion by the end
of the fiscal year (and with current debt second in the nation only to
California), state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli on Thursday re-upped a
series of borrowing reform proposal, including requiring voter approval
of all borrowing.
But the state Division of Budget rebuffed the comptroller’s methods for
calculating state debt, claiming that DiNapoli is including in his total
debt that is not recognized as the state’s responsibility. Thus,
state-supported debt (which DiNapoli’s calculation includes) actually is
$49.6 billion.
Click here for the full article.
Source: timesunion.com (via The Empire Report)
A.G. Sulzberger, 37, Is Named Next Publisher of The New York Times
By Sydney Ember
In
a generational changing of the guard, Arthur Gregg Sulzberger, 37, will
become the publisher of The New York Times on Jan. 1. His father,
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., announced on Thursday that he was ceding the
post to his son.
The
ascension of the younger Mr. Sulzberger, who is known as A. G., comes
just over a year after he was named deputy publisher of The Times. The
New York Times Company’s board approved the move during a meeting on
Thursday. The elder Mr. Sulzberger, 66, who will stay on as chairman of
The New York Times Company, has been the publisher since 1992.
Click here for the full article.
Source: The New York Times
Rev. Al Sharpton Requests Removal of Judge in Meek Mill Case
On December 13, Rev. Sharpton submitted the following letter to the Honorable Shelia A. Woods-Skipper.
Honorable Shelia A. Woods-Skipper
President Judge
Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Philadelphia City Hall, Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
President Judge
Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas
Philadelphia City Hall, Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Re: Honorable Judge Genece Brinkley
Dear President Judge Woods-Skipper:
I write to you as someone with deep respect for the
Judicial Process and as a true believer in fairness and equality in
criminal justice matters. You may have read of my recent involvement
with the case matters of Robert Rihmeek Williams
(professional known as “Meek Mill”). He is currently serving a
probation violation and was sentenced to a term of incarceration, over
the objection of both the local prosecutor and the assigned probation
officer, by Judge Genece Brinkley. You may also be
aware that I have publically (sic) called for Judge Genece to be removed from
Mr. Williams’ matter. This demand was generated by serious allegations
of a conflict of interest with Mr. Williams.
It is generally held in all judicial circles that
the administration of justice must be fair, equal and impartial. It is
also generally accepted in the law, that the appearance of bias or lack
of impartiality, is as serious as actual bias
or lack of the ability to be fair and impartial. There have been
credible allegations made concerning Judge Brinkley’s ability to be fair
and impartial in the matters concerning Mr. Williams.
If you know anything about me, I don’t just speak
up when someone of note or celebrity has a problem with equal justice
under the law. I have tried throughout my ministry and advocacy to
always be the voice for the voiceless, and an activist
for the underrepresented. Moreover, as Reverend Dr. Martin L. King,
Jr. held throughout his life, a threat to justice anywhere, is a threat
to justice everywhere!!.
Mr. Williams, in my view, has been subjected to an
injustice. Judge Brinkley has been deaf to the questions raised about
her potential conflicts of interest with Mr. Williams or simply has
disregarded her oath of office to carry out her
duties in a manner consistent with the Code of Conduct for Judges of
the Court of Common Pleas. I understand the gravity of raising such an
issue concerning the conduct of a Judge. I am compelled in this matter
to speak truth to power.
I believe that Judge Brinkley must be removed from
the case involving Mr. Williams and a Judge assigned who can conduct and
preside in a fair and impartial manner.
Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Very truly yours,
Reverend Al Sharpton
President & Founder
National Action Network
National Action Network
Source: Mercury
NYPD Notes: 32nd Precinct and 32 Precinct CC Christmas Party for Children
Click on the flier to increase its size.
Source: A Smith, President/NYPD Civilian Volunteer
32nd Precinct Community Council
Eye on Africa: Saudi Arabia and UAE Pledge €130 Million for G5 Sahel 'Joint Force
Source: FRANCE 24 English
‘Trump Still Committed to a Two-State Solution,’ Says Saudi Foreign Minister Jubeir
Source: FRANCE 24 English
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Jailing of Journalists Worldwide Hits Record High, Activist Group Says
Turkey remains the biggest jailer of
journalists for the second year in a row, the Committee to Protect
Journalists said Wednesday in reporting that the number of journalists
jailed around the world hit a record high in 2017.
The organization, a nonprofit, nonpartisan activist group based in New York, said it had confirmed that 262 people were in government custody
for reasons directly related to their work as journalists as of Dec. 1.
That's three more that the previous record, set last year.
The author of the report, Elana Beiser,
editorial director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ, said
the trend "reflects a dismal failure by the international community to
address a global crisis in freedom of the press."
Click here for the full article.
Source: NBC News
Steve Bannon Snaps in the Wake of Alabama Election
Attacks Doug Jones Supporters During Stop at Local Gas Station
Okay, okay. This is a scene for the classic film It' A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, but From The G-Man suspects this is exactly how the former White House official must feel after the historic and stunning defeats of Ed Gillespie and Roy Moore.
Hey, "Bam-Bam"! Who do you like in 2018? Just asking.
People Magazine Reveals Photo of Trump with Accuser He Claims He Never Met
People magazine published a photo Tuesday showing President Donald Trump posing at his Mar-a-Lago resort with a journalist who has accused him of sexual misconduct — a woman he claims he does not know and never met.
The picture shows Trump standing alongside Natasha Stoynoff,
a former correspondent for the magazine, on the same day in December
2005 that she says the businessman-turned-reality-TV star pushed her
against a wall and "forc[ed] his tongue down my throat." Trump's wife,
Melania, was pregnant at the time with their son Barron.
Click here for the full article.
Source: NBC News
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