Monthly Archive: August 2008

August 29, 2008

Remembering Reverend Joseph Armstrong DeLaine NOLA Residents Remember Hurricane Katrina and its Aftermath Gulf Coast Braces for Gustav FSRN Exclusive: Reverend Jesse Jackson Weighs In Obama Accepts Democratic Nomination and Hits the Campaign Trail...

August 28, 2008

  Democrats Crown Obama Thousands of Veterans Demand Obama’s Attention: Boots Riley Weighs In DC Clamors for Voting Rights As Dems Celebrate Democracy Free Gaza Boats Return to Cyprus Street Beat: What Do You...

August 27, 2008

Updates From the DNC Hillary Dazzles Delegates, Talks Healthcare Biden to Accept Vice PresidentialNomination – Some Progressives Skeptical Iraq Veterans Against the War Make their Point Heard Groups Call Census Data Unrealistic Native American...

August 26, 2008

DNC: First Night Recap Police Arrest 139 Demonstrators and Others Denver’s Homeless and the DNC Update on Massive Mississippi ICE Raid Aafia Sidiqui Awaits Indictment Download Audio HEADLINES Afghan and UN Investigators Say Airstrikes...

August 25, 2008

Protesters Descend on Denver Ahead of Denver’s DNC Democrats Stress Unity and Diversity Michelle Obama Inspiration for African American Women Denver, Saint Paul Spend Millions on New Police Equipment and Weapons Update from  War-torn...

August 22, 2008

Pakistan’s Fledgling Government Struggles for Stability One Iraq War Resister Face Trial, Another Fights to Stay in Canada FSRN Street Beat: Should US War Resisters Remain in Canada? Democratic Convention Opens Monday in Denver...

August 21, 2008

Georgia Files Claims of Genocide against Russia Israeli Soldiers Acquitted in Killing of Palestinian Journalist Border Patrol Creates Comprehensive Crossing Database Iconic Chicano Arts Center in LA Feeling Gentrification Pressure New Wall Eliminates Cross-Border...

August 20, 2008

US, Poland Move Forward on Missile Defense Shield How Accurate is the Defense Shield? Teens Working to Improve Food in Inner-city LA Political Conventions: Brought to You by Corporate America Street Beat: Tackling Poverty...

August 19, 2008

Presidential Candidates Try to Get the Veteran Vote Groups Say EPA is Withholding Information on Pesticides One Year Anniversary of Elvira Arellano’s Deportation Saving Whale Sharks Off Kenya’s Coast Download Audio HEADLINES Activists Settle...

August 18, 2008

What Musharraf’s Resignation May Mean for Pakistanis Pakistanis in Peshawar React to Musharraf’s Resignation More on Blackwater’s Legal Limbo over Killing of 17 Iraqi Civilians New York’s Resolution to Defederalize National Guard Mogadishu Water’s...