Three BP oil disaster survivors and community advocates were forcibly removed from the fairness hearing on the BP class-action settlement yesterday, moments before the federal court heard objections to how that settlement would compensate people made sick by the disaster. The fairness hearing allowed U.S.
Last Friday in New Orleans’ French Quarter, chants of “Justice for Troy” and “Too much Doubt! Let him out!” interrupted the early-evening partiers and tourists.
A march, about 100 strong, wound its way through the Quarter, calling for justice for Troy Davis and the abolition of the death penalty. Davis is scheduled to be executed this Wednesday, September 21st, despite considerable doubt about his guilt.
"Deficiency Letter on Interim Payment/Final Payment Claim". The wording is ominous, but John Gooding, who is visibly ill, is not surprised. He's received them before and has a feeling he'll be receiving more. The letter further stated that John was missing documentation necessary to prove he has been "diagnosed with a physical injury/death that resulted from the Spill". Illness claims are processed under the general GCCF category of physical injury/death cla
“My name is Sharon Hanshaw… I’m a native of Biloxi, Mississippi. I was a cosmetologist for twenty-one years… and Hurricane Katrina hit. Hurricane Katrina just sped my life into this whirlwind of activism. I had no choice but to step up, and try to make sure that our voices were heard in the recovery process, now and in the future.”
All individuals have the right to equality, equal opportunity, fair treatment and an environment free of pollutants. What we have seen in the Gulf, and around the world, is an infringement upon both our civil rights and our human rights. So the question is: What are you going to do about it?
Three BP oil disaster survivors and community advocates were forcibly removed from the fairness hearing on the BP class-action settlement yesterday, moments before the federal court heard objections to how that settlement would compensate people made sick by the disaster. The fairness hearing allowed U.S.
Here's how: pass a draconian immigration law, lock up 'illegals' in private prisons, then get the new inmates to work in the fields.
Last Friday in New Orleans’ French Quarter, chants of “Justice for Troy” and “Too much Doubt! Let him out!” interrupted the early-evening partiers and tourists.
ominous, but John Gooding, who is visibly ill, is not surprised. He's received them before and has a feeling he'll be receiving more. The letter further stated that John was missing documentation necessary to prove he has been "diagnosed with a physical injury/death that resulted from the Spill". Illness claims are processed under the general GCCF category of physical injury/death cla 
“My name is Sharon Hanshaw… I’m a native of Biloxi, Mississippi. I was a cosmetologist for twenty-one years… and Hurricane Katrina hit. Hurricane Katrina just sped my life into this whirlwind of activism. I had no choice but to step up, and try to make sure that our voices were heard in the recovery process, now and in the future.”
All individuals have the right to equality, equal opportunity, fair treatment and an environment free of pollutants. What we have seen in the Gulf, and around the world, is an infringement upon both our civil rights and our human rights. So the question is: What are you going to do about it? 
