Vigils for Marcellus Andrews
Several demonstrations and candlelight vigils are taking place Thursday evening in memory of a 19-year-old Waterloo man who died over the weekend following a violent attack.
Several demonstrations and candlelight vigils are taking place Thursday evening in memory of a 19-year-old Waterloo man who died over the weekend following a violent attack.
While anti-gay slurs may have been part of a Waterloo assault that led to the beating death of a 19-year-old Waterloo man, law enforcement investigating the incident say they do not believe sexual orientation was the focus of hate and violent actions.
“These were individuals who were known to each More…
Several vigils are being organized in eastern Iowa in response to the Friday night beating of a 19-year-old, who lost his life as a result of his injuries.
Marcellus Richard Andrews was pronounced dead at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City on Sunday. He had been More…
March is Women’s History Month, and to add to that history, the White House released an organized compendium of statistics on American women, focusing on their income, education, employment, health and their relationship to crime and violence. White House officials said Tuesday that President Obama will be using this information More…
An aide to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said on a conservative radio program Sunday that last year’s much-maligned ads by Palin’s PAC showing rifle crosshairs over 20 Democratic congressional districts – including Gabrielle Giffords’s CD8 in Arizona – were actually meant to represent surveyor’s symbols on a map.
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From The Colorado Independent:
The Denver Democratic headquarters was vandalized last night, the long bank of windows that fronts the building smashed. Authorities reportedly apprehended the vandal but no details on his identity or motives so far have been released. [...]
7News Denver Channel quotes Democratic
Democratic Virginia blogger Ben Tribbett has video of Catherine Crabill, a Republican candidate for delegate — whom we last saw accusing the government of “domestic terrorism” and links to the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing — telling conservative supporters that they might have to “resort to the bullet box” More…
President Obama said last night that civilian deaths in Iraq “remain very low compared to what was going on last year.” McClatchy:
But statistics kept by McClatchy show that in Baghdad alone, more than 200 people have been killed in attacks so far this month, compared with
Responding to growing alarm about drug-related violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Deputy Secretary of State Jim Steinberg and Deputy Attorney General David Ogden today will lay out how the administration’s “comprehensive response” to the problem.
Recent congressional hearings have called attention to a growing More…
A Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing this morning focused on escalating drug-related violence at the U.S.-Mexico border highlighted the key role of the U.S.-supplied weapons to Mexico and the United States’ insatiable demand for drugs.
As Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) noted, “Mexican drug cartels aren’t just a threat in border states. More…