Artur Davis Dissed His Base and Paid the Price
While Congressman Artur Davis’s stunning loss in his quest to win the Alabama Democratic Gubernatorial nomination was a sad turn for one black man, it was a great moment for black voters. It revealed a heightened level of political sophistication among black primary voters who rejected Davis’s “I-don’t-need-to-spend-time-on-them-’cause-I-know-they’ll-be-with-me” approach to campaigning. – By Michael Fauntroy, Huntington Post.
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Former WORD Writers, Where Are They Now?
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010Maria Rosana Cruz, Project Coordinator, NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigration Affairs
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WORD Editor on the Road: Local News, Slim Pickins …
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Outside of Walmart Supercenter, 3300 Iowa Street. A second Walmart, not so super, located at 550 Congressional Drive. A news shot of the day.
… This past Saturday-Sunday in Lawrence, Kansas, Douglas County, population 90,520 (circa July, 2008), up 13 percent from 2000 [U.S. Census] and not including KU student enrollment of an estimated 30,000, with five Zip Codes, according to local Lawrence Journal-World. Online-print (circulation about 75,000 according to Newspaper Association of America), did publish a story, following up on the sports-ticket-crisis-scam-controversy.
Walmart “Low Prices”sums up Saturday-Sunday as seen, that is, perceived to be seen, by the local news media.
The Latest Howard Monath Dispatch From Bangkok
Saturday, May 29th, 2010Via facebook
Pictures by Howard Monath
Q: Want to wrap up?
A: Let me write a wrap-up in a few days (middle of week or so). The curfew ends today, I can start going out to talk to a few people. A lot of ‘experts’ expect this to turn into a series of guerilla attacks , but now there is a very uneasy calm. Also, the Thai government has been arresting foreigners who they say were “outside agitators.” One English bloke is facing a possible death penalty for ‘exhorting’ the crowd to burn down the Central World Mall.
5 hours ago [8:37 a.m. EST]
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WORD Editor on the Road – Slow Postings Last Several Days
Friday, May 28th, 2010In Lawrence, Kansas, Visiting Family
Just the typical car fire in a Lawrence, KS, Walmart parking lot.
Bangkok Crisis – About 11:50 A.M. EST
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010By Howard Monath
Via Facebook
[10:47 P.M. Update: “The fires are still burning in Bangkok, things are pretty brazen; a lot of the crowds seem to support the Reds who slip in and out with impunity, This is civil war, people who are on different sides live in the same block. The elderly and children have gone to the Temples which have been declared sanctuaries by the Thai government, but at night the Red Shirt fighters use the temples has havens.”]
Central World. Picture by Howard Monath
“… only the hard core death wish crowd and old women and children without transportation are still there …”
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
By Howard Monath
Via Facebook
Howard Monoth, the Barricades in Bangkok: “I’m out of there”
Sunday, May 16th, 2010
A Glimpse of How the Planet Dies Right Before Our Eyes?
Sunday, May 16th, 2010Scientists Find Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Under the Gulf – New York Times
From Front Page of Huffington Post
Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick in spots. The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea well could be substantially worse than estimates that the government and BP have given. — Full story, NY Times, here. Huffington Post story here.
Media Advisory: Reporting Israeli Assault Through Israel’s Eyes
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010(more…)
Tags:Israel attacks flotilla, Israel Gaza blockage
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