Day October 3, 2007

Racism: Not just in Jena

Allyn Wright, an African-American engineer at Electric Boat in Connecticut, was challenged by tradesman Stephen Judge, who is white, on how to handle equipment. Judge called Wright “a dumb engineer.” He noted that he was the only black, and they…

Oversight of Blackwater a “grey zone”

Robert Young Pelton, author of “Licensed to Kill. Hired Guns in the War of Terror” was interviewed on NPR after Blackwater head Erik Prince testified before Congress yesterday. Pelton says what Blackwater and similar security contractors do is in a…

“Jena” by John Mellencamp

Advance video from his upcoming CD Jena An all white jury hides the executioner’s face Is this how we are, me and you? Everyone needs to know their place And here we thought this blackbird was hidden in the flue…