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-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Today's News & Comment Roundup

Apart from scanning such papers as the Washington Post, or the New York or LA Times, the sources listed below help fill-out the news. (See also "Get the Real Story".)

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GlobalPublicMedia.orginsightful interviews, news [ text/audio ] 
Cursor.orgnews digest [ text ] 
* CommonDreams (includes progressive newswire)syndicates others' news and commentary; source of commentary [ text ] y
* Democracy Now!news digest/independent in-depth coverage [ text/audio/video ] y
Slate's "Today's Papers"news digest [ text ] y
* AntiWar.comwar-specific digest [ text ] y
* InformationClearingHouse.infonews digest/links [ text/audio/video ] y
AlterNet.orgsource of news and commentary; syndicates others' too [ text ] y
World Socialist Web Sitesource of in-depth coverage [ text ] y
The Guardian (world headlines)source of news and commentary [ text ] 
CounterSpin ("the news behind the headlines")source of media criticism [ audio ] 
The Note (from abc news)political digest [ text ] y
The Nation weblogssource of commentary [ text ] 
TruthOutsyndicates others' news; source of commentary [ text/audio ] y
The Independent (world headlines)source of news and commentary [ text ] 
Talking Points Memo (from Josh Marshall)source of commentary [ text ] 
Mother Jones' Daily Mojoindependent news and commentary [ text ] y
NPR top storiessource of news and commentary [ text/audio ] 
BBC World Servicesource of news and commentary [ text/audio ] y

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On this day in history ...
  1891
U.S. troups invade Chile.

1955
Emmett Till, a Detroit teenager visiting relatives in Mississippi, is tortured and killed for allegedly talking to a white woman in an "improper" way. The questionable trial that followed, and Mrs. Till's decision to display her son's mutilated remains during an open-casket funeral, help to mobilize opposition to segregation in America. Later immortalized in a song by Bob Dylan.



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