Category Archives: News from the Soul Brother

New York: It’s Time to Take Action for Open Access

  The New York State Senate and Assembly are considering the Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act S4050 / A180. This bill—which would give the public access to the results of tens from millions of dollars of taxpayer-funded research—is … Continue reading

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AT&T tightens handset upgrade policy to 24 months, following Verizon’s move

By Phil Goldstein AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) will now make customers wait 24 months instead of 20 months to upgrade to a new, subsidized device. The move mirrors one that rival Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) announced in April. The change affects any … Continue reading

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Out of Jail, Does Wesley Snipes Have a Second Act?

By Allison Samuels Actors Wesley Snipes is still a few weeks away from becoming a free man. Still, the 50-year-old one-time star can spend his last days on house arrest secure in the knowledge that he’ll have at least one … Continue reading

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How George Zimmerman Could Be Acquitted Of Murder

By Judd Legum On June 10, the murder trial of George Zimmerman will begin, 470 days after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin on a rainy evening in Sanford, Florida. Since that night, Martin’s death has already had a profound … Continue reading

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How George Zimmerman Could Be Convicted Of Murder

By Judd Legum On June 10, the murder trial of George Zimmerman will begin, 470 days after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin on a rainy evening in Sanford, Florida. Since that night, Martin’s death has already had a profound … Continue reading

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Hunger in America: Food Insecurity disproportionately affects African-Americans

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Sprint: You Want National Security? We Got Your National Security

By David Benoit Facing noise from Washington and Englewood, Colo. about whether its sale to Japan’s SoftBank Corp. (9984.TO +9.52%) would raise national-security issues Sprint Nextel (S -0.62%) has gone about as high as it could in the national-security system … Continue reading

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Half Lives: Why the Part-time Economy Is Bad for Everyone

By Lynn Stuart Parramore Why is a whole job getting harder to find every day in America? Ever since the financial crash, a growing number of people have been forced to take part-time gigs when what they really want is … Continue reading

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Bill Cosby: A plague called apathy

By Bill Cosby In terms of health, two things stand out that Mayor Bloomberg has jumped into to find some kind of remedy that will help cut back on illness — the abuse of sodas and tobacco. No 1: Smoking … Continue reading

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Edward Snowden was NSA Prism leak source

A former CIA technical worker has been identified by the UK’s Guardian newspaper as the source of leaks about US surveillance programmes. Edward Snowden, 29, is described by the paper as an ex-CIA technical assistant, currently employed by defence contractor Booz … Continue reading

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