Debbie Nathan, August 12, 2015, Boston Review “Good morning, my beautiful kings and queens!” This is how Sandra Bland often began the more than two dozen videos she made before she was found hanged in a Texas jail on July 13. For months she posted the videos on Facebook and tagged them #SandySpeaks. I “met” Bland the day her death went viral on social media. I was … [Read more...]
Pentagon mulls sending planes, ships near disputed South China Sea islands
By Phil Stewart and David Brunnstrom, Tue May 12, 2015, Reuters The Pentagon is considering sending U.S. military aircraft and ships to assert freedom of navigation around rapidly growing Chinese-made artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter requested options that include sending U.S. military … [Read more...]