by Frances Mendenhall Everyone knows the story of Amanda Berry, Gina deJesus, and Michelle Knight, the three Cleveland teens, now adults, who were kidnapped and held captive for 10 years or so by a sadistic sexual predator and his two brothers. The joy and relief of their families, to have their daughters back is unimaginable, [...]
Sunday, December 25, 2011
This Year in #Accountability: 2011 2011 has certainly been a splashy pink year in exposing the truth about policy makers, decision makers and elected officials who have publicly failed, sometimes miserably, in the struggle for equality, civil liberties, accountability, peace and social justice. Below are some highlights from a memorable year. Almost everything was caught [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011
This Week in #Accountability, November 11, 2011 Condoleezza Rice’s new memoir, ‘No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington‘, hit the shelves of bookstores across the country on Nov. 1st. The former Secretary who brought us images of mushroom clouds claims to be setting the record straight. We think it’s time to set [...]
Sunday, October 16, 2011
This Week in Accountability, October 16, 2011 Former Vice President Dick Cheney manages to stay in the news defending torture and insisting the intelligence to invade Iraq was correct. He has praised President Obama’s use of targeted assassination and felt the White House should apologize to former Bush administration officials for criticizing enhanced interrogation. President [...]
Saturday, October 1, 2011
This Week in #Accountability, October 1, 2011 Lawyers and activists across the country including CODEPINK continue to hold former and current elected officials accountable for leading the country, and world, down a path of war and violence. While former Vice President Dick Cheney continues to speak and sell his new book, he and his book [...]
Saturday, September 3, 2011
This Week in Accountability, September 3, 2011 San Francisco activists including CODEPINK staged a protest outside the Marine Memorial where ‘Torture Memo’ author John Yoo was speaking at a Young Republican event. Also speaking at the event was Ann Coulter and Andrew Breitbart. John Yoo was Bush’s Top Legal Lackey in helping to create the [...]
Thursday, May 9, 2013
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