Written by Laura Vidal Numerous protests have taken place in cities home to some of Venezuela’s most important public universities and after various discussions, a general strike has been declared. The focal point of the struggle is given by the wages of university professors who, despite training and experience, occupy yet another position in the […]
Brazil: Violence Sparked By Privatization of Public Space
By Raphael Tsavkko Garcia On October 4, 2012 hundreds of students and activists met at the Montevideo Plaza and in the Glênio Peres Square in Porto Alegre, to protest against what they called the privatization of public space [1]. They protested against the banning of use of that square by street performers and by the […]
Frank Luntz: Republican Spin Doctor, Part I
Frank Luntz is a Republican political consultant and pollster. He has most notably worked with Fox News as a frequent commentator and analyst and a Republican Party consultant. You might have remembered Luntz from his use of focus groups during the previous presidential debates. Luntz specializes in “testing language and finding words that will help […]
Turkey 3-2 Czech Republic: Joy for Turks, Heart-Break for Czechs
Sunday, 15 June 2008 Day nine of GroundReport’s exclusive on-the-ground coverage of Euro2008. Turkey’s football fans will celebrate well into the night after what will go down as the greatest comeback stunt in Euro tournament history. The Turks came up with three goals in the final fifteen minutes of play to steal victory from […]
Portugal 3-1 Czech Republic: Cristiano Ronaldo Dazzles
Wednesday, 11 June 2008 Day five of GroundReport’s exclusive on-the-ground coverage of Euro2008: Everything went according to script for the Portuguese today. In a four-goal thriller from Geneva on Wednesday, 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo finally delivered for his side, finding the back of the net halfway through the second half […]
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Helped Keith Cooper To Seek His Exoneration
By Hans Sherrer October 7, 2016 Indiana Governor Mike Pence successfully goaded Keith Cooper’s lawyers to file a post-conviction petition on October 3, 2016, that seeks to overturn his 1997 robbery conviction. On September 20, 2016 Pence informed Cooper that he couldn’t consider his pardon request until he exhausted his legal options to overturn his […]
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