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May Day Rallies Held To Protest Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law – Hundreds of thousands of people marched in over 80 cities on Saturday in support of immigrant rights and to protest Arizona’s new immigration law that allows police officers to stop and interrogate anyone they suspect is an undocumented immigrant

Major League Baseball Union Urges Arizona to Repeal Law – On Friday the union representing major league baseball players took the unprecedented step of calling for Arizona to repeal or modify the law


Fishing Banned in Gulf Due to Massive Oil Spill – Federal authorities have banned commercial and recreational fishing in a large stretch of water in the Gulf of Mexico .. An estimated 210,000 gallons of oil a day is pouring into the Gulf in what might turn out to be the worst industrial environmental disaster in U.S. history


EU and IMF Agree to $146 Billion Bailout of Greece – The European Union and International Monetary Fund have agreed to a $146 billion bailout for Greece after Athens committed itself to years of austerity measures

New York Investigate Failed Times Square Car Bombing – Police say surveillance video shows a white man who appeared to be in his 40s walking away from the area of the attempted bombing. Police described the bomb as amateurish but said it could have caused casualties and a significant fireball

Bill Moyers Signs Off From PBS Show – And the legendary broadcaster Bill Moyers signed off on Friday for the final time on his weekly PBS series, Bill Moyers Journal.

Bill Moyers: Ed Murrow told his generation of journalists bias is okay as long as you don’t try to hide it. So here, one more time, is mine: plutocracy and democracy don’t mix. Plutocracy, the rule of the rich, political power controlled by the wealthy. Plutocracy is not an American word but it’s become an American phenomenon.

.. Democracy Now