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Court Says US Can Stay Mum About Guantánamo Surveillance
Lawyers for Guantanamo detainees want surveillance records. An appeals court ruled Wednesday that agencies could refuse to confirm or deny the existence of such records for national security. …
Money, Journalism and Democracy
The business model on which most American journalism relies, making a profit by attracting enough readers to sell advertising, is failing. With the closure of several major daily newspapers, …
US Arms Feed Yemen’s Gun Culture
United Nations - When Yemen refused to vote in support of a U.S.-sponsored Security Council resolution against Iraq during the 1990-1991 Gulf War, a visibly angry U.S. delegate turned …
Jobless Claims Hit 17-Month Low
Washington - The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week to the lowest level in about 17 months, suggesting the economy might be …
Plotting the Decade on an X-Y Axis
How do you best measure a decade, and what do you measure if you do? With the close of a decade, it's invariably time to take stock …
The 2010 Forecast: More Delays for Gays
Imagine looking up at an airport monitor. Next to the list of flights scheduled for departure is “delayed,” "delayed," “delayed.” Got the image? …
Growing Calls to Investigate Assassinations of Anti-Mining Activists in El Salvador
This past weekend in El Salvador, leaders of the National Coalition Against Metallic Mining, the Ombudsman for Human Rights and members of the FMLN - the country's majority political …
The Need to Help Labor Radio Survive
In these terrible economic times, it is hard for most working families to keep the bills paid. We all are struggling to stay in our homes, keep our old …
Rush Limbaugh in Serious Condition at Honolulu Hospital
Conservative radio talk host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a Honolulu hospital on Wednesday afternoon with chest pains, sources told KITV. Paramedics responded to the call at 2:41 p.m. …
Montana’s “Clean-Coal” Governor’s Climate Change Blunder
It was a good year for opponents of coal, the most plentiful and dangerous of the world's fossil fuels. No new coal plants broke ground in the US, and …