Reprieve, the legal action charity, the lawyers of which represent dozens of prisoners still held at Guantánamo, won a court victory in the case of the British resident Shaker …
On the eve of Honduras' “free and fair” elections, a handful of men and women from the community of Guadalupe Carney, Honduras, held a silent vigil. Earlier that day, …
In Copenhagen, a major binding agreement at the global warming summit is not to be. Not this year. In Washington, the Senate is so divided that it became clear …
L.D. Schmidt is a working man who arrives, in sickness and in health, at his small midtown Sacramento electronics shop to repair audio equipment. Schmidt lacks health insurance, and …
Copenhagen - ‘’Those who run the decision-making on climate change are the same who have caused it,’’ said Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the world’s first international climate hearing on …
Buenos Aires, Argentina - It is hard to describe the dimension of the horror at Argentina's Naval Mechanic's School, known by its Spanish acronym as the ESMA. Some compare …
Walt Staton was dropping off water jugs for people who attempt the often deadly trek into Arizona from Mexico when the Feds ticketed him for “knowingly littering.” On …
On December 11, 2009, a federal judge ruled that Congress had unconstitutionally cut off all federal funds to ACORN. The judge issued an injunction stopping federal authorities from continuing …