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Enough of This Crap, Part II: This Note’s For You
The other day, in Part I of “Enough of This Crap,” I wrote the following: Reports have been coming out of the Gulf for days about British Petroleum …
US Social Forum to Target Long-Term Progressive Goals
"We are meeting at a moment of world history that is in many ways unique - a moment that is ominous, but also full of hope. The most powerful …
Congress Demands Answers on Brain Injury Care at Texas Base
Washington DC - In response to an investigation by ProPublica and NPR, three congressmen are demanding answers from Fort Bliss medical officials about the care being provided to soldiers …
Four Ways BP and Officials Are Working to Suppress the Outrageous Facts About the Gulf Disaster
From intimidating reporters to trying to enforce no-fly zones, there seems to be a concerted effort to block public access to information. With BP's oil gusher in the gulf …
Groups File Lawsuit to Block Backroom Water Deal
Fishing and conservation groups filed a lawsuit on June 3 seeking to block a secret backroom deal - known as the “Monterey Amendments” - signed by five water contractors, …
Guam: Self-Determination or More US Troops?
Usually, when someone refers to a place as a “US colony,” they are making an analogy, suggesting that US influence somewhere is so strong, and the indigenous residents of …
Immigration Court Backlog Keeps Asylum Seekers in Limbo
Washington - People who come to the U.S. seeking asylum from persecution are struggling while their cases stall in the backlogged dockets of the nation's immigration courts. As a …
Three Hundred Million Dollars to Clean Up Agent Orange
Washington - Thirty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, a joint U.S.-Vietnamese panel endorsed a 10-year, 300-million-dollar “plan of action” to deal with the deadly health and …
Obama Vows Clean Energy Push, Green Groups Want Details
Washington - Despite the pleas of some conservative politicians that parallels should not be drawn between the oil spreading over the Gulf of Mexico and the need to transition …
Centuries Later, Slaves Are Honored for Erecting the Capitol
Washington - Even though George Washington laid the ceremonial first brick of the U.S. Capitol, the people that did most of the dangerous, back-breaking construction under the hot sun …