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New Petition on White House Web Site to Enforce Whistleblower Protections
White House, Washington, DC. The White House, Washington, DC. Nuclear Safety Engineer Paul Carson, a prominent whistleblower, has initiated a petition on the White House web site calling …
The Stop Online Piracy Act: Class War in Cyberspace
(Photo: Kaptain Kobold; Edited: JR / TO) The One Percent and their employees are masters of word play. They turned the estate tax into the “death tax,” …
Why the “Left” Establishment Can’t Create Demands for the Occupy Movement
Occupy Wall Street at Liberty Square in New York City, NY. October 10, 2011. (Photo: a c o r n) Did you hear the big news? The …
Educide: The (Further) Destruction of Iraq’s Higher Education
Students on the Baghdad University campus shortly after taking final exams, in Baghdad, June 18, 2011. (Photo: Joseph Sywenkyj / The New York Times) On 6 October …
Are Americans in Line for Guantanamo?
Ambiguous but alarming new wording, which is tucked into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and was just passed by the Senate, is reminiscent of the “extraordinary measures” introduced …
Penny-Wise and Pound-Foolish: Proposed Funding Cuts for Response to Violence Against Women
This week, Senators Leahy and Crapo introduced a bill to reauthorize and amend the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a federal law first enacted in 1994. This …
Ecuador’s Media Caught Between Popular President and Defenders of Free Speech
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa in his office in the presidential palace, in Quito, Ecuador, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo: Karla Gachet / The New York Times)
Occupy CUNY: Education Should Be Available to All
Protestors at Occupy CUNY, Madison Square Park, New York, November 21. (Photo: WarmSleepy) There are campuses of the City University of New York (CUNY) situated so far …
Rejecting Apology, US May Hasten End of Pakistan as Client
Washington - President Barack Obama has sided with U.S. military and Defence Department officials in rejecting a proposal by the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan for a U.S. apology for …
Fit to Be Killed: Manufacturing Synthetic Sanity on Death Row
(Photo: SearchNet Media / Flickr) The gun smoke had barely cleared - leaving six dead and 13 wounded, including Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who had a hole …