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Women Prisoners Play the Liberation Role
Baabda Women's Prison, Lebanon - To a soundtrack of almost constant pounding of fists against iron doors, drama therapist Zeina Daccache is trying to capture the attention of a …
Memo to the Media: the US Spends Six Times More on Military Than China
The Defense Department has just released its annual assessment of China’s military capabilities and development to Congress. The report is being covered in much of the media as a …
Wave of Illegal, Senseless and Violent Evictions Swells in Port-au-Prince
Mathias O is 34 years old. He is one of about 600,000 people still homeless from the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. He lives with his wife and her …
Arrested at the White House: Acting as a Living Tribute to Martin Luther King
Writer and climate activist Bill McKibben was among several dozen arrested outside the White House on August 20 at the start of more than two weeks of planned demonstrations …
Quality “Time Served” for the Climate
Since the start of Saturday’s Tar Sands Action in Washington DC, 275 people have been arrested in front of the White House—with nearly 2,000 more expected to follow—as part …
Depleted Uranium Weapon Use Persists, Despite Deadly Side Effects
Depleted Uranium rounds are seen aboard the USS Missouri. (Image: Public Domain) By 2003, reports were surfacing of cancer clusters and birth disorders in conflict areas of …
Keystone XL Protesters Up Against Faded Interest in US Climate Effort
Washington - Close to noon Tuesday, frustrated tourist Ron Higgins of Los Angeles tries to maneuver a classic, dead-on shot of the north side of the White House with …
Ending Wars on Time Would Save $200 Billion, One-Sixth of Debt Reduction Goal
By Thanksgiving, the Congressional "Super Committee" is supposed to come up with $1.2 trillion in debt reduction over the next ten years. The Super Committee can include anything it …
TV Networks “Monetize” Politics
Already the 2012 projections are in – not for who is going to win the election – but for how much it is likely to cost. Public …
Fed’s $1.2 Trillion in Financial Sector Loans “A Classic Case of Moral Hazard“
During the 2008 financial crisis, when the nation's banking system seemed on the verge of collapse, President George W. Bush authorized a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry. …