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Scott Walker’s Attorney Says Justice David Prosser Is Vital to Anti-Worker Agenda
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser. (Photo: WisPolitics.com) The success of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-worker agenda is hinging on the outcome of the state Supreme Court …
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News in Brief: Wisconsin Supreme Court Election in Dead Heat, and More
Wisconsin Supreme Court Election in Dead Heat A Wisconsin Supreme Court election that pits a longtime Republican incumbent against a relative unknown has resulted in a tight …
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Mass Incarceration Creates Costly Disaster Across America
Herman Garner doesn’t dispute the drug charge that slammed him in prison for nine years. Garner does dispute the damning circumstance that doing the time for his …
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Opposition Forces Move on Ivory Coast Strongman
Takoradi, Ghana - Opposition forces in Ivory Coast said Wednesday that they had begun an assault to dislodge the nation’s strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, from a bunker under his residence …
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US Sees Array of New Threats at Japan’s Nuclear Plant
United States government engineers sent to help with the crisis in Japan are warning that the troubled nuclear plant there is facing a wide array of fresh threats that …
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International Crisis Group Condemns “Assault on Normal, Dignified” Life in Gaza
The International Crisis Group (ICG) issued a warning that the recent escalation of air strikes on Gaza and rocket attacks into Israel has created “the conditions for a rapid …
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News in Brief: Ivory Coast President May Surrender, and More
Ivory Coast President May Surrender As fighters surrounded Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo's bunker Tuesday, the country's leader attempted to negotiate the terms of his surrender, according …
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France in Talks on Surrender of Ivory Coast Strongman
A man stands near burning tires on a street in Treichville, a suburb of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on March 8, 2011. Militia loyal to strongman Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses …
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Institute of International Finance Wins Two Nobel Prizes
In a surprise announcement early this morning, the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize for Economics (strictly speaking: “The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory …
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Court Dismisses Verizon Lawsuit Against FCC; Verizon Promises to Sue Again
(Photo: gt8073a) A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed anti-net neutrality complaints by Verizon and Metro PCS against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the grounds that …