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Police in Denver Move on Protesters
Ocupy Denver, October 1st. (Photo: tomas angel melchor) Denver - The Denver police cleared a protest encampment allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement in a downtown …
Voices From the Occupations
Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park, November 5th. (Photo: David Shankbone) The Occupy protesters have been ridiculed by the press, celebrated by the left, and reviled by the …
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Former Guantanamo Chief Prosecutor: “A Pair of Testicles Fell Off the President After Election Day“
Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor Guantanamo military commissions. (Photo: Crimes of War) Morris Davis speaks bluntly about some of President Barack Obama's policy decisions. …
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Senate Defeats Rand Paul’s Resolution to Kill EPA Cross-State Rules
Washington - The Senate on Thursday defeated Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul's bid to nix new Environmental Protection Agency rules regulating cross-state power plant pollution. The showdown …
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“Safe, Legal, Ethical and Effective”? It’s Time to Annul Our Report on Psychology, Ethics and National Security
(Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) Many viewers were outraged this past August watching NBC's “Today Show” interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney. Promoting …
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Undercover Cop at Occupy Oakland Condemns Police Brutality, Supports the Movement
Across the country, police have used undercover and/or plainsclothed police officers to monitor occupations and protests that are a part of the 99 Percent Movement. Earlier today, the Tennessean …
Activist Leaders Explain How They Beat the Keystone XL Pipeline
(Photo: tarsandsaction / Flickr) Washington - Just six months ago, few could have imagined that an inanimate object as ugly as a 36-inch diameter, 1,702-mile oil sands …
US Africa Policy Assailed by Africans
London -– Neither overcast sky nor small crowd dampened the passion Duale Yusuf displayed as he denounced the destructive U.S. foreign policy in Somalia during a protest recently outside …
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Berlusconi Steps Down, and Italy Pulses With Change
Rome - Marking the end of a tumultuous week and of an era in Italian politics, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned Saturday evening after Parliament approved austerity measures …
Guantanamo, the Most Expensive Prison on Earth, Hurts Taxpayers and Moral Ground
Spc. Emely Nieves from the Puerto Rico Army National Guard guards her post over the Joint Task Force Guantanamo detention facility at sunrise. (Photo: The National Guard / Flickr) …