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With Ruling, Battle Over Arizona Immigration Law Enters New Phase
Tucson, Ariz. - A federal judge’s decision Wednesday to halt key elements of the Arizona immigration law before they took effect moves the battle over the law into a …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | The Politics of Stupidity
Washington - Can a nation remain a superpower if its internal politics are incorrigibly stupid? Start with taxes. In every other serious democracy, conservative political parties feel at least …
Joe Conason | Leaking to Avert Disaster
The outpouring of tens of thousands of classified military documents by WikiLeaks is not precisely comparable to the publication of the Pentagon Papers — but in at least one …
UN Declares Water and Sanitation Basic Human Rights
United States - When the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) back in December 1948, 58 member states voted for a historic document …
Robert Scheer | Thank God for the Whistleblowers
What WikiLeaks did was brilliant journalism, and the bleating critics from the president on down are revealing just how low a regard they have for the truth. As with …
Judge Blocks Key Provisions of Arizona Immigration Law
This afternoon, in a long-awaited decision, 9th Circuit Judge Susan Bolton enjoined several major provisions of Arizona’s immigration law, SB-1070. While it was speculated that Bolton would block parts …
Omar Khadr and the Still-Black Hole of Guantánamo
At 23, Omar Khadr is the youngest of the 176 people still imprisoned at the US military's detention facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. He has been there for eight …
“Anti-Islamic” Bus Ads Appear in Major Cities
A group called "Stop Islamization of America" is promoting ads on major city public transportation that urge people to leave the Muslim faith. The anti-Islamic campaign is sparking thought …
News in Brief: Justice Department Probes Relationship Between Oil Companies and Federal Regulators, and More
A criminal probe announced by the Department of Justice (DOJ) will look into whether the cozy relationship between three companies and federal regulators were a leading cause of the …
Stripped Down Energy Bill Leaves Out “Cap and Trade“
Without "cap and trade," Senate majority leader Harry Reid said Tuesday the narrower energy bill has a better shot at overcoming GOP opposition. Senate majority leader Harry Reid on …