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Lena Horne: A Glamorous Revolutionary
Washington - "Lena Horne is coming on!"
DOE Still Disavows Peak Oil Forecast, Despite New Studies
Gulf oil spill adds pressure for release of "proprietary database" behind DOE's optimism. The U.S. Department of Energy has long disavowed peak oil theory: the notion that annual world …
Here We Go Again
I'm beginning to get the sense that, had President Obama chosen a different course in life and decided to be a boxer, he would have fought in the style …
Greg Palast | Behind the Immigration Law (Video)
Read Greg Palast's Latest Investigative Report on Arizona's Immigration Law: "Behind the Arizona Immigration Law: GOP Game to Swipe the November Election"
Think Tank Advocates Independent Commission on BP Spill, House to Introduce Bill
As attempts to stop the flood of oil in the Gulf of Mexico continues at the rate of 200,000 gallons a day and the full assessment of damage won't …
Kagan in Context: Shafting Progressive Values
If President Obama has his way, Elena Kagan will replace John Paul Stevens - and the Supreme Court will move rightward. The nomination is very disturbing, especially because it's …
Scores Killed in Iraq’s Worst Day of Violence This Year
In what turned into Iraq's worst day of violence this year, scores were killed or wounded Monday in two suicide bombings and nine coordinated attacks on security checkpoints across …
Assassination of US Muslim Cleric Is Illegal, Immoral and Unwise
Agents of the United States are openly trying to assassinate Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen, while he is in hiding in Yemen. Despite what the apologists for …
Pentagon Doubts Grow on McChrystal War Plan
Washington - Although Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's plan for wresting the Afghan provinces of Helmand and Kandahar from the Taliban is still in its early stages of implementation, there …
UK Election Result Still in Doubt As Cameron Negotiates
David Cameron's Conservative Party, which won the most seats in the May 6 UK election, is furiously negotiating with the third-place Liberal Democrats for a coalition government. But the …