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Indian Country Wins Power to Fight Sexual Assault
Congress has just given Indian Country greater authority to police its own, and that may be good news for women. The Tribal Law and Order Act, which was signed …
FBI Continues Attack on Civil Rights, Demands Increased Powers
The week before last, The Washington Post concluded a two-year investigation of our government's domestic spying activities, revealing a lack of accountability pervading its far-flung and vast operations. Last …
Protesters Demand Immigrant Rights and Condemn the Arizona Law
San Francisco and Oakland, California - In San Francisco and Oakland, immigrants and community activists protested Arizona's SB 1070, which would require police and local law enforcement to check …
Scientists Deeply Concerned About BP Disaster’s Long-Term Impact
Gulfport, Louisiana - Contrary to recent media reports of a quick recovery in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists and biologists are “deeply concerned” about impacts that will likely span …
Nicolas Sarkozy to Foreign-Born French: Target Police and Lose Your Citizenship
Paris — A sweeping and blunt proposal by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to strip French citizenship from persons of foreign origin who endanger police is bringing storms of protest …
Kashmir Protests: Chief Minister Summoned to Capital After ‘Bloody Sunday’
Srinagar and New Delhi, India — In what the Indian media are calling Bloody Sunday, 10 people died yesterday in protests across Indian-controlled Kashmir.
A Sad Day in Harlem
After a nearly two-year investigation, a House subcommittee ethics panel formally charged Charles Rangel (D-New York) with 13 ethics violations. Congressman Rangel has been charged with improperly soliciting donations …
How Did the News Media Cover the Release of Wikileaks Documents on Afghanistan?
Click here to listen to Your Call's Media Roundtable from July 30, 2010.
Student Deported With His Family Inspires DREAM Act Amendment
Saad Nabeel is afraid to leave his apartment. He lives in a small apartment with his parents in Dhaka, Bangladesh. But Nabeel doesn’t know anything about Bangladesh. He doesn’t …
Economists Tell the Masses: “It Could Have Been Worse“
It is amazing that angry mobs have not risen up and chased all the economists out of the country. While the greed of the Wall Street gang provided the …