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Can We Live With the Bomb?
For some time now, it has been clear that nuclear weapons threaten the existence not only of humanity, but of all life on Earth. Thus, Barack Obama's pledge to …
Mexico Ignores Inter-American Court Rulings on “Femicides“
Mexico City - Six months after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights handed down two sentences against the Mexican state, one of them linked to the wave of murders …
News in Brief: Israel Begins Release of Flotilla Activists and More
Israel begins the release and deportation of the 700 activists detained from the Gaza Freedom flotilla, reported The Guardian UK. The Israeli attorney general has said Israel will not …
Arizona’s New Laws: An Attempt to Secure Cheap Labor?
Why are there 40 million poor people in America? When you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of …
Criminalizing the Science You Don’t Cotton To
Virginia’s recently elected attorney general, Ken Cuccinelli, has his hand in just about every divisive issue of the day.
Fisherman Who Fell Ill During Oil Spill Clean-up Alleges BP Tried to Cover-up Evidence
Last week, the LA Times reported that local fishermen hired by BP to clean up the Gulf Coast spill had “become ill after working long hours near waters fouled …
Weekly Pulse: Dr. George Tiller’s Assassin Was No Lone Wolf
When Scott Roeder shot Dr. George Tiller in church last year, media accounts described him as a lone wolf. Roeder acted alone on the day of the assassination, but …
Kentucky GOP Senators Join Protest of Rand Paul Comments
Kentucky Senate President David Williams, R-Burkesville, and other Senate Republicans joined in a sharply worded rebuke Friday aimed at Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul. Senate Resolution 31, filed …
Six Things to Do About the BP Gulf Disaster
Instead of sitting helplessly on the sidelines, here are six things every American can do. BP has failed repeatedly to stop the gushing oil disaster in the Gulf. It's …
Poverty-Wage Assembly Plants as Development Strategy in Haiti?
The US Congress has passed bipartisan legislation, the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act, that would extend and expand current trade law with Haiti to increase US imports of …