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Proposition 8 Gay-Marriage Trial Goes to Judge in California
San Francisco - The lead attorney defending Proposition 8 on the final day of a historic federal trial Wednesday said that gays have been subjected to a “shameful history” …
A Green New Deal Now
If the right-wing chorus insists that the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico is “Obama's Katrina,” then let us hope the president will make the most of …
An Alternative to Big Agri-Business in Haiti
Doudou Pierre is on the coordinating committee of the National Haitian Network for Food Sovereignty and Food Security (RENHASSA). He is also a member of the International Coordinating Committee …
Puerto Rico: Statehood and Strike
The Spanish American War ended in 1898, but one aspect of the conflict remains unresolved: the status of Puerto Rico. Despite the importance of the issue, it is rarely …
McChrystal Faces “Iraq 2006 Moment” in Coming Months (3)
Washington - Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal confronts the spectre of a collapse of U.S. political support for the war in Afghanistan in coming months comparable to the one that …
Getting Clear on the Oil Spill Response Failures
Live video by Ustream On June 14, 2010, the CNN live cablecast of the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico said an underwater camera was providing "a live …
Report Finds ACORN Did Not Support Voter Fraud; O’Keefe Is the Real Criminal
A new government report debunks claims made by right-wing politicians and media that the now defunct community advocacy group ACORN violated elections law and supported voter fraud. …
Eyewitness to the Israeli Assault on the Mavi Marmara
Kevin Neish of Victoria, British Columbia, didn’t know he was a celebrity until he was about to board a flight from Istanbul to Ottawa. “This Arab woman wearing a …
The Talented Tenth
According to the business plan of the 10,000 Women project, an investment of $100 million over five years will create 10,000 female entrepreneurs in the developing world. The money …
Food Security Further Undermined by Climate Disasters
San Salvador - Adverse climatic conditions and weather-related disasters are damaging crops in El Salvador and neighbouring countries in Central America, aggravating the food vulnerability that the region already …