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ACLU Suit Challenges No-Fly List
Calling the government's terrorist screening system “broken” and “ineffective,” the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of ten US citizens, military members and legal …

GOP’s False Talking Point: Jones Act Blocks Gulf Help
Washington - From former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to Arizona Sen. John McCain to junior members of the House of Representatives, conservative Republicans have accused President Barack Obama of …

Norman Solomon | Unanimous Conformity in the Senate
For the warfare state, it doesn't get any better than 99 to 0. Every living senator voted Wednesday to approve Gen. David Petraeus as the top U.S. commander in …

Double Standard: BP and Bhopal
When President Barak Obama went after BP and demanded a $20 billion fund be set up for victims of the Gulf oil spill, the people of India were furious. …

ALBA: How Much of a Turn to the Left in Latin American Governance and Economic Policy?
The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) was established on December 14, 2004 by Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro. Tired of failed neo-liberal initiatives and Washington’s …

Obama Speech on Immigration
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Prisoners of the States
A new book, “The Enemy In Our Hands,” looks at how America has treated - and mistreated - prisoners of war through history resonates in the age of terror. …

EPA Says More Testing Needed to Know Dispersants’ Impacts
Washington - The first round of government tests of the chemical dispersants that are being used to break up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico found …

News in Brief: Taliban Say They Are Winning the War in Afghanistan, and More
The Taliban has told the BBC that they are winning the war in Afghanistan and would refuse to negotiate with the coalition forces after US and British commanders suggested …

Cuba Travel Ahead for Americans? House Committee Advances Measure
Washington - Americans sunning on Cuban beaches and selling farm products without restrictions to the Cuban government – would such unfettered Cuba travel and trade boost prospects for freedom …