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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 …
Google Teams Up With CIA to Fund Monitoring Startup (2)
Investors at the CIA and Google are backing a company called “Recorded Future” that monitors tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts in real time in order …
Connie Schultz | Give the Kids a Healthy Start
Last year, Congress attempted to strike a blow for America's children by ordering a slew of agencies and departments to recommend standards for food advertising that targets kids.
Google Teams Up With CIA to Fund Monitoring Startup
Investors at the CIA and Google are backing a company called “Recorded Future” that monitors tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts in real time in …