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White House, Republican Graham Team Up on Indefinite Detention Legislation
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) said that he is working with the White House on legislation that would allow some alleged terrorists to be held indefinitely without trial. The …
Bagram, Obama’s Secret Penal Colony
They look at one another, happy and deeply moved. A little self-conscious also. How to meet again after so long? How to pick up the thread of an existence …
Morocco’s Organic Farming Is Growing
Shoul, Morocco - On a 50-acre farmstead outside the country’s capital, the scene did little to evoke agriculture on the cutting edge: Two lanky men in mud boots labored …
White House Working With Senator Graham on Indefinite Detention Legislation
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) said that he is working with the White House on legislation that would allow some alleged terrorists to be held indefinitely without trial. The …
Homeland Security Targets “Criminal Aliens“
A little-known program run by the Department of Homeland Security is using inaccurate databases and functioning "as little more than a dragnet to funnel even more people into the …
Little Resistance to Gay Troops Among Soldiers
Amman, Jordan - Navy Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was nearing the end of a 25-minute question and answer session with troops serving …
More States Move Toward Single-Payer Health Care
A bill to create single-payer healthcare in California has passed that state's senate for the third time now. Californians just need to persuade a governor to sign it. Single-payer …
1984 in 2010: Hijacking Democracy to Spy on Americans
Nearly a decade ago, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) stood alone as the Senate's constitutional conscience. Casting the only dissenting vote against passage of the Patriot Act in 2001, he …
Nuclear Plants Back in Vogue, as Climate Bill Stalls
Washington - After decades of debate, the United States is poised to build its first new nuclear reactors since the early 1970s. Speaking at a job training centre northeast …
NOW | Will Angry Voters Toss Out the Incumbents This Fall?
Next on “NOW.”