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Loggers, Activists Reach Deal on Canada’s Boreal Forest
Uxbridge, Canada - The decades-long war in Canada's northwoods appears to be over. Environmental groups and Canadian logging companies linked arms Tuesday morning and agreed to work together to …
Short Tales From Election Day Bizarro World
Voters in Arkansas, Kentucky and Pennsylvania went to the polls on Tuesday in one of the first big events of the upcoming 2010 midterm election season, so of course, …
Elena Kagan? Jury Is Still Out
On Monday, May 10, President Obama nominated Elena Kagan to replace retiring Associate Justice John Paul Stevens. Many see this selection as a prudent political move; as the sitting …
The 28th Amendment?
On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that critics—including President Barack Obama—say opens the floodgates to corporate buy-outs of U.S. elections. According to the Citizens …
News in Brief: Army Begins Criminal Investigation Into Afghan Civilian Deaths and More …
The US military command in Afghanistan announced early Wednesday morning that the Army's Criminal Investigation Division will be investigating whether an unknown number of American soldiers were responsible for …
Supreme Court Says Feds Can Detain Sex Offenders Indefinitely: Why That’s Dangerous
The U.S. government can now keep prisoners in custody who have not necessarily been convicted of a crime, based on suspicions of “future dangerousness.” The U.S. Supreme Court's …
Putting the Pentagon on a Diet: Will Bad Times and a Bad Economy Finally Discipline the Pentagon?
Is that the wake-up smell of coffee wafting through the halls of the Pentagon? After a decade and a half of unparalleled budget growth, top Defense Department officials are …
Will Anyone Be Held Responsible for the Economic Crisis?
Four years ago, independent journalist Danny Schechter came out with a film called “In Debt We Trust,” which warned of the coming credit crisis. Your Call had him on …
Gulf Oil Spill May Be 19 Times Bigger Than Originally Thought
Washington - The latest glimpse of video footage of the oil spill deep under the Gulf of Mexico indicates that around 95,000 barrels, or 4 million gallons, a day …
Texas Textbook War: “Slavery” or “Atlantic Triangular Trade”?
Thomas Jefferson out, Phyllis Schlafly in? While the proposed changes to Texas social studies standards aren't quite so simple (and contrary to some reports, Thomas Jefferson would still be …