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Critic Claims Victory After Religion Memo Goes to Air Force Academy Cadets (2)
Air Force Academy critic Mikey Weinstein. (Photo: Troy Page / Truthout) Colorado Springs, Colo. - Air Force Academy critic Mikey Weinstein claimed victory Wednesday after learning that …
Where the US Republican Presidential Candidates Stand on Peace
Where do the Republican presidential candidates stand on negotiation, mediation, and diplomacy as a means of solving intractable international conflicts? Reading reports about Governors Perry and Romney and Representative …
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New Clues on Whereabouts of Qaddafi and Sons (2)
Tripoli, Libya - Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the fugitive former Libyan leader toppled from power a month ago, is likely to have taken refuge near the Algerian border under the …
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Obama Asks Supreme Court to Settle Constitutionality of Health Care Law
Washington — The Obama administration on Wednesday formally asked the Supreme Court to review its controversial health care law, a move that's likely to set up a blockbuster election-year …
The High Cost of Low Wages
Republicans have cooled on Texas governor Rick Perry as their great white hope for 2012, but their desire to make the rest of the country look more like Texas …
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Austerity Caucus Pushes Europe to the Brink
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) One of the good ideas in a now-essential recent paper by Paul De Grauwe, a professor of economics …
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Small Nebraska Town Prepares for Contentious Keystone Pipeline Hearing
On Thursday, a team of State Department officials will settle into the high school gymnasium in Atkinson, Neb.—population 1,300—to hear what local folks think about the Keystone XL pipeline. …
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State Department Tar Sands Pipeline Hearings Run By TransCanada Contractor
In a stunning conflict of interest, public hearings on federal approval for a proposed tar sands pipeline are being run by a contractor for the pipeline company itself. The …
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Why They Hate Warren Buffett
Washington - Maybe only a really, really rich guy can credibly make the case for why the wealthy should be asked to pay more in taxes. You can't accuse …
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New Clues on Whereabouts of Qaddafi and Sons
Tripoli, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the fugitive former leader toppled from power a month ago, has likely taken refuge near the Algerian border under the protection of sympathetic …