| Latest News |
 | Obama admin. sued over citizen assassination policy
Two of the nation's most influential human rights organizations have filed a lawsuit challenging the government's authority to carry out "targeted killings" of U.S. citizens located far from any armed conflict zone.
Read more... |
| Nation |
 | Katrina recovery efforts often offered the most help to the most affluent
The massive government effort to repair the damage from Hurricane Katrina is fostering a stark divide as the state governments in Louisiana and Mississippi structured the rebuilding programs in ways that often offered the most help to the most affluent residents.
Read more... |
| World |
 | Yemen accused of human rights violations in 'war on terror'
The Yemeni authorities must stop sacrificing human rights in the name of security as they confront threats from al-Qa'ida, Zaidi Shi'a rebels in the north, and address growing demands for secession in the south, Amnesty International said in a new report.
Read more... |
| Afghanistan/Pakistan War |
 | Soldiers allegedly plotted to kill Afghan civilians
Last December, Army Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs began joking with other soldiers about how easy it would be to "toss a grenade" at Afghan civilians and kill them, according to statements made by fellow platoon members to military investigators.
Read more... |
| Iraq War |
 | Hundreds of projects left abandoned, incomplete by US
A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children's hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets.
Read more... |
| US Military Affairs |
 | Veterans' group: CIA blocking lawsuit over experiments on troops
The Vietnam Veterans of America asked a federal judge to impose sanctions on the Central Intelligence Agency, for failing to produce documents on the CIA's testing of hundreds of kinds of drugs - including sarin and phosgene nerve gas and LSD - on thousands of soldiers.
Read more... |
| Palestine/Israel |
 | Israel convicts Palestinian anti-wall protester
Amnesty International has condemned the conviction by an Israeli military court of a Palestinian non-violent political activist who has been detained since last December because of his involvement in protesting against the fence/wall which the Israeli authorities have been building largely on Palestinian land.
Read more... |
| Labor |
 | South African unions 'to widen strike'
South African labor unions have said that they will cut ties with the ruling party, and widen a national public sector strike, unless their pay demands are met.
Read more... |
| Environment |
 | Obama admin. sides with utilities in Supreme Court case about climate change
The Obama administration sided with major utility companies in a Supreme Court case about climate change on Thursday, angering environmentalists who say that the administration's broad argument could hurt their ability to force reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or even to bring other lawsuits.
Read more... |
| LGBT |
 | Former RNC chairman Ken Mehlman: I'm gay
Ken Mehlman, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and the former campaign manager for George W. Bush's 2004 re-election bid, has told his family and colleagues that he is gay, according to The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder.
Read more... |
| Media Watch |
 | How the status quo media failed on climate change
The Washington Post has one of the best, short analysis of the climate bill's death that I've seen in the status quo media. In the print edition, it's titled "How Washington failed on climate change."
Read more... |
| Health |
 | Anxiety still rampant in Katrina kids, study says
A startling number of Gulf coast area children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems five years later, a new study found.
Read more... |
| Analysis |
 | Democrats unlikely to repeal tax cuts for the rich
Democrats in Congress are poised to play a leading role this month in thwarting their party's effort to raise income tax rates on the wealthy.
Read more... |
| Commentary |
 | A speech for endless war
On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war.
Read more... |
