March 7, 2012 by Bryne Yancey A new blog post from at Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada) sociology and political science student Grant Oyston has called into question the practices of non-profit Invisible Children. In the post, Oyston highlights the… Read More ›
Despite their calls to arrest Joseph Kony, leader of the Ugandan theocratic guerrilla group Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and a wanted war criminal responsible for horrendous atrocities, the makers of the viral video “Kony 2012” from the Invisible Children campaign… Read More ›
I recently wrote an article about my personal experiences in dealing with the medical system while undergoing surgery (“Free Market Medicine: A Personal Account”). In response, a number of readers sent me accounts of their own experiences trying to get… Read More ›
Impact seen as roughly comparable to radiation-related deaths after Chernobyl; infants are hardest hit, with continuing research showing even higher possible death count Dec. 19 press conference on the release of the study Washington, PRNewswire-USNewswire – An estimated 14,000 excess… Read More ›
Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Challenges SAN DIEGO COUNTY – In a story unfolding this afternoon, a group of 50 American Indians, including tribal council members and elders, are prepared to step in front of bulldozers to stop the further… Read More ›
By Brendan O’Neill Oh no, this is not good, this is not good at all: more and more Western observers are starting to describe Syria as “the new Bosnia”. Which can mean only one thing. The liberal commentariat is on… Read More ›
Officials Plan to Keep US ‘In the Dark’ About Impending Strike by Jason Ditz, February 28, 2012 Reports quoting a number of anonymous US and Israeli officials today say that the Israeli government has decided, and has informed the US,… Read More ›
By CHRIS HAWLEY NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty-three civil rights groups from around the country complained to the New York attorney general Friday about police documents that showed the New York Police Department recommending increased surveillance of Shiite mosques based… Read More ›
by Jorge Rivas Oakland Police shot and seriously injured Tony Jones, 24, late Sunday. Jones’ mother says he is a cousin of Oscar Grant, whose murder by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle on New Year’s Day, 2009, sparked a movement… Read More ›
The comment made by Foster Friess is not simply the case of one man making a chauvinist comment. Rather, it reveals anti-choice campaigners for their inherent patriarchy and misogyny, implying that women should have no right over their own reproduction… Read More ›
NIAMEY, Libya, Feb. 11 (UPI) — Officials in Niger said Saturday they will not return Saadi Gadhafi, son of deposed Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi, to Libya because he might be killed there. Marou Amadou, a government spokesman, said Niger would… Read More ›
Three letters from core hunger strike organizers: Todd Ashker, Mutope Duguma (James Crawford), Arturo Castellanos by Todd Ashker Written Jan. 22, postmarked Jan. 27, 2012 – As soon as I first heard during our face to face meeting with former… Read More ›
By Richard Engel and Robert Windrem Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by… Read More ›
By Shaun Waterman Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s … a drone, and it’s watching you. That’s what privacy advocates fear from a bill Congress passed this week to make it easier… Read More ›
The curriculum in Afghan schools intentionally excludes four decades of war in an effort to “bring people together” by John Glaser Afghan children are being taught with U.S.-funded textbooks explicitly written to exclude four decades of war in an almost… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 