Women looking to procure an abortion in the state of Arkansas will no longer be able to do so after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The state has passed the most restrictive abortion law in the US, prompting opponents to threaten… Read More ›
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Editorial: Hugo Chávez kept his promise to the people of Venezuela
By OSCAR GUARDIOLA-RIVERA He wrote, he read, and mostly he spoke. Hugo Chávez, whose death has been announced, was devoted to the word. He spoke publicly an average of 40 hours per week. As president, he didn’t hold regular cabinet meetings; he’d bring… Read More ›
Venezuela begins seven days of mourning after death of Hugo Chávez
Jonathan Watts and Virginia Lopez in Caracas Vice president Nicolas Maduro takes up interim post Wave of mourning breaks out in streets of Venezuela Chávez to get state funeral in Caracas Venezuelans began seven days of painful and public mourning on Tuesday night… Read More ›
Syrian Rebels Angry Over US Aid: ‘Only Thing We Want Is Weapons’
Non-Lethal Aid Doesn’t Conquer Countries, Gen. Idris Insists by Jason Ditz General Salim Idris, the Chief of Staff of the Syrian rebels’ Supreme Military Council, reacted with anger toward the US announcement of additional aid for his forces, insisting that the promise… Read More ›
UN demands prosecution of Bush-era CIA crimes
A United Nations investigator has demanded that the US publish classified documents regarding the CIA’s human rights violations under former President George W. Bush, with hopes that the documents will lead to the prosecution of public officials. Documents about the… Read More ›
Kerry pledges $60 million in aid to Syrian opposition forces
Secretary of State John Kerry announced the Obama administration will provide an additional $60 million in aid and will for the first time provide food and medical supplies to rebels battling to oust President Bashar Assad. By Henry Chu and… Read More ›
Marco McMillian Dead: Openly Gay Mississippi Mayoral Candidate’s Body Found, Homicide Suspected
By HOLBROOK MOHR JACKSON, Miss. — A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a mayoral candidate, whose body was found near a river levee in the Mississippi Delta this week. The Coahoma County Sheriff’s Department… Read More ›
Officials: US to Provide Syrian Rebels With Direct Military Aid, Armored Vehicles
The US is looking to dramatically broaden the definition of “non-lethal support” as it relates to Syria’s rebel factions, according to European officials familiar with recent private meetings with Secretary of State John Kerry. Expanding the definition, the US is poised… Read More ›
Autopsy: Palestinian Prisoner Died of ‘Extreme Torture’ in Israeli Custody
Arafat Jaradat, a father of a 4-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son, worked as a gas station attendant and his wife, Dalal, is pregnant. Craig Brown, staff writer An autopsy on the body of Arafat Jaradat, a 30-year-old father of two,… Read More ›
Guess What? The Debt Everyone Is Freaking Out About Does Not Exist
By Jeff Spross What nobody talks about. Between the new-and-improved Simpson-Bowles plan, Joe Scarborough’s feud with Paul Krugman, the relentless drumbeat of the entire Republican Party, and the media blitzkrieg launched by the billionaire-driven “Fix the Debt” campaign, one might think no serious and responsible American can ignore… Read More ›
The Fascinating Story of “White Boy Rick”: Feds Built Him into Drug Kingpin at Age 14, Then Threw Him in Prison for Life
So why did the authorities turn on him? It started when he helped the feds investigate drug corruption in the Detroit Police Department. Meet Richard Wershe. To other convicts in the Michigan penal system and the handful of DEA and… Read More ›
To cut Afghan red tape, bribery is the norm
KABUL — In a country where Western accusations of corruption have been lobbed at high-ranking officials and public institutions, the malfeasance that drives Afghans against their own government happens every day on a much smaller scale. Forget special investigations and glossy reports… Read More ›
US senator says 4,700 killed in drone strikes
Graham’s office insisted that the senator did not disclose any classified information [EPA] Revelation by Lindsey Graham marks the first time any US official has given a number for drone fatalities. A US senator has said that an estimated 4,700… Read More ›
Obama moves to keep kill list memos secret forever
Barack Obama (AFP Photo / Brendan Smialowski) United States President Barack Obama has no plans to show Congress the legal rulings that justify his use of drones to kill US citizens, despite urging from members of his own political party…. Read More ›
The Minimum Wage Would Be $21.72 an Hour if it Rose with Productivity Since 1968
Activists are mobilizing around President Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage to $9.00, and polling shows that Americans across the political spectrum agree with such a policy. But here’s an interesting fact about what the minimum wage could be instead. The… Read More ›
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