What the elites in Washington are conniving.
Preliminary Remarks On June 6th 2012, the long-anticipated results of the recall election for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker came to its end, resulting in a victory for Republican Scott Walker over Democratic Tom Barrett. Walker won with a leading percentage… Read More ›
WASHINGTON (AP) — Suicides are surging among America’s troops, averaging nearly one a day this year — the fastest pace in the nation’s decade of war. The 154 suicides for active-duty troops in the first 155 days of the year… Read More ›
A medical treatment that uses stem cells derived from bone marrow has just been approved in Canada. The drug, Prochymal, has already been used to treat children for a type of immune disease arising during bone marrow transplantation. The makers… Read More ›
(CNN) — An election-year Democratic measure designed to ensure that women don’t face pay discrimination was blocked Tuesday by Republicans who complained that the bill was politically inspired and would reward trial lawyers at the expense of employers. The motion,… Read More ›
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that it will not review a three-judge panel’s decision to overturn California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. Following this ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Proposition 8 proponents plan… Read More ›
17 April 2012 UPDATE: Fifty-one years after the failed attempt to invade Cuba, the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Justice continue to claim that releasing the final volume of a CIA history of the debacle would “confuse the public”… Read More ›
Anna Brown wasn’t leaving the emergency room quietly. She yelled from a wheelchair at St. Mary’s Health Center security personnel and Richmond Heights police officers that her legs hurt so badly she couldn’t stand. She had already been to two… Read More ›
A new feature film documentary is winning festival awards and garnering national attention for its in-depth focus on the thousands of women raped every year within the U.S. military. The makers of “The Invisible War” solicited personal stories from victims… Read More ›
Attack Targeted ‘Associate’ of Maulvi Nazir A pair of US drone strikes against Pakistan’s South Waziristan Agency have killed at least 33 people, 16 in South Waziristan and 17 in North Waziristan and wounded four others in the past 24… Read More ›
MIAMI (AP) — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, surrendered to police Sunday and was booked into jail after having his bail revoked two days earlier. Zimmerman’s legal team said in… Read More ›
Once again another young Black man has been shot and killed, under highly questionable circumstances, by a representative of law enforcement. Also once again, African Americans and our allies fear that justice will not be served on the perpetrator. Unfortunately,… Read More ›
Huge crowds have gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to protest against the verdicts on Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak and his co-defendants. Although Mubarak got life in prison for complicity in the killing of protesters in last year’s uprising, the acquittal… Read More ›
Fla. woman Marissa Alexander gets 20 years for “warning shot”: Did she stand her ground? (CBS) – Last Friday, Jacksonville mother Marissa Alexander was sentenced by a Florida judge to 20 years in prison for firing what she says was… Read More ›
U.S. naval power in the Pacific will increase as the Pentagon rebalances American forces toward the Asia-Pacific region, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in Singapore while calling on countries to beef up their capacity. By 2020, the “Navy will re-posture… Read More ›
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin’s shooter must return to jail, a judge ordered Friday in a strongly worded ruling that said George Zimmerman and his wife lied to the court about their finances to obtain bond in a case… Read More ›
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