What is the Tea Party? Who are they? Who funds them? What are their goals? The Tea Party Movement first began on January 24, 2009. It was launched by Trevor Leach, chairman of the organization “Young Americans for Liberty” in… Read More ›
Government
What the elites in Washington are conniving.
US intel: No evidence of Viagra as weapon in Libya
UN Ambassador Rice reportedly had said drug was being used in systematic rapes UNITED NATIONS — There is no evidence that Libyan military forces are being given Viagra and engaging in systematic rape against women in rebel areas, US military… Read More ›
Report on the Protest against HB 87, Georgia’s SB1070
On a glorious day in July, thousands upon thousands of immigrants and their supporters took a stand against the new racist bill passed in Georgia. Starting around ten in the morning, the march continued until the afternoon, a fitting testament… Read More ›
Truth Wins Out Infiltrates Marcus Bachmann’s “Ex-Gay” Clinic
“I Received ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy at Marcus Bachmann’s Clinic” Truth Wins Out (TWO) Exclusive Investigative Report by John M. Becker The date was Thursday, June 30, 2011. I turned on the television and listened half-heartedly to the commercials as I busied… Read More ›
US Women Who Have Stillbirths Face Murder Charges
Women’s rights campaigners see the creeping criminalisation of pregnant women as a new front in the culture wars over abortion. Rennie Gibbs is accused of murder, but the crime she is alleged to have committed does not sound like an… Read More ›
Minnesota Government Shuts in Budget Fight
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota began what is expected to become the broadest shutdown of state services in its history early Friday, after Republicans and Democrats there failed to agree on how to solve the state’s budget woes in time for the… Read More ›
New Jersey assembly passes worker benefits overhaul
(Reuters) – New Jersey’s Democratic-led Legislature gave final approval on Thursday to a plan that would force public workers to pay more for benefits — a signature issue for Republican Governor Chris Christie. The bill, which was bitterly opposed by… Read More ›
Who’s Killing the Journalists of Honduras?
Editor’s Note: June 28, 2011 is the two-year anniversary of the coup in Honduras. The small town of San Marco, near Honduras’ western border with El Salvador and Guatemala, has no distinguishing factors that set it apart from the other… Read More ›
The Honduras Coup: Is Obama Innocent?
By Michael Parenti Is President Obama innocent of the events occurring in Honduras, specifically the coup launched by the Honduran military resulting in the abduction and forced deportation of democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya? Obama has denounced the coup and… Read More ›
The Case of Oscar Grant
On the early morning of New Year’s Day 2009, Oscar Grant, after being detained along with a group of his friends by police officers of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Unit, was fatally shot in the back by officer Johannes… Read More ›
Supreme Court blocks massive sex-discrimination suit against Wal-Mart
The Supreme Court on Monday blocked the nation’s largest-ever sex discrimination case, ruling in favor of Wal-Mart in a decision that raises significant hurdles for other class-action suits brought against big corporations. As many as 1.5 million current and former… Read More ›
Washington’s Endless Wars
US military forces are now waging simultaneous drone missile attacks, bombings, special forces assassination raids and ground combat in five separate countries: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya and Yemen. President Barack Obama, who owed his 2008 election victory in large measure… Read More ›
Presidential Candidate Herman Cain says Privatize Social Security like Pinochet; Press Bends over Backwards
Presidential candidate Herman Cain, speaking Monday at CNN’s Republican presidential candidates’ debate in New Hampshire, spoke thusly of privatizing Social Security: “I support a personal retirement system option in order to phase (out) the current system. We know that this… Read More ›
“Flag” the Chicago Police Department
From: Moratorium on Deportations Campaign and May Day 2011 March Organizers This Flag Day, Tuesday, June 14 at noon, join with the May Day 2011 Organizing Committee and the Moratorium on Deportations Campaign and allies to “FLAG” THE CHICAGO POLICE… Read More ›
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