By Libby Anne The spring of my sophomore year of college I was president of my university’s Students for Life chapter. The fall of my junior year of college I cut my ties with the pro-life movement. Five years later… Read More ›
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Syrian rebels seize Lebanese journalist over ‘incompatible’ reporting
In their fervent struggle, a Syrian rebel group has “arrested” a Lebanese journalist in Aleppo saying his “presence as a journalist no longer receives approval in areas controlled by the rebels.” Fidaa Itani, who works for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation… Read More ›
Israel Admits Assassinating Palestinian Leader in 1988
Israel has officially admitted after more than two decades of secrecy that it ordered the Israeli spy agency Mossad to carry out the assassination of Palestinian leader Khalil Ibrahim Wazir. Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad, founded the Palestine Liberation Organization and the… Read More ›
How McGovern Tamed the Anti-War Movement
A Bright Shining Illusion? by SARAH BLASKEY and PHIL GASPER Was George McGovern a political saint—a man of such total moral purity that he transcended the day-to-day realities of money and power that usually dominate American politics? That’s certainly the… Read More ›
Romney Refuses To Comment On Plans To Eliminate FEMA, 14 Times
Hurricane Sandy is not turning into a political windfall for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Not only did Romney’s buddy New Jersey Governor Chris Christie go and call President Obama a “great leader” for his storm response but now some… Read More ›
US Pushes Algeria to Support Invasion of Mali
State Dept.: They’re Beginning to Warm to the Idea Algerian officials are still not on board for the international invasion of northern Mali, and that’s a big concern for US officials. Algerian President Bouteflika says he fears the war will… Read More ›
Christian group accuses anti-bullying event of promoting ‘homosexual agenda’
By Arturo Garcia The American Family Association (AFA) emailed members urging them to keep their children out of school during an anti-bullying event organized by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). According to The New York Times, the evangelical group’s… Read More ›
US detention of Imran Khan part of trend to harass anti-drone advocates
Imran Khan is, according to numerous polls, the most popular politician in Pakistan and may very well be that country’s next Prime Minister. He is also a vehement critic of US drone attacks on his country, vowing to order them shot down if he is Prime Minister and leading an… Read More ›
NATO Airstrike Kills Three Afghan Children
NATO officials said they were targeting insurgents and would look into claims that children were killed by John Glaser A NATO airstrike killed three children in Afghanistan‘s Helmand province on Sunday, Afghan officials said Monday. “Two Taliban mine-planters were identified… Read More ›
Is Housing About to Tank?
You Call It Recovery, I Call It Bollocks by MIKE WHITNEY Well, what do you know; mortgage applications have fallen off a cliff. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) loan applications decreased by 12 percent on a seasonally adjusted… Read More ›
Iraq, Afghanistan War Wounded Pass 50,000
More than 50,000 Americans have been combat-wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan since 2001, a grim measure of the cost of more than a decade of war. According to Defense Department accounting, the number of wounded reached 50,010 on Thursday. The… Read More ›
‘War crime’: Gaddafi, his son and over 60 loyalists executed by rebel fighters – HRW
Libyan rebels abused and mass murdered Colonel Gaddafi, his son Mutassim, and 66 loyalists, after their capture a year ago, Human Rights Watch says. It calls for an investigation and prosecution of those responsible for what they slam as a… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 