News and Analysis from the United States
The parents of Trayvon Martin have demonstrated remarkable dignity and composure under duress and one can see why their son’s execution by the one-man lynch mob, George Zimmerman, has garnered global support. Yesterday while in New York City the parents… Read More ›
From Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer Washington (CNN) — Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder related to a March 11 shooting spree in Afghanistan, a… Read More ›
By Tina Susman Reporting from Sanford, Fla.— In a tense meeting Wednesday that highlighted growing tensions over the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, local officials in Sanford, Fla., passed a vote of no confidence in the police chief… Read More ›
ABOUT a million loyalists of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have rallied in southern Iraq decrying poor services and rampant graft on the ninth anniversary of the US-led invasion against Saddam Hussein. Protesters flooded the centre of the southern port city of… Read More ›
Before the public even knew the name of the Army staff sergeant accused of murdering 16 Afghans in cold blood, his lawyer John Henry Browne, a 6-foot-5 Seattle attorney who’s defended Ted Bundy and the ‘Barefoot Bandit,’ was busily trying… Read More ›
SANFORD, Fla. — Austin McLendon hasn’t been the same since that night three Sundays ago when Trayvon Martin was killed. His mother says he’s been arguing with his siblings more than usual. His 8th grade teachers have called home saying… Read More ›
18.6 Million Empty Houses in America That is what the census says. Andrew Leonard in Salon notes that it is a bit misleading, that “4.7 million are for “seasonal use” only, the Census tells us — unoccupied vacation homes, in… Read More ›
by ALEXANDER COCKBURN In the wake of the lethal rampage by a US sergeant who killed 16 Afghans in the early hours of March 11, the Taliban have put a halt to talks with the Americans and President Hamid Karzai… Read More ›
Joseph Kony, the African strongman who is suddenly a major villain thanks to a viral video about his atrocities, has a friend in Rush Limbaugh. In 2011, President Obama sent American troops to fight Joseph Kony, the leader of the… Read More ›
By GENE JOHNSON FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage met his client for the first time Monday and said the solider has a… Read More ›
By KATE ZERNIKE NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A former Rutgers University student was convicted on Friday on all 15 charges he had faced for using a webcam to spy on his roommate having sex with another man, a verdict poised… Read More ›
St. Patrick’s Day is typically portrayed as a day for drinking, festivities and revelry. However, we in the American Party of Labor believe that revolutionaries should set aside some time every year to remember the tragedy of discrimination the Irish… Read More ›
States are increasingly utilizing prison labor to plug budget holes, but public employee unions aren’t happy. BY: Russell Nichols The Cañon City Correctional Complex in southern Colorado is a veritable city of prisoners. More than 8,000 inmates are housed in… Read More ›
It has been estimated that more than one to two billion human beings live in slums or shanty towns all over the world. One in every three people in the world will live in slums in the next coming twenty… Read More ›
By Eric Randall Campaigning in Puerto Rico, Rick Santorum doesn’t show any signs that he wants to pander Wednesday, telling voters (erroneously) that they must declare English their only official language to achieve statehood. You’d think Santorum would want to… Read More ›
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