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Call Your Senator About the Global Poverty Act
The Global Poverty Act: The Most Important Bill You’ve Never Heard Ofby Caroline Schley Hopefully you’ve heard of the Global Poverty Act. If not, here’s 30 seconds worth of sounding enlightened at the water cooler: The Global Poverty Act, written … Continue reading
America is Pro-Choice, Any Questions?
In support of a woman’s right to choose: ‘According to a recent Gallup poll, we are in the majority by a long shot’By DarkSyde / August 23, 2008 Is anyone still unsure where We the People stand on choice? That … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Freedom of Choice, Republican Party, Right Wing, Roe v. Wade, Women, Women's Movement
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US Arrogance: Exported Around the World
Charles Glazer (left), US Ambassador to El SalvadorMeddling in Elections, Central America-StyleBy Burke Stansbury / August 21, 2008 During a recent heated meeting at the US Embassy in El Salvador, Ambassador Charles Glazer admitted that the US government had intervened … Continue reading
Police Brutality: Not Just an American Problem
Mourners at Fredy Villanueva’s funeralNo Justice, No Peace: Behind the riots in Montreal after the shooting-death of Fredy VillanuevaBy Charles Mostoller / August 23, 2008 MONTREAL-NORD, Montreal–“Why four gunshots? Why?”, asked Patricia Villanueva. “I don’t believe they had reason to … Continue reading
Cindy McCain ‘Unsure’ How Many Half-sisters She Has
One of Cindy McCain’s half-sisters, Kathleen Hensley Portalski, showing proof of her half-sisterness. How many more are there? Get back to us. Photo by Ted Robbins / NPR.Says staff member will handle sibling tally By Andy Borowitz / August 22, … Continue reading
Now If We Could Just Get Private Money Out of Elections …
Seven Ways Your Vote Might Not Count This NovemberBy Steven Rosenfeld / August 22, 2008. Some of the most serious election protection problems can be discovered and fixed before the presidential voting begins. While many voting rights activists are focused … Continue reading
Why Does This Look So Much Like Vietnam?
Occupation’s security: “Burning a village to the ground in order to save it”By Imad Khadduri On August 10, 2008 (in Arabic with pictures – not to be seen on CNN or FOX), an entire Iraqi village in Baladrouz, Diyala was … Continue reading
I Will Always Be Watched, Or Far Worse, Hunted
Photo of the SS Liberty, Aug 10, 2008 See press release below concerning arrival of SS Liberty and SS Free Gaza in Gaza earlier today. Intimidation Will Not Stop Our Mission: Sailing to GazaBy Osama Qashoo / August 23, 2008 … Continue reading
The Man Hiding Behind the Mask of War Hero
Why the Senator is Not a War Hero: John McCain in a New ContextBy Patty O’Grady / August 23, 2008 Did you know that when John McCain was away from home for extended periods of time working as a U.S. … Continue reading
Same Sex Marriage Affects the Whole Country
What impact will it have on the elections? Maybe not much.By Suzi Steffen / August 22, 2008 Patchwork, partying, pessimism, politics: That’s the state, so to speak, of same-sex marriage around the U.S. since same-sex couples began lining up to … Continue reading
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Tagged Gay, Gay Marriage, November Election, Presidential Campaign, Same Sex Marriage
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Democrats Have Turned Sharply to the Left
‘They are more liberal than at any time in a generation’By Steven Thomma / August 22, 2008 DENVER — As they meet for their national convention Monday through Thursday, Democrats are poised to shift their party’s course — and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Democratic Convention, Democratic Party, Liberalism, Obama, Presidential Campaign, Progressives
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Anyone Who Feels Disappointed Will Go Back
UNDER PRESSURE: Two Sunni Arab fighters in the Sons of Iraq look on this year during a military operation involving American and Iraqi forces south of Baghdad. The U.S. plans for the group to be “out of business” by June. … Continue reading
