Black Teacher Looks at 15 Years for Cutting in Line

A black woman named Heather Ellis is looking at 15 years in prison for cutting in line at a Wal-Mart store. Ellis, who is a teacher and has been descr

Secretive Arms Tycoon Behind New Uranium Mine

James Neal Blue, who helped devise the Predator unmanned aircraft that are in use in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is the director of a company that

Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator

President Obama has nominated Islam Siddiqui, a vice president at CropLife America, for the position of Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of

Dominican Republic Town Blames U.S. Firm for Birth Defects

Several individuals residing in the province of Samaná in the Dominican Republic blame a U.S. power company for an increase in birth defects througho

Repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the policy in a June 2009 case, President Obama is still committed to his campaign promise to repeal th

Reforming the Immigration Policy

Prior to the 9/11 attack, the number of immigrants entering the United States has doubled.  Since 9/11, the Bush administration influenced local law

The VA Doesn’t Support Female Military Personnel

15% of our active duty military personnel are women. 20% of the new recruits are women. 17% of the reserves are women. The VA is not ready for these w

Human Trafficking in the United States

Every year an estimated 700,000 to two million women and children are trafficked globally.  The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) estimates that almo

The Need for Corporate Campaign Finance Reform

The recent Supreme Court decision to recognize corporations’ rights to exercise free speech the way individuals do represents a step backward in the

The True Cost of Abstinence-Only Funding

While the debate rages on today in the House and Senate about how to teach our children about sex and how much money this education will take, the tru