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
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Three Strikes and You’re Off-line
On November 3 members of the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), “a new intellectual property enforcement treaty,” met in Seoul, North Korea for a closed discussion of “enforcement in the digital realm.” According to a leaked memo from the conference, the United States is pu
IndyMedia Subpoenaed and Gagged
On January 30, 2009 IndyMedia, an alternative on-line new source, received a subpoena from the Southern District of Indiana Federal Court for the “IP addresses, times, and any other identifying information” of all the site's visitors on June 25, 2008. IndyMedia was then prohibited from notifyi
Maria Gunnoe Stands Up Against Mountain Top Removal
Maria Gunnoe, a life time resident of West Virginia, won the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work as a community organizer with the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition against mountain top removal mining practices in Appalachia. Mountain top removal is the process of first clearing, then blas
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
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