Male political candidates now find themselves in an uncomfortable place that their female counterparts always have been. In the 2012 presidential campaign, commentators have specifically targeted at least three male political leaders for their physical appearance. The most publicized to date have been candidates Chris Christy, Scott Brown, and Mitt Romney. New Jersey Governor Chris [...]
Barack Obama has continued virtually all of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney’s once-controversial terrorism and civil liberties policies. Even the right wing acknowledges these polices have continued under the Obama presidency. The first area where we see this is in indefinite detention—the idea that human beings can be caged for years without an opportunity [...]
The Occupy Wall Street protests are bringing long-overdue attention to issues of economic injustice, including the unfair and irresponsible practices of the financial industry and the need for an economy that works for all of us. The protests are bringing a lot of attention to themselves including that of the Vatican. The Vatican is [...]
Over 12,000 Venezuelan students marched in Caracas on November 5, 2011 in support of the National Program of Integral Community Medicine, created by the Bolivarian Government in 2005. The rector of the Bolivarian University of Venezuela, Angel Moros, said the march was facing a smear campaign run by an opposition group in Venezuela who are [...]
A civil lawsuit lawsuit —Habyarimana vs. Kagame— alleges Rwandan President Paul Kagame is guilty of starting the Rwanda Genocide and Congo Wars. Plaintiffs’ counsel say they can prove Kagame ordered the assassination of the Rwandan and Burundian presidents by shooting down their plane, which crashed into the presidential palace in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 6, [...]
In July of 2003, Microsoft released its first public beta of its Speech Server which allows computers to better handle human oral commands. This technology will be implemented not only into computers but also into phones, mp3 players, and cars. Oral commands are already used in many cellular devices, but with the updates Speech Server [...]
On August 29, 2011 after the tenth day of protest in Lafayette Park in Washington D.C. Protestors continue to clash about the suspected 700 billion dollar pipeline. The Keystone XL 700,000 to 800,000 barrels of oil from Canada’s southwestern district to the Gulf of Mexico. This Pipeline will be the biggest built in the United [...]
As Saturday March 19t, 2011 Operation “Odyssey Dawn” commenced, it followed with the firing of more than 100 Tomahawk missiles along the coast of Libya—collectively between the U.S., Britain, and France. The operation was crafted by NATO to level the battlefield for Libyan rebels to overthrow the present military regime led by Libya’s president Muammar [...]
The FBI reported that Hispanic hate crimes had increased by 40 percent between 2003 and 2007, but USA Today noted that this statistic did not include the un-reported crimes against illegal immigrants who fear deportation. Hate speech often incites hate crimes, which is why many people have condemned the words of Lou Dobbs, Michael Savage, [...]
The western media is quick to claim that Tunisian dictator, General Zine el Abidine Ben Ali is single handedly responsible for the civil and economic unrest that has plagued Tunisia since he was placed in power in November 1987. What is less widely known is that it is actually the IMF and Wall Street that [...]
