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
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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
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
Personal Computers [“PC’s]- are they becoming no longer personal?
The Obama administration is currently working with a group of UN nations on the development of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade agreement, ACTA. The new
Uganda Bill Proposes Death Towards Homosexual Offenders
Uganda parliament is seeking to ratify an Anti-Homosexual Bill, which would put to death any of its citizens caught having repeated homosexual offence
Gaza’s Water Supply Near Collapse
The International Committee of the Red Cross has reported that the underground water system in Gaza is at risk of collapsing. The water system could a
Cheap On-Line College Class Threaten Higher Education
College for $99 a month may eventually destroy our traditional system of higher education. One fifth of the student population in 2008 took some sort
United Nations Investigator Cites US Neglect of Homeless
United Nations special rapporteur Raquel Rolnik reports that the wealthy United States citizens are ignoring the ever growing homeless crisis while pu
New Mexico Abolishes the Death Penalty
On March18, 2009 New Mexico’s Governor Richardson signed into law a bill to abolish the death penalty. The Governor released this statement “I do
Massacre in Peruvian Amazon over US Free Trade Agreement
On June 5, 2009 World Environment Day, Peruvian Amazon Indians were massacred by the government of Alan Garcia in the latest chapter of a long war to