Panel: Gov't blocked scientists on spill estimate (Dina Cappiello)

Oct. 7, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration blocked efforts by government scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could become and committed other missteps that r ...

Dissent in the Age of Obama (Cindy Sheehan)

Peace activists had high hopes of an Obama presidency only to face the harsh realities of FBI raids and intimidation “The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and ...

One in 28 US Kids Has a Parent in Prison: Study (Daniel Tencer)

Oct. 1, 2010 (Raw Story) -- The United States' exceptionally high rate of incarceration is causing economic damage not only to the people behind bars but to their children and taxpayers as a whole, a ...

Global Unemployment to Trigger Further Social Unrest, UN Agency Forecasts (Julia Kollewe)

International Labour Organisation (ILO) notes that social unrest has already been reported in at least 25 countries Oct. 1, 2010 (The Guardian) -- The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warn ...

US Top Court Refuses to Hear Guantanamo Wiretap Case (Agence France Presse)

A member of the US military mans the guard post before sunrise at Camp Delta. (AFP) Oct. 4, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (Agence France Presse) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a plea by 23 lawyer ...

War (on drugs) is over (John Sinclair)

Sept. 29, 2010 -- AMSTERDAM (Detroit Metro Times) -- Highest greetings from Amsterdam. My name is John Sinclair and I've been a marijuana legalization activist ever since I founded Detroit LEMAR (LEg ...

EFF: Government Seeks Back Door Into All Our Communications (Seth Schoen)

Sept. 27, 2010 (Electronic Freedom Foundation) -- The New York Times reported this morning on a Federal government plan to put government-mandated back doors in all communications systems, including ...

The Triumph of Evil (Prof. John Kozy)

Above painting by Claudia Markovich at ClaudiaM.com Sept. 3, 2010 (Global Research) -- Modern societies have justified their adoption of criminal activities by claiming that such techniques are neces ...

Labor Day and the Easter Bunny (David Glenn Cox)

David Glenn Cox David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Sept. 3, 2010 -- Monday is Labor Day, a national holiday in America that’s come to be as meaningless as the Easter bunny. It is a holiday that mill ...

Behind the Israeli Wall: A Lesson in Reality (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 2, 2010 -- Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book -- or any piece of writing for that matter ...

Secret 'Kill Lists' Fly in the Face of US and Int'l Law (William Fisher)

Aug. 31, 2010 -- NEW YORK (Inter Press Service) -- Two of the nation's most influential human rights organisations have filed a lawsuit challenging the government's authority to carry out "targeted k ...