Archives for General News
May 2012
Thursday, May 31:
Obama Still Can't Say "Climate Change"
Central Banker Calls Euro Zone Structure "Unsustainable"
Citizens United Attacks From Justice Stevens Continue
Syria: anti-government groups committed Houla massacre
Russia and US trade blows over Syria
Peter Edelman on "Why It's So Hard to End Poverty In America"
Deadly chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing revealed
Nick Turse: Hot Drone-On-Drone Action
Wednesday, May 30:
Idaho legislature to take $845 million more dollars from taxpayers in the state
Wisconsin Recall Update: Jump Ball
Meet 'Flame,' The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers
Romney, Sealing Nomination, Steps Up Attack on Obama
Why The Assange Case is Important (2 comments)
A Grand Bargain on Simpson-Bowles? The Press Is Sending Signals But Not Explanations
Worries About Spain Weigh on Euro Zone
Sovereign Bond Yields Falling All Over The Place
New Study What Fires Young Progressives' Views On Activism And Race
War Criminal Charles Taylor Gets 50 year Sentence (3 comments)
"Money for Jobs Not for War"-- American Chauvinism + Reformist Illusions by Larry Everest
UK Court denies Assange Appeal (2 comments)
The Changing Face of "We the People (2 comments)
Tuesday, May 29:
The States: More Bully Politics of Education Reform
Extended Federal Unemployment Benefits Begin to Wind Down
Romney attacks Obama on Solyndra, but Trump steals the spotlight (1 comments)
Do We Live In A Predator Nation (1 comments)
Japan and China to start direct yen-yuan trading
Newly identified computer virus, used for spying, is 20 times size of Stuxnet
Romney's Education Plan Recycles Failed Ideas
Koch Brothers' Americans For Prosperity Goes All Out in Wisconsin Recall--And Denies It! (1 comments)
BBC News uses 'Iraq photo to illustrate Syrian massacre' (1 comments)
Andrew Bacevich: The Golden Age of Special Operations (1 comments)
Ahmadinejad calls for new world order based on justice
Monday, May 28:
GOP Insiders Worry About Romney's Lack of Vision
Anti-abortion group drafting legislation to limit women's right to choose
Five things you can do to guard against Alzheimers
Why Colin Powell Bashed Mitt Romney's Foreign-Policy Advisers
Breitbart.com Blogger And Romney Campaign Invitee Tells Joan Walsh To "Suck It'
Tony Blair Testifies on Murdoch Ties
Al Jazeera Breaks Through Media Silence with M23 in Congo (2 comments)
Bradley Manning defence team says us army is withholding key evidence (1 comments)
At West Point, Asking if a War Doctrine Was Worth It
Sunday, May 27:
Lloyd's "has plans for euro collapse"
Syrian government denies being behind attack that killed 90
U.S. Seeks Russia's Help in Removing Assad in Syria (1 comments)
A Little question of Corruption . . . (1 comments)
Wisconsin recall election: Scott Walker's fate will have November implications
NATO air strike kills six children: Afghan officials
"Honey, sit down. I have something to tell you." (1 comments)
OWS icon Daniel Murphy on his NATO Summit arrest
FL Official: Gov. Scott's Voter Purge Will Remove Eligible Voters (2 comments)
Saturday, May 26:
Bank woes in Spain threaten Europe (1 comments)
U.S. sailor is 3,000th Afghanistan war death (1 comments)
Activists Speak Out Against Lack of Access to Bradley Manning
House Members Seek Answers From Scott Walker Amid New Evidence of Lying to Congress (4 comments)
Radioactive Release at Fukushima Plant Was Underestimated
FBI secretly creates Internet police
GOP showing small shifts on taxes
Illegalities: Proving the CFTC Allows JPMorgan To Defraud Metals Market
The Hundreds of Words Homeland Security Tracks Online (27 comments)
Idaho prepares for first execution in June (5 comments)
Friday, May 25:
Sherwood Ross: Say Pentagon Spending Is Crimping U.S. Job Creation
THE GOLDEN RING: The Quest for the Presidency (1 comments)
Drone Strikes Continue in Pakistan as Senate Cuts Aid
Security Council 'Unfit for Purpose', Says Amnesty International (1 comments)
Does your MP know C-38 allows FBI agents to operate in Canada?
Unabomber Updates His Harvard University Alumni Book From Prison (7 comments)
Sherwood Ross: U.S. Today Displays Typical Fascist Characteristics (10 comments)
As Recall Election Approaches, Obama Avoids Wisconsin
Thursday, May 24:
Polls: Obama Ahead In Critical Swing States
GOP donor's protest results in cancellation of Wasserman Schultz speech (1 comments)
Veterans Face Ruin Awaiting Benefits as Wounded Swamp VA
China's Once-Hot Economy Is Turning Cold
Israeli Kristallnacht: Africans attacked in Tel Aviv anti-migrant demo (PHOTOS)
Senate fails to agree on student-loan-rate freeze
Cooperative banking has arrived
Members Of New GOP Women's Caucus Voted Against Equality For Women (3 comments)
Senate fight today over Palestinian "refugees'
Can You Hear Them Now? Congo M23 Rebels Tell Their Story (3 comments)
Pakistan: U.S. Drone Strike Kills 10 In North Waziristan
Journalists Arrested, Beaten, Raided, and Held At Gunpoint By Police During NATO Protests
Tom Engelhardt: The Road to Amnesia
Why Do White Collar Fraudsters Never Go to the Prison? (3 comments)
*NATO 3 Being Tortured with "Sensory Deprivation," Posted Police Harassment Video, Now Charged (1 comments)
Wednesday, May 23:
Unreported! Media Malfeasance as 400,000 March in Montreal (1 comments)
Lobbying Group Asks Supreme Court Not To Use "Empirical Evidence" Of Corruption When Reconsidering Citizens United (6 comments)
Hopes fade for progress at Iran nuclear talks in Baghdad
US Senate mulls unprecedented aid to Israel (5 comments)
Mass arrests as Montreal student protest turns ugly
U.S. senators vote to tie Pakistan aid to supply routes
Pakistani Doctor Jailed for Helping CIA Find Bin Laden
Ambassador Ryan Crocker to leave post in AFghanistan
Bidding War Breaks Out For Ronald Reagan's Blood (1 comments)
An Obama Spending Spree? Hardly (CHART) (1 comments)
*Nepali girl claims to be youngest woman to climb Mount Everest (1 comments)
Obama's Close Call in Kentucky Democratic Primary; 58 to 4 (8 comments)
Anderson to Anderson: Good News in CA!
Even Mississippi Doesn't Look This Bad: NC Pastor's Anti-gay (And Anti-Obama), Genocidal Rant Goes Viral! (4 comments)
Tuesday, May 22:
Secret Service sex scandal: Several say they didn't break the rules
Iran's Ahmadinejad to visit China to discuss nuclear issue
Who will drones target? Who in the US will decide?
Ronald Reagan's blood to be auctioned. (2 comments)
Colin Powell undecided on Obama endorsement, open to backing Romney. (2 comments)
Romney's Playbook On Bain Unclear As Attacks Grow
Airing Jewish Dirty Linen: A Review of "The Crisis of Zionism by Peter Beinart (6 comments)
Idiocracy? Study Shows Congress Talking Less Good Than Before
It's Official: Watching Fox News Makes you Stupider
The Enduring Secrets of Watergate (1 comments)
IAEA chief says Iran nuclear inspections deal is not far off
Hellman and Kramer: How Much Does Washington Spend on "Defense"? (1 comments)
Monday, May 21:
Vets Toss Medals of Honor, Call NATO Summit a Disgrace (3 comments)
Social justice groups to protest at Amazon company meeting, Thurs. May 24
Notre Dame, Catholic Groups Suing Obama Administration Over Birth Control Mandate
House Passes Back-Door Attempt to Force Tar Sands Pipeline Approval
Dick Cheney To Host Fundraiser For Romney (2 comments)
Psychiatrists Seek New Patients At Annual Meeting; Watch For These New Diseases (7 comments)
Charles Koch + Roger Ailes = Ohio University?
No agreement at G8 summit on deepening financial crisis
Sherwood Ross: Ex-Marine Turned Pacifist Now One of "Hancock 33" (2 comments)
Over The Hill: Why We Need To Be In All Media
Nato summit: US-Pakistan rift widens over supply lines into Afghanistan
Report: Israel to deploy 20,000 commandos in Greek Cyprus
Ellen Cantarow: The New Eco-Devastation in Rural America (1 comments)
Salesian Fr. Itzaina- "Suicide Victims = Stupid & Mindless" (3 comments)
Three NATO Activists Charged with Terror Plot After Posting Video of Police Harassment (4 comments)
Sunday, May 20:
White House visitor logs show lobbying going strong
Social Security Scandal Averted In Charleston WV Appeals Office (2 comments)
More about Single Payer (2 comments)
How the Mormon Church Shaped Mitt Romney
22 states join campaign finance fight
NATO protesters arrested in Chicago raid held on terrorism conspiracy charges
RNC Chairman Blames Obama For Race-Baiting Anti-Obama Attack Ads
So... Bill O'Reilly Despises Progressives, But He's Okay with Liberals... Progressive Leaders Comment (24 comments)
Saturday, May 19:
WaPo's Walter Pincus says US is 'going above and beyond for Israel'
U.S. tells G8 Syria's Assad must go, cites Yemen as model (1 comments)
GOP Version of Violence Against Women Act Tries to Push Women Back Into the Home (1 comments)
Influential Ex-General: Cut US Nukes Now
Graham: 'We Should Tell The Iranians, No Negotiations' Until You Give Us What We Want (1 comments)
VIDEO: McCain Says President Obama Will Remain On Arizona Ballot Despite Birther Threats (1 comments)
Prosecutors: Trio Planned to Attack Obama's HQ (1 comments)
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Quiet Drama in Philadelphia (15 comments)
Franklin P. Lamb: US envoys losing Lebanon--visit by visit?
Bahrain-Saudi Arabia union meant to save US Navy base, by RT
Introduction ]to Natural Selection's Paradox (5 comments)
Clean Air, Clean Minds (5 comments)
Congressmen Seek To Lift Propaganda Ban (6 comments)
1776 Revolution Much Like Occupy Movement
The Cornucopia Institute: Organic Watergate: Advocates Condemn Corruption and USDA's Cozy Relationship with Corporate Agribusinesses in Organics (1 comments)
*Revolution ANEW (Act Now to Emancipate Women) (4 comments)
Friday, May 18:
Donations to Scott Walker Flagged as Potential Fraud (1 comments)
Mitt Romney's claim that 100,000 auto jobs have been lost under Obama
Greece readies for polls as euro crisis hits Spain
Military Detention Law [NDAA FY 2012]Blocked by New York Judge (1 comments)
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters???
Blowing the Whistle on ALEC in Wisconsin
Thursday, May 17:
Alabama Judicial Scandal Could Taint Many Cases, Not Just Siegelman's (3 comments)
JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon summoned before Senate committee
J Street's Ben-Ami: 'U.S. Congressmen live in fear of pro-Israeli intimidation'
The US military option for Iran is 'ready,' American ambassador to Israel says
I-Voting: A Breakthrough Is Needed
In Romney's "Dream," He Takes Undeserved Credit For Steel Dynamics (2 comments)
Suppressing the student vote? New residency rules could affect Wisconsin's recall election
Occupy Has Changed the Discussion... and the Song (5 comments)
Indonesia's atheists face battle for religious freedom
G.O.P. "Super PAC" Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama
G8 summit: Obama to press Angela Merkel on eurozone growth package
Barbara Ehrenreich: Looting the Lives of the Poor
Judge Blocks Controversial NDAA (1 comments)
The First Amendment Applies to Foreign Service Officers, Too
Wednesday, May 16:
Romney Campaign Tries to Block Reporters
Peace Activists Demand End to NATO Violence at Chicago Obama Headquarters and Consulates
Judge Reins In Indefinite Detention - Homeland Battlefield Act Portion Found Unconstitutional
Smackdown: ACLU Calls Out Private Prison Giant, Challenges CEO To Public Debate On Merits
NY Police Dept 'Stop And Frisk' Lawsuit Granted Class Action Status
Dropping Planes, Not Bombs: US Attack on Iran with F-22 Stealth Fighters would be Laughable (1 comments)
Catholic bishops threaten lawsuit over administration's birth control mandate (1 comments)
Absentee ballots for recall election will not go out on time
Boehner vows another showdown over debt and taxes (1 comments)
Coming This Summer: For $24.95, George W. Bush Will Share His 'Strategeries For Economic Growth'
KS Gov Signs Law Allowing Pharmacists To Block Women's Birth Control
Gates: Israeli Strike On Iran 'May End Up In A Much Larger Middle East Conflict'
New Documents Confirm Koch Was on ALEC Crime Task Force Led by NRA
The Enemies Within: The 20 Most Dangerous Conservatives And Their Organizations
Natural Money Bomb: an insidious way to blow up Wall Street
Tuesday, May 15:
Campaign Finance Disclosure Decision Means Rove, Others Could Suddenly Have To Disclose Donors
Wendell Potter: Palin's Rhetoric Torpedoed Medicare Savings
The Cases Of Dynasty And Ja'Maya: Fending Off Bullies Can Get You Expelled ... Or Charged With A Felony (1 comments)
Morgan Stanley Shareholder Meeting Interrupted By The 99% Spring Protest Group
Cheesecake Lollipops And Crabcakes: Pennsylvania Taxpayers Have Spent $250,000 On ALEC
Scalia Turns Advocate Against Obama as Queries Criticized (1 comments)
Mississippi lawmaker: Coat hanger abortions might come back. 'But hey...' | Video
Red Flags Said to Go Unheeded by Bosses at JPMorgan
Justice Dept. launches criminal probe into JPMorgan's $2B trading loss
Facebook co-founder gives up US citizenship to keep more of his money
Virginia House Rejects Judge Because He Is Gay
Dept. Of Interior Finds 'Nearly Two-Thirds Of Acreage' Leased By The Oil Industry Lies Idle
Report: FBI considering hate crime charges for Zimmerman
Democrats To Boehner: Boehner Waging Debt Limit Fight Due To 'Weak Grip' On Party
Bloomberg's Charter School Battle Detailed in E-Mails
The Choice: Socialism or Fascism (17 comments)
Palestinian prisoners end hunger strike
Pakistan signals end to blockade of Nato supplies
Taxmageddon sparks rising anxiety
William Astore: Hail to the Cheerleader-in-Chief! (2 comments)
Want To Know How Drones Will Change America? Look To Israel (4 comments)
16 and Counting: Charter School Lobby Group Quits ALEC Two Days After Being Identified
Gay Donor Pulls Support From Mitt Romney Over Gay Marriage, Asks For Money Back
LA TIMES: The Real Romney Bullied and Attacked Other High Schoolers
Monday, May 14:
Occupy Isn't About Electing Democrats--It's About Exposing a Broken System
Vuic: Prostitution and the U.S. military
AIPAC Resolution Demanding War With Iran On House Floor Tomorrow (1 comments)
What Mother's Day REALLY was about
List of Good Things Muammar Gaddafi Done for The People of Libya
EXCLUSIVE: Wisconsin Dems furious with DNC for refusing to invest big money in Walker recall (1 comments)
GOP Doubles Down On Anti-Gay Agenda
Jan Brewer Signs Arizona Big Brother Birth Control Surveillance Law (2 comments)
Ron Paul no longer campaigning in primaries (1 comments)
2012 election drowning in secret money - Increase spending at 47% since 2006 midterms
Fundamentalism at the US's corps
Occupy Chicago Prepares for NATO
Why the Obama Campaign Is Confident About Beating Romney
ALEC Memo Instructed Members To 'Navigate Away' From Tough Questions
War Tribunal Finds Bush, Cheney Guilty of War Crimes
Federal Judge Lowers the Boom in Child Pornography Case  (1 comments)
Biblical Law - Wisconsin Church Pastor Ordered To Beat Children As Young As 2 Months With Large Wooden Dowels (1 comments)
U.S. Drone Policy Would Have Targeted Jesus Himself
Conservative university implements single-payer insurance plan to save on health care costs (3 comments)
Adding Hurdles for Iran to Clear
Sunday, May 13:
JPMorgan executives "to resign' over losses
Romney Woos Evangelicals at Liberty University
Israel razes Palestinian structures in West Bank | Reuters
US drone attacks kill ten in Yemen
Sherwood Ross: Polls or No, Obama Could Crush Romney
Pa. becomes most populous state to oppose Real ID
Rand Paul: "There's a 'sickness' in the country."
Chavez After Cancer Treatment in Cuba
Obama Change You Can Count On: $150G to Remain Silent
- -: Suppression of journalists in Honduras undermines democracy
R-CALF USA Calls USDA Proposal to Reform Beef Checkoff Program Far too Little and Far too Late
Bush Convicted of War Crimes in Absentia | Foreign Policy Journal (1 comments)
History: Utoeya island, Scene of Norway's summer camp massacre
Culture war looms as Israel pledges to end ultra-Orthodox military exemptions (2 comments)
Sexual Abuse in Catholic Church- A Decadence of Crime- 1002-2012 (5 comments)
Saturday, May 12:
Bush and Associates Found Guilty of Torture (4 comments)
Monsanto's Deep Roots in Washington
For Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Abuse Cases, a Prosecutor Uses Different Rules
Why It's Epically Important That Obama Endorsed Gay Marriage
From Blogothon: The Axis of Media Indifference (1 comments)
Friday, May 11:
Drone warfare protests May 18 to May 20 in the Bronx and Manhattan
Food Stamp Myth Busting (1 comments)
Recall Bombshell: Walker on Video Touting Plan to Cut Collective Bargaining to Billionaire Donor
Protesters plan to march without permits, shut down Boeing at NATO summit
GOP leaves debt accord in dust
Must Read!!! Kucinich Commencement Speech: Power of Now (16 comments)
Bin Laden Files Dispel Iran-Qaeda Link (2 comments)
Today, ALEC Brings Lawmakers And Big Oil Together To Undermine Clean Energy
Why Were These Drugs Approved? (17 comments)
A Look at Libertarian Party Nominees Gary Johnson, Jim Gray (3 comments)
Justice Department Lawyer Has Conflict in SCOTUS Review of Siegelman Case
San Luis Obispo City Council Unanimously Endorses the California DISCLOSE Act, AB 1648 (1 comments)
Yes we can " kill, but no we don't know how to create jobs (6 comments)
Thursday, May 10:
Franklin Graham: Obama is shaking his fist at God
Missing words from 9-11 tribunal: CIA and big-boy pants
JPMorgan Chase Admits Big Losses - $2 Billion - On 'Egregious' Credit Trades At London Trading Desk
Exclusive: NARAL President Nancy Keenan to step down
Matt Taibbi: Journalists Do Not Think Election Will Be Close, Only Say So To "Sell Advertising'
House Approves $310 Billion in Cuts
Justice sues Ariz. sheriff Joe Arpaio, saying he violated Hispanics' rights
Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents
Michael Klare: Oil Wars on the Horizon
U.S. Military Taught Officers: Use 'Hiroshima' Tactics for 'Total War' on Islam
Medicare Fraud: $5.6 Billion Paid To 2,600 Drugstores With Questionable Billings, Report Shows
The GOP Plan To Protect New York From Iran's Nonexistent Transatlantic Missiles
Bill would make snooping, digital spying by employers illegal
Justice Dept. plans to sue Ariz. sheriff Arpaio
Republicans find lots to love in PhRMA after health reform spat
GOP leaders Boehner, Cantor, McCarthy tell Issa go slow on Eric Holder contempt vote (1 comments)
GOP shies away from offering healthcare reform alternative
China Key to Green Tech Innovation?
Israeli special panel decides to let hunger-striking Palestinian inmates out of solitary
Pew Study: Americans In The Northeast Have More Economic Mobility
Mission Impossible: Finding a Minivan Made in America by Union Workers (2 comments)
America's Dark Night of the Soul (2 comments)
Wednesday, May 9:
Nation reacts to President Obama's support for gay marriage
Why Are Student Loan Interest Rates Set To Double? Thank These Lobbyists Who Helped Kill The Bill
Dan Froomkin: Colin Powell's New Book: War With Iraq Never Debated
Why Is The Jack-Booted Government Arresting All These Nice White Supremacists?
Obama Backs Gay Marriage (9 comments)
Oops! Air Force Drones Can Now (Accidentally) Spy on You for Up to 90 Days!
Rush Limbaugh Appeals To Conservative Women With "Rush Babes For America' (3 comments)
Are Self-Defense Laws "Whites Only"?
Walker Set For Rematch With Barrett in Gubernatorial Recall
Cumulus: Limbaugh boycott cost 'millions' (1 comments)
Mail Order Bride Company President Lobbying To Weaken Protections For Abused Immigrants
Job Creation Under Democratic Presidents Roughly Double That Of GOP: Report (4 comments)
GOP Group's Newsletter Calls For 'Armed Revolution' If Obama Is Reelected (1 comments)
Egypt-Israel Gas Issue Becoming Explosive
Carville Says Democrats are Complacent
North Carolina's Ban On Equal Marriage Invites Mockery Of The South
IL House GOP freshman to defend Planned Parenthood at presser
Retired couples may need $240,000 for health care (2 comments)
How ALEC Betrayed Conservative Republicans To Screw Over Mom And Pop Stores (1 comments)
Off the Charts: Shrinking Government - Graphic
Switzerland: An Initiative to Establish Basic Income for All (1 comments)
Tuesday, May 8:
Tom Barrett wins Wisconsin recall primary
Romney taking credit for auto industry success
Indiana's Lugar Loses Republican Senate Primary
Student loan plan fails in the Senate (2 comments)
The Dark Side of the Prestigious Marine Barracks (2 comments)
Republicans To Poor: Let Them Eat Bombs!
China expels Al Jazeera correspondent; news channel closes its English bureau in Beijing
U.S. Confirms Afghan Airstrike Mistake
Netanyahu surprise gives Israel grand coalition
Karzai summons US envoy over civilian deaths
Health care increasingly out of reach for millions of Americans
Republicans seek to add more in defense spending
Super PACs Opposed to Super PACs
Celebrity Chef Fires up Youth in Juvenile Detention Center
Noam Chomsky: A Rebellious World or a New Dark Age? (11 comments)
BEYOND EDUCIDE - THE ELIMINATION OF IRAQ'S INTELLECTUAL ELITE: a never ending story.
*Pentagon Disputes Bales' Account of Friend Being Wounded, Losing Leg (1 comments)
The 7 Dumbest Things GOP Politicians Have Said About Abortion Recently
Corruption Accounts For As Much As 14 Dollars Out Of Every Tank Of Gas (1 comments)
ALEC Gets a Break From State Lobbying Laws In South Carolina, Indiana, and Colorado
Ten Years of Elevated Military Spending, Still Near WW II Levels (1 comments)
Three NSA whistleblowers warn of secret spying programs that can target anyone - Video
Monday, May 7:
Wisconsin turns against Scott Walker (3 comments)
Rick Santorum endorses Mitt Romney
First jail for US veterans will offer helping hand to a growing problem (1 comments)
GOP plan protects Pentagon, cuts social programs
Mystery death on Skype: What killed US captain in Afghanistan?
Why Ron Paul's big wins in Maine and Nevada matter (+video)
Terrible New Attack on Abortion Clinic Landlord Delightfully Backfires
93 Year Old Grandmother Suing Pennsylvania Voter ID | ThinkProgress
Viral Political Disinformation - Medicare (1 comments)
Divided Congress likely to agree on student loans
Crossroads GPS Argues Ads Attacking Candidates Aren't Political (VIDEO)
Political Iceberg Ahead: Will It Sink Our Democracy? (4 comments)
Ernest Callenbach: Last Words to an America in Decline
Medical marijuana bill passes Connecticut State Senate (1 comments)
Sunday, May 6:
*Public Funeral to be held May 8th in NYC
Rocky Anderson calls for rejection of "lesser-of-two-evils-ism' (5 comments)
FBI: We need wiretap-ready Web sites - now
Drone Strike In Yemen Kills Al Qaeda Leader Wanted In Cole Bombing Case
Move Over, ALEC--Big Pharma Wants to Write Laws Too (2 comments)
Sherwood Ross: *Little Caution Used in U.S. Drone Assassinations, Authorities Say (2 comments)
House GOP Would Let Domestic Abusers Know Their Victims Called For Help
Sarkozy Concedes Defeat by Socialist Hollande in French Presidential Race (2 comments)
Francois Hollande wins French presidential election
Exit polls: Sarkozy loses in France, Greek voters also turn on leaders
Saturday, May 5:
Guantanamo court hearing for accused 9/11 plotters becomes a 12-hour marathon
New Police Strategy in New York - Sexual Assault Against Peaceful Protesters
GOP To States: Stop Looking For Poor Children To Insure! (1 comments)
*Don't Frack the World (1 comments)
$80 million later, U.S. abandons consulate site in Afghanistan citing security risks
Arizona bans funding to Planned Parenthood in abortion fight
U.S. Drone Strike Kills 8 in Pakistan
Japan switches off last nuclear power plant; will it cope?
The Worst Yet to Come? Why Nuclear Experts Are Calling Fukushima a Ticking Time-Bomb
Welcome to the Anthropocene - Video
About "Those Other Things that Fly" (2 comments)
Amazon.com Is Funding Global Warming Denial In Our Schools (4 comments)
Kentucky Supreme Court Upholds SPLC's Crushing Legal Victory Against Notorious Klan Leader
SPLC Investigation, Lawsuit Expose Barbaric Conditions at For-Profit Youth Prison in Mississippi (1 comments)
The Heartland Institute Self Destructs (7 comments)
Murdoch: His Mission in Media -- Politics
Friday, May 4:
Gas Prices Fall 12 Cents Per Gallon Since President Obama Announced Speculation Crackdown (2 comments)
Two Kentucky teens become first in US to be prosecuted for hate crime after targeting gay man - plead guilty (1 comments)
EEOC Ruling on Gender Identity-Discrimination Likely to Impact Federal Contractors
Japan to be without nuclear power
Mormon church girds for landmark political race, with Romney as prominent face of the faith (5 comments)
GOP's Violence Against Women Act Would Open Up Undocumented Victims To More Abuse (2 comments)
Ohio Is Everyone's Favorite Place to Find Racists
Obama''s George Clooney Fundraiser Will Be Largest in History
U.S. sets new rules for fracking on federal lands
Voter Registration Down Among Hispanics, Blacks
Heartland Institute compares belief in global warming to mass murder
UN Ambassador: "No Exaggeration - Fate Of The World Depends On Fukushima Reactor 4" (4 comments)
FormerGIPSA Chief to Address Independent Cattle Producers in Dakotas
U.S., China reach deal for Chen Guangcheng to study abroad
Economic Liberty From Philadelphia (3 comments)
Another WTF? Moment In North Carolina: Pastor Caught On Tape Advocating Violence -- Says 'Misquoted' (1 comments)
An Urgent Request on UN Intervention to Stabilize the Fukushima Unit 4 Spent Nuclear Fuel (1 comments)
Very, Very Greedy (2 comments)
*Save The Economy (2 comments)
Water Guns Banned, Handguns Allowed at GOP Convention
Thursday, May 3:
May Day Demonstration -- Prague 2012
Media Malfeasance: Corporate News Downsizes OWS, Downplays Murdoch Ruling (9 comments)
The Capitulating Commander - Guantanamo, Taxes and the Stimulus (9 comments)
Darrell Issa drafts contempt order to Eric Holder
Mitt Romney criticizes Obama administration's handling of blind Chinese activist Chen
Methodists Vote Against Ending Investments Tied to Israel
The Virgin Defense Secretary - Rumsfeld still considers himself credible
Boehner Doesn't Want Gay Soldiers Having Equal Benefits
Report Card on Social Security Trust Fund Coverage - An F for the headlines; a C- for the stories (2 comments)
ExxonMobil: A 'Private Empire' On The World Stage
Bill McKibben: The Most Important Story of Our Lives (4 comments)
ALEC's Top Five Anti-Environment 'Model' Laws
Court rejects torture-related case against Bush lawyer (1 comments)
Wednesday, May 2:
Scott Walker's Billionaire Boys Club: Big Money Backs Anti-Labor Agenda (1 comments)
Newt Gingrich Out: Candidate Ending 2012 Presidential Campaign (VIDEO)
Rupert Murdoch's Fox broadcast licences targeted
Teachers' Board Become Fifteenth Group To Drop ALEC (1 comments)
Georgia Governor Approves Ban On Abortions After 20 Weeks With No Exception For Rape Or Incest (1 comments)
Taliban announce "spring offensive' across Afghanistan
Pseudo-Historian David Barton's New Jefferson Book is a Load of Crap -- and a Bestseller (2 comments)
White House expands reach of sanctions on Syria, Iran
Secret Service problems much bigger than prostitutes
FBI Supplied the Anarchist "Terrorists" Arrested in May Day Plot (3 comments)
Pakistan summons US envoy over drone raid
US secures presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014
CEO of a Wall Street Darling Once Was Convicted for the Assault of His Stepson (2 comments)
Lawmaker Ruben Diaz Compares Abortion To The Holocaust (1 comments)
Romney's Plan to Eliminate Affordable Housing Ignites...Silence
FCC urged to revoke Fox broadcast licenses (16 comments)
Is Wells Fargo a Lehman in the Making?
Workers Left Behind - 30+ Years Of Shocking Decline (Chart)
Texas Attorney General Compares Planned Parenthood To Terrorist Organization
Massachusetts payment-reform bill would overhaul how health-care providers are paid
Republicans Push Out Romney Staffer. For Performance? No, for being Gay
Behind The Lobbying Effort That Helps Save Apple $2.4 Billion In Taxes A Year
Romney on Spending: Guns Trump Butter
AT&T, Feds Neglect Low-Price Mandate Designed to Help Schools
Witness Alleges Second Shooter in RFK Assassination (2 comments)
Tuesday, May 1:
Occupy Rallies and Mayday March Peaceful in DC: A Journalist's Journal (1 comments)
New Stockton Diocese Fr. O'Grady Suit -- Continuing Catastrophe for Cardinal Mahony (5 comments)
Occupy Oakland May Day Photo Report (1 comments)
High Drama as Occupy Asheville Goes to Court (4 comments)
Republicans Won't Offset Cost Of Extending The Bush Tax Cuts
Finally....Factual Details Leading Up To Trayvon Martin Shooting (1 comments)
Richard Grenell hounded from Romney campaign
May Day marches: Activists protest against austerity
Arrests on Lower East Side as May Day Protests Spread
Brennan speech is first Obama acknowledgment of use of armed drones
Meet A Corrupt Federal Judge That Ronald Reagan Gave Us
Jeremy Scahill: US Has Become 'Nation of Assassins'
Rwanda: Political prisoner Victoire Ingabire boycotts Kagame's court
Rebecca Solnit: American Dystopia, Fiction or Reality?
GOPers split over how to reform health care
NYPD Investigates May Day Protests Even Before They Begin
MAP: What's Happening Where on Occupy May Day
Rupert Murdoch 'not fit' to lead major international company, MPs conclude
The UN May Have Silenced the Afghan Public
Sheila Dean: DHS's Current Southern Border Enforcement Strategy a Bust, Group Says