Senator Calls for Ongoing Investigation of CIA Torture Techniques
An outside commission with subpoena power should be empowered to examine the role of the CIA in authorizing and using torture on detainees held by the US government after 9/11, stated Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show Dec. 17.
A Most Desperate Move by the Fed
Last Tuesday, December 16 (2008), the Bernanke Fed took the most unusual step of lowering the overnight inter-bank lending rate, the federal funds rate, to a level never reached before, i.e. zero percent with an upside limit of 0.25 percent.
Al Qaeda Detainee Tortured for Misinformation, New Report
Two Bush administration intelligence analysts who wrote reports on the C.I.A.'s interrogation of a 'high value' al-Qaeda detainee were never told he had been subject to waterboarding and other coercive methods, Vanity Fair contributing editor David Rose reports.
End the Auto Crisis: Public Ownership to Save Jobs and the Environment
For us the fight to defend the United Auto Workers union (UAW) and its members is immediate. It is estimated that over three million jobs are linked to the jobs at GM, Ford and Chrysler. Bankruptcy would have devastating effects on communities where these workers live.
Auto Salvation and Restructuring – Only the Workers Can Make it Happen
The collapse of the congressional short-term bailout of the imperiled US auto industry brings us to a crossroads. The immediate cause was right-wing Republican demands to kill the UAW as the price tag for its support.
Media's Failing Grade on Education 'Debate'
President-elect Barack Obama chose Chicago schools superintendent Arne Duncan as his nominee for Education secretary after an almost entirely one-sided media discussion that portrayed the most progressive candidate in the running for the post as an unacceptable pick.
Obama Appoints Team to Head 'New Energy Economy'
Emphasizing the important role of science and the link between economic recovery and sustainable environmental policies, President-elect Barack Obama named leading members of his new environmental team Dec. 15.
Chicago Workers to Rest of Country: 'Don't Let It Die!'
When the day finally comes that Raul Flores loses his job, he will face a bitter search for another one. 'I've got a family to support, so I've got to do whatever it takes,' he says.
The Loss of Odetta
Odetta had hoped to sing at the January 20 inauguration of Barack Obama. After decades of performing and fighting for civil rights, human rights and the right to speak her mind, this beautiful sister to us all recognized that the struggle itself could now be put into a new light.
Troy Davis Makes Case for New Round of Appeals
ATLANTA - A three judge panel of the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday met to decide if they will allow Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis to file a new round of federal appeals.
