Civil Rights Groups Form Coalition, Develop Plan for High School Reform
Several of the nation's largest civil rights organizations representing communities of color unveiled a strategic plan for high school reform to a packed room on Capitol Hill.
Newark March for Peace and Equality
The People's March For Peace, Equality, Jobs & Justice will be held Saturday, August 25, 2007, beginning at 12:00 noon in Lincoln Park in downtown Newark, New Jersey.
Pentagon Understates War Casualties, Says Veterans Group
The Pentagon is intentionally underreporting US casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a recent report by veterans' advocacy group Veterans for Common Sense.
Real Political Correctness
For many years now, the right wing in the US has used the term 'politically correct' to caricature those who try to remove racist, sexist, militarist and other similarly motivated forms of speech from popular usage.
Canada: Defend Full Equality – Drive Out the Harper Conservatives
Together with our allies at dozens of Pride events across Canada this summer, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans, two-spirited persons, and queer and questioning youth are celebrating important struggles to achieve equality and social justice.
The Empire has Created a Virtual Killing Machine
It was announced that the CIA would be declassifying hundreds of pages on illegal actions that included plans to eliminate the leaders of foreign governments. Suddenly the publication is halted and it is delayed one day. No coherent explanation was given. Perhaps someone in the White House looked over the material.
New Efforts in the Senate to Change Course in Iraq
Growing public opposition to Bush's Iraq war policies pushed a handful of Republican Senators this past week to express disapproval of Bush's war in Iraq.
New NSA Whistleblower Speaks
A former member of U.S. military intelligence has decided to reveal what she knows about warrantless spying on Americans and about the fixing of intelligence in the leadup to the invasion of Iraq.
US Rep. Johnson Joins 10 Others on Cheney Impeachment Bill
US Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA-04) has joined ten other Members of Congress in supporting H Res 333, a bill to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney.
Taxpayer signing statements
This year as I prepare my income tax return, I am going to take a cue from George W. Bush. After dotting the i's and crossing the t's, and rolling my eyes at the anemic refund coming to me, I'm going to attach a 'signing statement'.
