Death Penalty:
A recent study of almost 2,000 death penalty cases in Ohio between 1981 and 2002 shows that race and geography played strong roles in determining the imposition of capital punishment.
More Iraq War Lies: Chair of Republican Party Put at a Loss by Downing Street Minutes
On June 5, 2005, Ken Mehlman, Chairman of the Republican Party, was asked about the Downing Street Minutes on 'NBC News’ Meet the Press.'
IRAQ: Iraqi journalists complain of censorship
'Journalists are not just being targeted verbally or politically, they are also being targeted for real in Iraq. The ignorance and immaturity of the US military which does not make differences [differentiate] between the insurgents and the press has been adopted brutally against the media in our country,' Ahmed Abdul-Satar, an Iraqi journalist working for a French media organisation, told IRIN.
L.A. Study: Living Wage Doesn’t Cost Jobs
Los Angeles is among many local governments enacting living wage laws. With the federal minimum wage frozen at $5.15 since 1997, local union leaders and activists from New York City to Santa Monica, Calif., have helped pass more than 100 living wage ordinances nationwide. The first such law was passed in Baltimore in 1994.
“War” Grips Haiti As U.N. Mission Renewal Stumbles
In a chaotic, divided Haiti, there is one thing that everyone agrees on: the United Nations Mission to Stabilize Haiti (MINUSTAH) is not helping...Washington has been pushing the MINUSTAH’s Brazilian military commander, Lieutenant-General Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira, to use more repression against Haiti’s rebellious anti-coup and anti-occupation popular quarters...
Sharon Vows to Keep Jerusalem Undivided Capital of Israel, Peres Calls to Drive Palestinians out...
'Jerusalem is ours for eternity and will never pass into foreign hands,' Sharon said on marking the 38th anniversary of Israel's capture of the entire holy...Arab MKs boycotted Monday a special meeting of the Knesset.
MK Abdulmalik Dahamshe) said 'Jerusalem Day is fictitious. Jerusalem is not united but occupied and this occupation must end.'
KYRGYZSTAN: Uzbek asylum seekers move to a new camp inland
The asylum seekers had fled from Andijan on 13 May after Uzbek security forces reportedly opened fire on thousands of unarmed protesters in the city square. They killed up to 1,000, according to local rights groups, but the Uzbek government claimed the death toll was 173.
Police Raids Kill 25 in Haiti
Meantime, human rights organizations reiterated accusations against Haitian security forces for the arrest of several members of the Lavalas Party -founded by Aristide- as well as executions and tortures.
Teach-In on War Turns to Demand for Truth
It seems likely to me that forcing a public discussion of the lies that started the war, and of the resolution of inquiry into impeachment that they justify, will fundamentally change what counts as acceptable to say out-loud. Once the I word (impeachment) is commonly associated with the war, ending the war might just become less of a taboo.
OAS: Toward a Progressive Haiti Policy
Since President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s February 2004 ouster, Haitian police and the 7,400-member UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) have been struggling to find peace on the island, let alone maintain it.
