Lawrence Wilkerson Drops an Iraq-Torture Bombshell
The 'smoking gun' of the Iraq-Torture Scandal will be proof that the CIA took Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi away from the FBI in February 2002 and sent him to Egypt for one specific reason: to use torture to extract a false confession of Iraq-Al Qaeda ties.
Stimulus Funds Beginning to Jump-start Economy
With about 12 percent of the President's economic recovery act funds distributed, some 150,000 jobs have been saved or created, according to a new report released this week by Vice President Biden, who heads the White House Task Force on Working Families.
Detailed Look at Healthcare Reform in 2009
According to a survey conducted in March of this year by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, Americans overwhelmingly (76 percent) believe that the health system is in need of fundamental change or should be completely rebuilt.
US Strategy in Latin America Was Wrong
Three years ago I wrote an article arguing that the political changes sweeping across Latin America were epoch-making and probably irreversible.
Peat Bogs and Climate Change
Peatlands are wetland ecosystems that accumulate plant material to form layers of peat soil up to 60 feet thick. They can store, on average, 10 times more carbon dioxide (CO2), the leading greenhouse gas, than other ecosystems.
The Spring of the Zombies
As spring comes to America, optimists are seeing 'green sprouts' of recovery from the financial crisis and recession. The world is far different from what it was last spring, when the Bush administration was once again claiming to see 'light at the end of the tunnel.'
Global Warming and Human Illness
Researchers believe that global warming is already responsible for some 150,000 deaths each year around the world, and fear that the number may well double by 2030 even if we start getting serious about emissions reductions today.
Workers, Healthcare & Environment Top Obama Budget Priorities
After a stunning victory in Congress to pass his budget priorities last month, President Obama unveiled the details of his 2010 budget this week.
In the Name of Womanhood and Humanity
Imagine that tomorrow you begin to feel ill and rush to the hospital where you are eventually diagnosed with a horribly debilitating and probably incurable disease.
Graham & McCain Ignore Geneva Convention Requirements About Prisoners
Muddled thinking characterizes a May 6 Wall Street Journal column by Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain about those confined in American-run prisons abroad.
