Though Basra has long been free of sectarian violence, residents say the city is beginning to fragment along Shi’a and Sunni divisions... violence is on the rise. More than 250 civilians have been killed in Basra since the beginning of May.

In the wake of the Senate’s failure to approve a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, conservatives are now coalescing around what amounts to their runner-up option. Various conservative and evangelical Christian organizations are now championing the “We the People Act.”

U.S. employers have quietly been raking in extraordinarily high profits for the past two years while holding wages down and shifting more benefit costs onto workers. Real wages will decline further as economic growth slows in the United States and worldwide over the next year.

Members of the 17th Friendship Caravan with Cuba will arrive in Havana on July 8, after travelling across 14 different US routes, condemning the immoral and cruel blockade of the Island and collecting humanitarian aid for Cubans.

It’s lights out in the Gaza Strip and lights out in the moral consciousness of the Western and Arab world. The reason? One soldier, who lacked the ethical fiber to resist involvement in the illegal occupation of an indigenous people, was captured by those he was oppressing.

Presidential aspirants in the Democratic Republic of Congo kicked off their nationwide campaigns on Friday for the country's first democratic elections in 45 years, due on 30 July.

A strong feeling of disgust went through the most vulnerable layers of society, who took the streets of Caracas to demonstrate their indignation and to fight for their rights...the right to live with dignity, like human beings.

"I'm shocked, I'm surprised, and I'm also very saddened, to relive some of these issues over again, using some of the same language that was used in the 1950s and 1960s," US Rep. John Lewis told Atlanta Progressive News in a phone interview.

The pretext for war with Iran will solely be based on its plans to build a nuclear bomb and its sponsorship of terrorism. An attack against Iran because of its nuclear program is illegal according to Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.

Saudi Arabia is a special country. It is the place of two of the Muslims’ holiest sites. It is a major oil producer. It is the only country in the world that is named after its founder: Ibn Saud. It is one of a few countries in the world that is run as a family business.

The criminal barbarity of the US aggression against Viet Nam has its parallel in the history of our own country. The Philippines is known as the "First Viet Nam" because our country was the first Asian country to suffer the inhumanity of the US invasion which started in 1898.

The Israeli Occupation authorities have started a new aggression against our people by attacking our lands in Gaza. This attack was concentrated in Palestinian territories in Gaza causing complete destruction of our infra-structure...

Following the quake, rent prices in the city have doubled with a good house costing as much as $1,000 a month – far out of reach of most people...

President Bush, during his five years in office, has cancelled all or part of 750 laws of Congress, quietly and with the stroke of a pen. These so-called "signing statements" have been used to invalidate laws passed by Congress...

This article attempts to summarize what it does, how it does it, for whose benefit and at whose expense. For those who don't know, prepare for some stunning information and commentary...

The Supreme Court in an important decision yesterday ruled 5-3 that the Bush administration’s use of "special courts," sanctioned by no one except themselves, to try prisoners held on terrorism charges at Guantánamo, violated both the Uniform Court of Military Justice, which govern U.S. military courts, and the Geneva Convention.

With the Mexican presidential race entering its final hours, the outcome still remains in doubt. Felipe Calderón of the ruling PAN party is running neck and neck with left-leaning Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the PRD.

Adam Morrison from Gonzaga, the NCAA's leading scorer in 2006, was picked third by the Charlotte Bobcats... He is also someone who has said that his heroes, in addition to Rage, are "Malcolm X, Karl Marx, and Che Guevara."

PCHR strongly condemns IOF retaliatory measures targeting Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, including the destruction of properties that are not classified as a legitimate military targets.

During the month of June, the Israeli Army (Tzahal) killed dozens Palestinians, including several children, and now is continuing these crimes by the occupation of large territories of the Gaza Strip with the excuse of releasing the kidnapped soldier.