By not challenging the Israeli narrative in any meaningful way, the uncritical media has become a tool in the hands of Israel's war strategists and their eternal concoctions.

The UN's Childrens Fund, UNICEF, says around half the estimated 600,000 people displaced in Lebanon to date, are children and women.

Shortages of food, water and basic supplies are affecting the more than 500,000 people displaced by the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon over the past 10 days...

From Gaza to Lebanon, the conflict over Israel has once again flared up into major violence, with civilians being the overwhelming majority of the victims. And, true to form, the blame game is in full swing. Cries of “they started it” can be heard loudly from all sides.

Two recent studies have shown that prescription drug prices rose significantly during the first quarter of the year. AARP, an advocacy organization for older Americans, found that the prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for brand-name drugs increased by almost four percent.

Each night, there are thousands of women like Kimberly and her friend Regina who roam the streets of Atlanta in search of shelter. Because of the painful lack of shelter for women, many are forced to sleep on sidewalks, in the park, or take the risk of rooming with a complete stranger.

Many Americans will tell you that it makes them uncomfortable to think of their president as a liar or a crook.  Their need for authority figures extends to pretending that whoever is president is honest and good.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency prohibits journalists from having unsupervised interviews with Hurricane Katrina victims who have been relocated to FEMA trailer parks, according to a report in the Baton Rouge Advocate.

Seems like a great occasion to offer up 10 reasons for impeaching the president, as presented in Barbara Olshansky’s and my new book The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office

The constitution signed into law by [Princess Sikhanyisoher's] father earlier this year recognises "marriage through customary rites", which includes multiple partners. But it does not sanction forced marriage...

Hizbullah, an Islamic political party, won all 23 parliamentary seats in the south of the country in the 2005 elections.

Members of the caravan remained highly disciplined and in excellent spirits as they faced interrogation and searches by more than 75 Homeland Security and Treasury officials.

There were five categories in the questionnaire: career, wealth, marriage and family, religion and life.

Since he took office, President Bush has cut inflation-adjusted investment in training and assistance programs to help unemployed and underemployed workers by 31.3 percent

The 2006 World Conference will be held under a situation in which the world stands at a major crossroads with regards to nuclear weapons. We live in an era in which nuclear weapons can be eliminated by the solidarity of people of the world.

Copper and cobalt have generated Zambia's wealth for over 70 years, with a string of major towns growing up around the mines...Poverty, sex work, and inevitably HIV/AIDS are closely interrelated.

Acccording to various right groups, an estimated 100,000 Iranians have been put to death during the past 27 years of clerical rule including women who had sex outside of marriage and political opponents of the government.

“A total of 5,818 civilians were reportedly killed and at least 5,762 wounded during May and June 2006,”

The "reaction" against Hezbollah and Hamas has involved an intense bombing campaign—targeting civilian infrastructure and the innocent population. In the past six days, more than 230 Lebanese have perished at the hands of Israeli forces, nearly all of whom were civilians.

Super soppy. Superman Returns to discover that the world is still in need of a superhero in an age when the second coming of Christ has been widely predicted by the supporters of President Bush.