This column is usually dedicated to those in the Sportsworld who believe in the power of protest – and back their words with deeds. But today, in recognition of this Tuesday’s election-lunacy, we give space to those who back their political ideas with cold, hard, filthy, cash.

The President of the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela, Tibisay Lucena, said today the poll entity will guarantee the transparency of presidential elections on December 3.

Our President is pretending that the Democrats have no plan for Iraq, and the media is repeating that pretense unchallenged. Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich published a plan in 2003 -- that's THREE YEARS AGO -- that puts Bush, his party, and some of the Democrats to shame. 

Defeating the Republicans decisively will enable trade unionists, civil rights activists, environmental activists, peace activists, and all progressive forces to push a Democratic Congress into trying to make these ten points part of new reality.

When tires are not inflated to the pounds per square inch (PSI) rating recommended by manufacturers, they are less “round” and require more energy to begin moving and to maintain speed. As such, under-inflated tires do indeed contribute to pollution and increase fuel costs. 

A delegation of US citizens and residents spent September 30-October 8, 2006, in Caracas, Venezuela meeting with a broad cross-section of people representing the Venezuelan government and its opposition, civil and social organizations, the media, the OAS, and the US government. 

In the aftermath of the Oct. 9 nuclear test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), many in the region and around the world now worry about the acceleration of nuclear proliferation and the threat to peaceful coexistence in Northeast Asia.

Regardless of its many flaws and imperfections, no other national struggle in the world has assimilated itself, or has been inadvertently assimilated, to symbolize so many things to so many different people, as has the Palestinian struggle. And yet, despite the intricate layers of sense and understanding that have sought to encapsulate the Palestinian struggle, Palestine itself lingers in the world’s consciousness merely as a symbol.

With the recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision to mandate equal rights to gay couples, same-sex marriage is once again taking the spotlight in an election year where voters in eight states will vote on constitutional amendments to ban it.

While nearly 3 out of 4 Americans believe global warming is real and requires serious measures to reduce greenhouse emissions to fix, no progress has been made on this issue in the last 12 years of Republican control of Congress.

The Japanese and U.S. government scheme to impose a new U.S. base on Okinawa is faced with strong criticism from local residents.

According to a story posted yesterday on The American Prospect's website, beleaguered Sen. George Allen (R-VA) may have improperly accepted stock options from a now defunct technology company known as Xybernaut.

Women voters will play an important role in next week's midterm elections as they register their feelings about the current state of affairs in the U.S.

Predicting political events is almost a sure way to make a fool of yourself. The situation in the world changes too quickly and is too difficult to know in sufficient detail for any “expert’s” prediction to be much better than an ordinary person’s guess.

TONY Blair would have us believe that government agreement to a formal inquiry by senior backbenchers into how Britain became involved in the Iraq invasion would send a message of "weakness" to resistance forces there.

Over the last five years, the Palestinian people have faced a host of obstacles in their fight for sovereignty, preventing them the opportunity to create a life those in the Western world brag about.

Lawrence Albright chimes in on the heckling of Barbra Streisand and the bashing of Michael J. Fox -- two celebrities who have discovered the GOP-stoked politics of hate.

As I was listening to The Young Turks interview with Ari Melber of "The Nation" Tuesday morning, there was one phrase that really jumped out at me. He referred to Bush's "binary thinking" as one of the major reasons why his own base has abandoned him.

Rob Kall, executive editor of OpEdNews.com, offers Senator John Kerry some suggestions regarding apologies to the military in the wake of the Senator's recent comments.

Last week the Howard Government announced more rural drought relief grants. Howard has finally acknowledged the reality of global warming, caused by emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2). However, the government still refuses to introduce carbon trading, which is intended to reduce CO2 emissions, and could see farmers earn significant incomes from reforestation, the establishment of wind or solar energy complexes on their farms, and even from ceasing land clearing.