A newly released TV ad from the Obama campaign links John McCain's personal wealth and privilege to his fundamental misunderstanding about the economic realities working families face.

Ahmed Hisham Abu Shawish is forty-six, but he looks older. His skin is tinged with gray and he sits slumped forward in his chair. He used to work full time at the Islamic University doing logistical support, but these days is confined to his home in the Al Daraj district of northern Gaza city.

The Venezuelan delegation included Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, Minister of Energy and Petroleum Rafael Ramirez, Minister of Light Industries and Commerce William Contreras and Minister of Basic Industries and Mines Rodolfo Sanz.

The Bolivian government condemned roadblocks put up by the opposition in Pando, Beni and Santa Cruz to protest President Evo Morales's plans to redistribute natural gas revenues.

Deputy chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Saeedi Wednesday said positive talks between International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran will continue in the future, the official IRNA news agency reported.

The Indian State that came into being after independence bore the stamp of the anti-colonial struggle. It aimed to promote egalitarian development, later re-christened as the building of a “socialistic pattern of society,” and negate the hegemony of imperialism, old and new.

The labor rights organization, American Rights at Work, released a video this week of workers turning in a petition signed by more than 60,000 people in support of a formal complaint filed last week against apparently illegal electioneering by the multinational retail giant Wal-Mart.

Two major labor organizations, the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) teamed up with Brave New Films this week to promote a new video titled "McCain's Mansions: The Real Elitist," which links John McCain's personal wealth to his basic misunderstandings of the economic crisis facing working families.

Intersex or Disorders of Sexual Development is basically an umbrella term for a number of conditions. Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, 5-alpha reductase syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, gonadal dysgenesis, Klinefelter syndrome, etc. are all under the umbrella of "intersex" or DSD.

In a surprise move, Northwest Airlines asked Clear Channel Communications to remove anti-nuclear weapons billboards placed by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) for the media company's Minneapolis airport advertisement network.

In 1962, Stalinism was given a name: Ivan Denisovich. Six years earlier, Nikita Khrushchev, behind closed doors and at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, revealed the magnitude of Stalinist repression and crimes.

Venezuela’s first satellite will be launched from Chinese soil on November 1st, President Hugo Chávez announced on his weekly Sunday talk show Aló Presidente, which was broadcast from the satellite control station located at an air base on the vast plains of the state of Guárico, Venezuela.

The curtain will come down on the Beijing Olympics on August 24. The Paralympics will then commence. When they conclude the world will be left to consider the full impact of the Games – the spectacle, the competition, the reputation of the host country in light of what has taken place during the weeks of awe-inspiring televised sporting performances.

I am very proud of what I did at Halliburton. And the people of Halliburton are very proud of what they've done. --Dick Cheney 2000. Billions in no-bid contracts and massive corruption – of course they're proud.

John McCain wants you to think he's a maverick. He isn't, and his record after nearly 30 years in Washington proves it. From Social Security to energy policy, the economy, the war, and veterans issues, John McCain is out of touch with the views and needs of Americans.

“A Doctor in Galilee” is a wonderfully descriptive narrative of life and times in Palestine/Israel. Clearly written, with a mix of personal anecdotes, historical tales, and much in the way of a reality based philosophy of a people living under an occupying force that treats them distinctly as a lesser "other."

US Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Maxine Waters (D-CA) have written a letter to the new Secretary, Steve Preston, of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requesting the agency cease approving demolition and disposition applications from housing authorities across the country.

Under strong pressure and the looming threat of impeachment, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation Monday, Aug. 18th.

The Republican Right and their many friends and allies in the media are attacking Barack Obama for saying little about the Russia-Georgia conflict. Obama made an initial statement, which was strongly critical of Russia, but called for a United Nations role and made no direct threats.

In order to highlight the need for a new energy and environmental policy in this election cycle's political debate, several environmental coalitions have called a national day of action set for September 27th.