March 9, 2009
<b>Study: One out of 31 people in United States are in prison, on probation or on parole</b> A new Pew Center on the States study has found there are more than 7.3 million Americans in the corrections system — or one in every 31 adults — costing the states $50 billion in 2008.

March 2, 2009
A prison worse than Guantanamo, exports to Western countries responsible for China’s high emissions

February 23, 2009
Troops ordered to Afghanistan

February 9, 2009
Tom Curley, CEO of The Associated Press, said in a recent speech that journalists trying to report about occurrences in Iraq and Afghanistan have been silenced by the Pentagon.

February 2, 2009
A new study revealed that the United States spent more than $52 billion last year on nuclear weapons and related programs.

January 26, 2009
President Barack Obama has four years left to save the earth, said one of the world’s leading climatologists, Jim Hansen of NASA.

January 12, 2009
The annual list of the “Top Ten Humanitarian Crises” around the world was recently released by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

January 5, 2009
Israel launched a devastating military campaign against the Gaza strip last weekend in what many have called the one of the bloodiest since 1967.

December 1, 2008
Many have never heard of the Chagos islands, yet it is the scene of what David Snoxell, former British high commissioner to Mauritius, calls “one of the worst violations of fundamental human rights perpetrated by the U.K.

November 24, 2008
Sadrists protest SOFA

November 17, 2008
Veterans Day commemorations took place last week, but for some veterans, the day took on a different meaning.

November 3, 2008
Fighting spiked last week in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the scene of the world’s bloodiest conflict since World War II, with 5.4 million killed in the last decade.

October 27, 2008
McClatchy news service reported on Friday that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki will not sign the recently completed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which would govern the presence of U.S.

October 20, 2008
A recent poll found that a broad consensus of American voters, both Obama and McCain supporters alike, feel that government is responsible for basic health care, food and education.

October 13, 2008
The French investigative weekly, Le Canard enchaîné, uncovered a secret diplomatic message last week that said the current U.S.

October 6, 2008
A new Army report offered a stark prediction of what will take place during the next 30 to 40 years in conflict.

September 29, 2008
Amidst the elections frenzy, a little known provision offered by the Bush administration laid the groundwork for putting the United States in a state of permanent war.

June 23, 2008
A proposed agreement will grant the U.S. the right to occupy Iraq with more than 55 permanent military bases, conduct operations within Iraq and use it as a base to launch attacks outside their country without approval

June 2, 2008
Underreported

May 29, 2008
More than 100 nations are meeting in Dublin, Ireland to work on a global treaty to ban cluster bombs.

May 19, 2008
A quick look at world events you haven’t heard about

May 15, 2008
A black minister sat and worked on a sermon that he was to deliver the following Sunday.

May 5, 2008
Somalia’s, not Darfur’s, humanitarian situation “worst on the continent”

April 29, 2008
The TV media were hard at work last week.

April 21, 2008
Injured U.S. veterans, Hamas and the Secret Service

April 14, 2008
Torture memo points to possible war crimes

April 7, 2008
A group called Iraq Veterans Against the War launched a four-day conference called Winter Soldier and told their experiences witnessing or participating directly in atrocities.

March 31, 2008
United States Central Command (CENTCOM) Adm.

March 11, 2008
As the run up to the elections for America’s Next Top President heats up, some issues are curiously missing from the media frenzy.

March 10, 2008
Kosovo, a small territory where primarily ethnic Albanians reside, announced its independence from Serbia last month.

March 5, 2008
Southwest to run out of water by 2021 Two of the largest man-made reservoirs in the United States may run dry in 13 years due to climate change, scientists warn.

February 27, 2008
Six Guantanamo detainees charged with connection to Sept.

February 8, 2008
Nuclear first strikes are an option, NATO said A preventive nuclear first strike is now a military option, according to a bold new manifesto by top NATO commanders, as reported in The Guardian.

February 5, 2008
The U.S. political elite should abandon their noble duty of “spreading democracy.”

January 31, 2008
While climate change is altering the planet, a lead National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientist recently stated that the Earth might be beyond the tipping point.

January 16, 2008
In a bombshell case, former FBI translator and whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds claims U.S.

January 9, 2008

January 8, 2008

November 8, 2007
The end of the Petroleum Age will lead to hardships, civil unrest at home and abroad and war. Limiting consumption of petroleum is the only way forward.

October 25, 2007
A massive truck bomb wounded 137 and killed 64 students near the HUB at the UW early Wednesday,

October 11, 2007
In a grotesque display of irony, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino condemned actions by the Junta against citizens in Myanmar.

September 27, 2007
The wonderful folks who brought us the debacle in Iraq aren't done yet. They have plans for President Bush to leave office with another bang in the Middle East.

August 8, 2007
Iraq is an undeniable mess, and "staying the course" will only exacerbate the problem. Chaos in the region will continue as long as the United States maintains its position there.