House Rejects $162.5B War Funding Bill … For Now
Antiwar Democrats team up with disgruntled Republicans to derail funding bill sponsored by Dem House leaders By Jonathan Weisman /…
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BREAKING NEWS: California Supreme Court Overturns Ban On Gay Marriage
Staff May 15, 2008 0 Comments on BREAKING NEWS: California Supreme Court Overturns Ban On Gay Marriage
Today, the California Supreme Court just announced its decision to allow all Californians the Freedom to Marry. The court found…
Posted in: Civil Rights
Kiss American Security Goodbye
15 Numbers That Add Up to an Age of Insecurity By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch.com / May 15, 2008 Once…
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Bush Sacrifices His Golf Game for American War Dead
Comment angers US war vets President George Bush, in an Oval Office interview on May 13th, declared that he gave…
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Wind Can Supply 20% of U.S. Electricity, Report Says
By Steven Mufson / Washington Post / May 13, 2008 The Energy Department said yesterday that the United States has…
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Pollution levels have dropped in U.S. coastal waters
By Renee Schoof / McClatchy Newspapers / May 12, 2008 WASHINGTON – Some good news from the government scientists who…
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“Hit and Stay” – 40th Anniversary of Vietnam War Era Civil Disobedience Against the Draft
Staff May 14, 2008 1 Comment on “Hit and Stay” – 40th Anniversary of Vietnam War Era Civil Disobedience Against the Draft
The Catonsville Nine and Baltimore Four Actions Revisited By Joe Tropea Forty years ago this week during the Vietnam War,…
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Obama, Class and the Racist Undead
Watching Hilary Clinton these days is like watching a re-run of George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. In this film…
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S.D. School Board Lays Off 617 Teachers – California to Lay Off 14,000-15,000
Staff May 14, 2008 3 Comments on S.D. School Board Lays Off 617 Teachers – California to Lay Off 14,000-15,000
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Unified School Board voted 3 to 2 Tuesday, May 13th, to lay off 617…
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How Pot Became Demonized: the Fine Line Between Good Medicine and ‘Dangerous Drugs’
Staff May 13, 2008 4 Comments on How Pot Became Demonized: the Fine Line Between Good Medicine and ‘Dangerous Drugs’
The following is an excerpt from “Dying to Get High” by Wendy Chapkis and Richard J. Webb (NYU Press, 2008)….
Posted in: Civil Rights, Health
LA Times: Domestic spying far outpaces terrorism prosecutions
As more Americans are watched, fewer cases are made. The trend concerns civil liberties groups as well as some lawmakers…
Posted in: Civil Rights
Why All of Our Efforts Won’t Stop the Attack on Iran
by Gary Leupp / May 11th, 2008 / Dissident Voice May 9. I read tonight a brief article by Philip…
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