Government -- US
Green Presidential Candidate McKinney Blazes NC Trail With Incendiary Speech
McKinney Blazes NC Trail With Incendiary Speech
by Matt Saldaña
Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney has moved from blue to green, and similarly, she demonstrated her move to the left side of the political spectrum in a speech she gave in Durham: “It’s time to move from protest to resistance.”
The New Reefer Madness: Arresting People in Pain
The New Reefer Madness: Arresting People in Pain
Bruce Ramsey / Times Editorial Columnist
July 23, 2008
Seattle Times
The police raid on Martin Martinez, a Seattle man who uses marijuana to dull the chronic pain from a motorcycle accident, made the page-one headline last Thursday: "Was Pot Raid Justified?" Martinez's lawyer, Douglas Hiatt, insists vehemently that it was not.
New Spying Law Quickly Challenged
New Spying Law Quickly Challenged
by William Fisher
NEW YORK - Civil liberties advocates have lost no time in asking a federal court to stop the government from conducting surveillance under the new wiretapping law passed by Congress and signed by President George W. Bush last week.
System That Convicts Innocent Needs Reform
System That Convicts Innocent Needs Reform
by Jesse Jackson
On July 9, the long agony of JonBenet Ramsey’s family was brought at least to a partial close. On the basis of new forms of DNA testing, the Boulder, Colo., district attorney wrote a letter of apology to her father, John Ramsey, because the results cleared him and his late wife of any involvement in the girl’s murder.
ACLU Asks FCC to Scrutinize ISP Surveillance of Customers’ Internet Habits
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Vicious Ideologue Renews Attack on Social SecurityVicious Ideologue Renews Attack on Social Security Billionaire investment banker Peter Peterson is back on the warpath. He just established a new foundation with a $1 billion endowment, the main purpose of which is to cut back spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. anonymous – July 22, 2008 – 10:46am
Going GreenGoing Greenby Katrina vanden Heuvel
In his Washington Post column last Friday, EJ Dionne writes that Al Gore is playing “his usual role of unpaid party visionary by arguing that we can ease the climate crisis anonymous – July 21, 2008 – 11:02pm
Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes NowNine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now Retired General Antonio Taguba, the officer who led the Army’s investigation into Abu Ghraib, recently wrote in the preface to the new report, Broken laws, Broken Lives: anonymous – July 21, 2008 – 8:29am
Mother’s Milk of Politics Turns SourMother’s Milk of Politics Turns Sour anonymous – July 19, 2008 – 4:04pm
Spying Uncovered: Documents Show State Police Monitored Peace and Anti-Death Penalty GroupsSpying Uncovered: Documents Show State Police Monitored Peace and Anti-Death Penalty Groups BALTIMORE - Undercover Maryland State Police officers repeatedly spied on peace activists and anti-death penalty groups in recent years and entered the names of some in a law-enforcement database of people thought to be terrorists or drug traffickers, newly released documents show. anonymous – July 18, 2008 – 12:44pm
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