03/02/12
The Department of Defense budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 released last Thursday will total $525 billion, $22 billion less than the amount Congress approved for fiscal year 2012, the peak in spending that began escalating in 1998. It is still 37% higher in real terms than the fiscal year...
13/01/12
“We must learn to live together as brothers,” Dr. King once said, “or perish together as fools.”
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22/12/11
La administración de Obama anunció los nuevos estándares para la protección contra las emisiones de mercurio y otros venenos procedentes casi en su totalidad de las plantas de combustión de carbón.
14/12/11
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On Wednesday, December 14th, President Obama delivered a speech marking the end of the Iraq War, while the last US troops based in Iraq are finally coming home. With the escalating rhetoric over possible military action against Iran, we must remember the costs and lessons of a nearly decade...
08/12/11
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December 10th is Human Rights Day, on the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, paying tribute to all human rights defenders, with an eye to recruiting a new generation of human rights activists.
30/11/11
Breaking News: The British government has closed its embassy in Tehran and evacuated its diplomats following attacks on its offices this week by Iranian protesters. Further, the U.K. has moved to expel Iranian diplomats from London. Following reports of an
03/11/11
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Government Transparency watchdogs the Sunlight Foundation and its coalition partners, are sounding the alarm. The stakes are too high for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction - better known as the Super Committee - to operate behind closed doors without public oversight....
21/10/11
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The Super Committee formed through the Budget Control Act of 2011 has until November 23rd to recommend $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions. Any serious proposal to shrink the deficit must include cuts to the national security budget, which, barring war-related spending has increased...
