02/03/10
In the last 8 years there have been 918 US soldier deaths in Afghanistan and 4,380 in Iraq according to the most recent tally from the US Defense Department. By some counts, there have been 1,649 coalition deaths in Afghanistan, which includes 1,000 Americans, since we began the war on terror....
22/02/10
On February 23 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument for Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, a constitutional challenge to laws that make it a crime to provide material support to designated terrorist groups, including "support" that is aimed at reducing violence.
Human rights...
18/02/10
On Tuesday, February 17, 2010 a secret meeting was held in the White House to discuss US nuclear policy. Military leaders and policy makers agree that the US needs a 21st century nuclear security strategy that prevents hostile groups like Al Qaeda from acquiring nuclear weapons technology.
11/02/10
On February 9 and 10, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric aired a two-part series on the use of antibiotics in food animal production.
On many industrial farms, food animals are fed low doses of antibiotics over long periods of time in order to speed up growth and compensate for crowded and...
28/01/10
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama addressed the concerns of Americans about the domestic issues that most immediately affect them: the economy and how to get it moving again; controlling government spending; improving education at all levels; and continuing to press...
26/01/10
On January 21 the Supreme Court made a decision that will change elections forever. In a 5-4 ruling, the Court removed the limits on corporate spending in political campaigns , paving the way for unlimited corporate influence in our elections. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell praised the...
08/01/10
In the midst of an economic meltdown that has hit hard at families and services nationwide, there is actually good news on the education front. The federal government is finally promoting real, meaningful educational reform, the kind that hasn’t occurred in decades. It is looking for...
17/12/09
“As our two countries possess the overwhelming majority of the world’s nuclear weapons, we have special responsibility to reduce their number. I believe we should be prepared to enter into a new arms control agreement with Russia.” John McCain, University of Denver 5/28/08.
08/12/09
On Monday, December 7, delegates from the nation's most prominent direct-care RN organizations will gather in Phoenix for the founding convention of the new 150,000 member National Nurses United, the largest RN union and professional association in U.S. history. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka...
02/12/09
December 1, 2010 in a nationally televised address from the United States Military Academy at West Point, President Obama will officially announce that he has decided to expedite the deployment of 30,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan over the next six months, bringing the troop total to...
