June 29, 2009 -
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a landmark climate bill on Friday, passing the American Clean Energy and Security Act by a narrow 219-212 margin. The measure, which would set caps on greenhouse gas emissions and boost renewable energy and efficiency, now goes to the Senate. If the House vote is any indication, the legislation can be expected to face significant opposition from Senators hailing from the coal-dependent South.
June 29, 2009 -
Before the torture debates about Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, there was the School of Americas -- a U.S.
June 29, 2009 -
By Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend
June 29, 2009 -
By Bill Bishop, Daily Yonder What does coal cost mining communities?
June 28, 2009 -
At least two leaders of the coup launched in Honduras on June 28 were apparently trained at a controversial Department of Defense school based at Fort Benning, Georgia infamous for producing graduates linked to torture, death squads and other human rights abuses.
June 27, 2009 -
Cristina Fernandez-Pereda, New America Media
June 26, 2009 -
Long before anyone could read into Michael Jackson's cubist,etiolated face a work of performance art, the wounds of internalizedracism, or the excess of boredom and wealth, all those things that