By Jayne Lyn Stahl
For those of us who feel good watching Bernie Madoff being led off to prison in handcuffs, think about this:
Richard M. Nixon was never led off to jail in handcuffs. Nixon got …

By David Swanson | AfterDowningStreet.org

President Obama’s second signing statement has generated a great deal of news coverage referring to it as his first. And the coverage largely suffers from the shadow of Obama’s predecessor (and …

By Julian Sanchez | Ars Technica
A new report on data mining from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence focuses on a system for analyzing video footage. More intriguing, however, are several projects linked …

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Dear Chancellor Birgeneau:
As you may know, H. Marshall Jarrett, head of the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility, has reached damning although not yet public conclusions about the professional misconduct of Professor …

Crossposted from NYT
JOHANNESBURG — Zimbabwean authorities released a prominent opposition official, Roy Bennett, on Thursday, a day after the Supreme Court granted him bail.
Mr. Bennett, who is treasurer of the Movement for Democratic Change, was …

Oregon Plumbers Local Endorses HR 676
Portland, Oregon. Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 290 has endorsed HR
676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman
John Conyers (D-MI). The 4,000 member local has jurisdiction in
Northern California, …

Washington, DC 3/2009. Thousands upon thousands of people gathered in DC this weekend to join forces giving voice to the needs of our environment. To join the movement go to WWW.350.ORG the movement go …