By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Now that the Supreme Court upheld the government’s ban on the use of four letter words on TV, and radio, here’s a question for them: when will they ban torture?
Yes, of …

Diane Shamis moderated an informal call aimed at catching up on current healthcare news and finding out what people’s plans are for April 25th’s Day of Action.
Bill Gallagher from California Nurses Association (CNA) …

By David Swanson | AfterDowningStreet.org
When Americans get “ethical” these days they ponder the great moral mysteries, like “Is public health coverage fair to insurance companies?” or “If we increase the military budget but reduce one …

By Mark Turner | MarkTurner.net
Imagine, if you will, a world where the streets in this country are
privately owned by the country’s shipping companies. In our more
modern example, Let’s say your particular street is owned by …

By David Swanson | AfterDowningStreet.org
When did recent U.S. torture begin on a major scale? When September 11, 2001, provided a weak excuse to attack Iraq, an excuse that would need some bolstering. …

US Marine Cpl. Rick Reyes, a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Reyes was powerful and truthful as he expressed serious discontent with the current mission in Afghanistan, …

By Andy Coates, MD
Steward in the Public Employees Federation (PEF), AFL-CIO, A statewide
New York union affiliated with AFT and SEIU
In an attempt to find out what union members think about the health
care crisis and its …

By Sherwood Ross | PoliticalAffairs.net
If the Pentagon’s instructors didn’t teach assassination at the School of the Americas (SOA) in Fort Benning, Ga., is it just coincidental that so many of its star pupils graduate to …