by William John Cox
Any government having the power to prohibit abortions also has the power to require abortions. Any government having the power to prohibit birth control also has the power to forcibly sterilize women …

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Don’t expect the earth to move on the morning of November 5th if, as we hope, Barack Obama wins this election, unless you happen to live in Northern California where it’s been …

by Roseanne Cash | The Nation Magazine
I’d like to formally submit myself to replace Sarah Palin on the GOP ticket. I feel confident that John McCain will see that the very attributes he desired in …

by Susan Crabtree | The Hill
Democrats are worried that President Bush may pardon Karl Rove, Harriet Miers and other key administration officials alleged to have played a role in the firing of nine U.S. attorneys.
Rep. …

by MARK MAZZETTI | New York Times
WASHINGTON � Senior White House officials played a central role in deliberations in the spring of 2002 about whether the Central Intelligence Agency could legally use harsh interrogation techniques …

by David Swanson | AfterDowningStreet.org
Every time there’s a new Cheney-Bush scandal, every time we discover that Dick Cheney lied to Dick Armey, or another top Iraqi informed the White House there were no weapons, or …

“No Way. No How. No McCain-Palin.”
by Kim Gandy, NOW President and NOW PACs Chair
John McCain and Sarah Palin pay lip service to women’s rights. But you and I know that having a woman on …

from Brad Blog
The chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Rep. John Conyers, is calling on the John McCain campaign to “immediately halt Republican vote suppression efforts,” as seen recently in Michigan–where a county GOP …