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An Investigation Reopens: Why Did Pat Tillman Die? Paging Mr. Orwell. In explaining why the Army was finally launching a criminal investigation of the April 2004 friendly fire death of NFL star-turned-Army-Ranger Pat Tillman, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace sighed, "Although there is no evidence there was criminal activity the investigators did not specifically look at whether there was criminal activity. In other words, the previous four investigations were flawless except for the fact that they didn,t investigate a...
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:25am PST
AT&T acquisition of BellSouth to eliminate 10,000 jobs AT&T said Monday that its deal to acquire BellSouth will mean the destruction of 10,000 jobs over three years. The acquisition, valued at $67 billion, will, if it is approved by government regulators and withstands anticipated legal challenges, mark a major further step in the monopolization of telecommunications services in the US. As is clear from Monday’s announcement, it will spark an even more aggressive attack on the jobs, wages and conditions of telecommunications workers....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:17am PST
Sheehan, Benajamin Violently Arrested at U.N. Without Cause On Monday, Cindy Sheehan, Medea Benjamin and three other CODEPINK members attempted to peacefully enter the United States mission to the U.N. -- and were violently arrested.
There were no grounds for their arrest, they had alerted local law enforcement about their presence and they were completely nonviolent. According to reports, the women were slammed up against brick walls and, at one point, Cindy Sheehan was exposed while police were roughing her up....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 12:25am PST
South Dakota has banned abortion - is your state next? Please join us in sending a message to U.S. governors asking them to hold the line on a woman's right to choose.
Help protect the right to choose in your state by volunteering with your state affiliate...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 4:50pm PST
Supreme Court Decision Allows Military To Circumvent Non-Discrimination Measures today's unanimous Supreme Court upheld a federal law that requires universities to allow the military
recruiters on campus, circumventing anti-discrimination measures...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 4:39pm PST
Coverup: Toxic Rocket Fuel Now in Most Americans, 20060303 not just Colorado...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 1:03pm PST
Michael Eric Dyson on Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster As President Bush prepares to pay a visit to the Gulf Coast six months after Hurricane Katrina hit, we speak with University of Pennsylvania professor and preacher Michael Eric Dyson about his new book "Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster."...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 6:34am PST
Army to Launch Criminal Probe of Tillman's Death The Army said Saturday that it would launch a criminal probe into the death of Pat Tillman, the onetime National Football League star who was inadvertently killed by gunfire from fellow soldiers in the mountains of Afghanistan in April 2004.
The Army's decision came after the Pentagon's inspector general reviewed the case and recommended further investigation into whether soldiers in Tillman's unit should be charged with negligent homicide....
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 1:14pm PST
Westinghouse Workers Have the Highest Levels of PCBs Ever Recorded Dying for Their Work
By STEVEN HIGGS...
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 1:12pm PST
Iditarod article in New York Times - LETTERS NEEDED From the Sled Dog Action Coalition: The New York Times had an Iditarod article on the main page of Saturday's national section. While the article talks about the lack of snow and announces the start of the race, nothing is said about the dogs' suffering. Please send them a letter. This is a good chance for us to educate the newspaper about the cruelties the dogs endure in the Iditarod. For information about the race visit: http://www.helpsleddogs.org...
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 6:18am PST
Diebold Whistleblower Facing Charges An open letter to Bruce McPherson and the citizens of the United States...
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 5:01pm PST
Someone Accessed 40 Palm Beach County Voting Machines Nov 2004 The internal logs of at least 40 Sequoia touch-screen voting machines reveal that votes were time and date-stamped as cast two weeks before the election, sometimes in the middle of the night....
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 4:32pm PST
Breast Cancer Delays Sentencing of Lynne Stewart Yesterday, Ms. Stewart, who remains free on bail, clarified
the mystery when her lawyers filed a letter revealing that
she is recovering from surgery on Jan. 9 for breast cancer
and is about to start a program of radiation therapy.
She requested a new delay of her sentencing until after July 31....
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 4:12pm PST
BTL:South Dakota Anti-Abortion Forces Working to Overturn Roe vs. Wade Interview with Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 3:47am PST
Unions for flight attendants, pilots agree to huge concessions at Northwest Airlines The union representing 5,000 pilots at Northwest Airlines, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), reached a tentative agreement with the airline Friday morning, the day after a federal bankruptcy court postponed its ruling on the company’s request to throw out its labor agreement and impose lower wages and benefits on the pilots....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 10:41pm PST
The Clintons, the Doles and the Dubai port deal: political duplicity and class interest While Senator Hillary Clinton, Democrat of New York, was attacking the Bush administration over the Dubai ports deal, her husband Bill was advising United Arab Emirates officials on how best to smooth over the controversy and push the deal through....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 10:40pm PST
Britain: Behind the suspension of London Mayor Ken Livingstone Every so often, an incident occurs that reveals issues more fundamental than those presented as its immediate source....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 10:35pm PST
An act of social cruelty: South Dakota bars abortions for victims of rape and incest Embarking on a deliberate challenge to the historic Roe v. Wade decision by the Supreme Court that legalized abortion throughout the United States, the South Dakota state legislature voted last week to outlaw all abortions except where the life of a pregnant woman was in danger. Governor Mike Rounds, a Republican like a majority of the state lawmakers, said he would sign the bill....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 10:32pm PST
Iran to invest $1 billion in Iraq Iraq has agreed to invest $1 billion to rehabilitate the country’s industrial sector, said Industry and Minerals Minister Abdulaziz al-Najafi in a statement....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 10:09pm PST
Decision by Wal-Mart to Stock EC "Long Overdue" Spurred on by a lawsuit in Massachusetts, national retail chain Wal-Mart announced Friday that it has decided to stock emergency contraception (EC) in all of its pharmacies, acquiescing to pressure from the National Organization for Women and other women's rights groups....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 9:27pm PST
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