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This Country Has Failed Me In Every Way: Spc. William Wooldridge OIF Vet With PTSD (audio/x-wav 2.5MB) Thousands of soldiers are returning from Iraq or Afghanistan and discovering that they cannot get access to medical and disability benefits. This is just one man's account among the thousands of very similar horror stories....
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 9:49am PST
"Justice" in USA has 2 faces: Jail time for peaceful protestors & GI killer walks free This week, 3 of the 4 St. Patrick Four non-violent war protestors were sentenced 4 to 6 months in jail, while the GI killer of Iraqi general got off scott free(with only a 'reprimand'). This is the example of justice that Empire USA sends to the rest of the World...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 7:41pm PST
The Truth About Guantanamo -- An Interview With Capt. James Yee As one of the U.S. Army's few Muslim chaplains, Capt. James Yee thought he was serving both God and country at Guantanamo Bay. But in September 2003, two days after receiving an excellent evaluation, Chaplain Yee was arrested, charged with espionage and thrown into solitary confinement for 76 days. When he left the Army in 2005 after all charges were dropped, he received a medal. He recounts his journey from Muslim American poster boy to Enemy of the State in his memoir, "For God and Cou...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 5:18pm PST
Bush Immigration Plan Is Way Off the Mark President Bush's promise to overhaul the U.S. immigration system is a disaster in the making. The two major components of his program are increased enforcement of immigration laws and a new low-wage "guest worker" program. History proves that neither of these approaches will bring us closer to a comprehensive fix....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 5:08pm PST
Kerry trying to muster a filibuster against Alito Kerry will try for a filibuster...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 3:02pm PST
A New World Is Possible Cindy sheehan brings us hope from Caracas....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 1:50pm PST
Soldier Convicted of Murder Receives No Jail Time, Protesters Sentenced to 6 Months Who goes to jail? While an army interrogator convicted of brutally killing an Iraqi general during receives no jail time, we look at the case of New York peace activists who have been sentenced to six months in jail for protesting war....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 8:03am PST
US: New Medicare plan triggers health crisis for thousands The debut of the new Medicare drug plan has been a disaster for tens of thousands of seniors and other eligible participants. Starting from the first week of its implementation on January 1, the program was so riddled by confusion and incompetence that more than two dozen states were forced to take emergency action to pay for prescription drugs that people were not able to obtain by using the plan. Low-income beneficiaries were often overcharged or arrived at pharmacies to discover their old ...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 7:43am PST
History of bitter struggle by US miners In the background of the Sago Mine disaster...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 7:42am PST
Programmer Jeff Dean worked for chief of White House Plumbers unit Convicted of 23 felonies for computer crimes, Jeffrey Dean
was sent to prison for four years. Shortly after his release
from incarceration, his company was awarded one of the
largest ballot printing contracts in history....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 12:48am PST
US military stretched to breaking point The US army is being stretched, by its deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan, into a "thin green line" in danger of breaking before the insurgents are defeated, claims a report commissioned by the Pentagon....
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 7:47pm PST
LOUISIANA’S COASTAL TRIBES APPEAL FOR HELP 
Four of Louisiana’s coastal Native American tribes issued an urgent appeal for support in the aftermath of Hurricane’s Katrina and Rita. Despite the buzz of recovery activity in New Orleans and on other parts of the Gulf coast, tribal leaders say they have been forgotten and their people continue to suffer....
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 7:32pm PST
Daniel McGowan just released into the custody of his sister - judge cited support letters great news - eco-defender ensared in witch hunt released on bail - our letters matter!
PLEASE take a moment TONIGHT to write and send a support letter for the other eco-defenders - their bail hearings are coming fast!...
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 5:53pm PST
Jan. 25 PATRIOT Act Call-In Day Today is the day! Join the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and tens of thousands of allies throughout the U.S. in an overwhelming grassroots response to the PATRIOT Act and other governmental excesses....
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 12:30pm PST
Interests Not Served By Republicans or Democrats Reuters (50 minutes ago): "At least 51 of the Senate's 55 Republicans, along with at least one Democrat, plan to vote for Alito, according to an unofficial tally based on statements and interviews with lawmakers and aides in the 100-member chamber.... Democrats have not threatened a filibuster since they do not appear to have the votes to sustain such a procedural roadblock. But they have made clear that they intend to make Alito and the high-court an issue in the November congression...
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 12:08pm PST
Animal personalities -- and science's increasing recognition of such DawnWatch: New York Times Magazine cover on animal personality 1/22/06...
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 10:35am PST
AG Gonzales' Defense Of U.S. Domestic Spy Program Draws Protests On Tuesday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appeared at Georgetown Law School to deliver an address defending the NSA domestic spy programs. During the course of his address, nearly 30 students stood up one-by-one and turned their back on Gonzales in protest. A panel of law professors addressed Gonzales’ speech, calling it illegal. We play excerpts of Gonzales’ speech and law professor David Cole responding....
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 7:08am PST
Bush administration launches campaign of lies in defense of government spying The Bush administration has initiated a campaign to defend its illegal spying program, employing its well-established technique of brazenly lying to the American people....
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 7:07am PST
Challenge to Law Barring Transgender People Access to Medical Treatment in Prison Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union
filed a lawsuit today in federal court on behalf of two transgender
women challenging a Wisconsin law that bars them from access to
appropriate medical treatment while they are incarcerated....
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 9:44pm PST
PANUPS: Replacing Poison with Poison: We Can Do Better Stop the Registration of Methyl Iodide!...
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 9:33pm PST
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