Justice Department Report Criticizes Louisiana's "Crime Against Nature" Law
Eve is a transgender woman living in rural southern Louisiana. She was molested as a child and left home as a teenager. Homeless and alone, she was forced to trade sex for survival. While still a...
View ArticleIs Haiti Poor?
We put this question to numerous Haitians. Below are some responses. Konpè Filo has been one of Haiti’s most popular journalists since 1974. Arrested, tortured, and exiled by Duvalier in 1980, Konpè...
View ArticleOhio Governor Gets 3,000 Boos
Ohio Governor John Kasich delivered his “State of the State” speech March 8 with all the pomp expected of a new governor setting his agenda. But 3,000 union members and allies—led by 2,000 firefighters...
View ArticleThe Fire Last Time
Labor, big business, and the forgotten lessons of a disaster that happened 100 years ago this month. Americans tend to be fascinated by what’s new and to be indifferent to the past, except when they...
View ArticleCommon Cause Scrutinizes Supreme Court Justices Scalia's and Thomas's Travel...
Common Cause intensified its scrutiny of the U.S. Supreme Court today, asking the Court's Clerk and the Supreme Court Police to produce copies of the travel records of two justices in connection with...
View ArticleSaying No to the Nuclear Option
Faced with the nuclear crisis in Japan, governments around the world are confronting the vulnerabilities of their nuclear energy programs. And while some European countries, such as Germany and France,...
View ArticleIn Proposed Mortgage Fraud Settlement, a Gift to Big Banks
Lurking in a proposed mortgage fraud settlement with the state attorneys general is a clause that could be worth billions for the big banks.
View ArticleEurope's Austerity: Like Something Out of the Brothers Grimm
In the Greek town of Aphidal, people have stopped paying road fees. In Athens, bus and metro riders are refusing to cough up the price of a ticket. On Feb. 23, 250,000 Greeks jammed the streets...
View ArticleBeyond Business-as-Usual: Climate Protection Strategy in the 2010s
[Author's note: With the defeat of US climate legislation, the stalling of international climate negotiations, and the rise of tea party climate denialism, is climate protection doomed? This piece...
View ArticleTo Render Profits Secure, Tokyo Electric Power Cut Corners
Translated Wednesday 16 March 2011, by Henry Crapo and reviewed by Henry Crapo. Profit at any price. This could be the motto of Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the multinational that exploits the nuclear...
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