The Obama Administration Wants To Block The Release Of Torture Photos
Today, the Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a court ruling requiring the release of 21 photographs depicting the abuse of prisoners held in US custody at overseas locations.
Hiroshima Survivor Remembers That Horrific Day
“If you cut off a piece of fingernail and burn it…that’s what burning human flesh smells like,” said Seiko Fujimoto, who was just three years old when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Fannie Mae Gets $10 Billion More In Bailout Money
Taxpayers will fork over $10.7 billion more to Fannie Mae, bringing the company’s total bailout to $44.9 billion. Fannie’s twin Freddie Mac hasn’t reported its second quarter results yet, so we’ll have to wait a bit to get the new total for the two, which currently stands at $95.6 billion.
Is GOP Eric Cantor Sabotaging Obama’s Middle-East Peace Push?
Today, in an interview he gave to Israeli public radio, he said that the world should stop pressuring Israel over the settlements issue, and instead concentrate on the threat from a nuclear Iran.
Recent Hunger Strikes Calls For Improvements At Detention Centers
The recent hunger strikes at an immigration detention center in rural Louisiana highlight an issue advocates have struggled to bring to the public’s attention for over a decade: poor conditions within the country’s fast-growing immigration detention system, which houses over 31,000 detainees daily and 320,000 annually.
