Mainstream news outlets don’t often dare to go too far to offer editorials or opinion pieces that eloquently serve to set the record straight. We live in a time period where newspaper editors urge “balance” instead of aggressively being the watchdogs of government and big interest groups like corporations, business, banks, etc. I’m able to [...]
As monsoon rains continue to hammer Pakistan and move southward, relief agencies are warning that the amount of aid needed by Pakistanis is “absolutely daunting”. The life of Pakistanis, especially in the region of the Swat Valley, which was already a nightmare due to the Taliban, the Pakistani army offensive and the US drone attacks [...]
A lot went on this week, but here are the three top stories in the news that should probably give you some good hope for the future. 1. “Yes” To A Mosque Near Ground Zero The proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero got the green light from the City of New York on Tuesday. [...]
On Wednesday a district court judge in San Francisco ruled that Prop 8, California’s same sex marriage ban, was unconstitutional. The ban’s been in effect since November 2008 when 52 percent of California’s voters passed Prop. 8.
The NYPD’s notorious “Stop & Frisk” policy has become a key debate issue in the upcoming race for the state’s Attorney General seat. Stop and Frisk allows officers to stop citizens who simply meet a description or profile of a suspect. Individuals are questioned and frisked. The current controversy surrounds keeping information on all those [...]
