1/3rd of Women in US Military Raped
The culture of sexual violence against women that is allowed to exist in both the US military and private contractors has created a rape epidemic. One third of all women serving have been raped and 71% have been sexually assaulted. Some horrific personal tales tell the tragic story.
Canceling Haiti’s Debt Is A Global Moral Obligation
Today, Foreign Ministers are meeting in Montreal to discuss Haiti’s outstanding $890 million international debt. The repayment of this debt burden would undermine any possibility of long term recovery for Haitians, which were already already affected by a food crisis before the earthquake that has left Haiti dependent on imports for almost 50 percent of […]
Is The Obama Administration Heading For A Reshuffle?
Since the election of Scott Brown to take over the Senate seat of Teddy Kennedy, the tone has sharply changed in Washington; especially the rhetoric coming from the White House. President Obama is now using a more aggressive almost populist language such as denouncing the “fat cats” of Wall Street, and vehemently attacking the Supreme […]
US Supreme Court Solidifies Corporate Political Takeover
Yesterday, by a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court overturned a 63 years old law designed to limit the the influence of big corporations on elections. It is a legal coup of some sort, similar in nature to Hitler’s Kristal night. By opening this Pandora’s box, the Supreme Court has just rubber stamped the rise of […]
Kennedy: “The Last Thing This Country Needs Is Two Republican Parties”
Last year today was probably one of the best day in President Obama’s life, but today could not be more different. As if it isn’t enough to have to deal with the major humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake,but President Obama and the Democrats have now to cope with the political seismic […]
