DiggGate is a large scale operation of censorship was just exposed on Digg.com following an undercover investigation. This is far from the first, and certainly will not be the last time a conservative group is caught red handed attempting to decide for everyone what to read and think, in fact, it has a very long history.

The war in Afghanistan continues to become more violent and dangerous by the day. There were 66 deaths of US soldiers in the country in July, topping the record set in June.

The corporate merger of the largely unionized Northwest Airlines and non-unionized Delta Air happened 21 months ago, and soon their combined workforce must chose one path or the other. This is the first big test for the ability of workers to organize under the Obama Administration, and could be a bellwether to the future of labor in America.

The Native American Indian confederacy of tribes known as the Iroquois Nation, or Haudenosaunee were recently denied access to the World Lacrosse Championships in England, despite their ancestors invented the sport. This brings up an important indigenous rights issue: sovereignty.

The Iranian people took to the polls on 12 June last year. When they woke up the following morning, the Iranian State Media declared that incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had taken two thirds of the votes. The Islamic Republic’s deception had gone too far this time, and protests erupted across the country on 13 June.