South Carolina To Get Collection Of Nuclear Material
At the Nuclear Security Summit, President Obama appealed to countries to get rid of the nuclear weapons material which they received from the US under the 1950s Atoms for Peace program. (Dispersing nuclear weapons material, albeit for peaceful purposes, is now thought to be dangerous.) President Obama proved that collection efforts are progressing. Ukraine announced, […]
Fiscal Year 2009: A Third Of Your Tax Dollars Finances Wars
April 15 is right around the corner, and according to the National Priorities Project from each income tax dollar collected by the Federal government 26.5 cents was spent on the military in 2009, and 13.6 cents was spent to pay for military and non-military interests on the sky rocketing national debt, which currently amounts to […]
Can The War On Poverty Be Revived By A March?
The Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) is organizing a march from New-Orleans to Detroit, going through Mississippi, Alabama and the Rust Belt to end up in June, in the town which should be called ground zero of the US economic crisis: Detroit Michigan. The goal of the march is to pick up the […]
Census 2010: How Is America Doing?
A news analysis from the Center For Urban Research is giving some clues on who and where are the non-respondents to the 2010 census. The analysis so far is finding wide variations from one city to the next in what degree race and ethnicity affect response rate. Nationally, the Center For Urban Research (CFUR) found […]
Is Arizona’s Trespassing Law Against Immigrants Unconstitutional?
The state legislature of Arizona is poised to pass a bill that makes the presence of an undocumented immigrant anywhere in the state illegal. Many experts believe this is an unconstitutional measure aimed at appeasing angry conservative voters in the 2010 elections.
