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Race for the Legislature: House District 48

The top issues for Reardon are education and veterans services.

(SALEM) - Portland resident Jeff Reardon was really looking forward to a peaceful retirement after his last year of teaching at David Douglas High School.

But instead, the Vietnam veteran has decided to take on Rep. Mike Schaufler, D-Happy Valley, in the House District 48 Democratic primary.

NY Law Firm Drops Anti-Islam Speaker Robert Spencer

Spencer is co-founder of Stop the Islamization of America (SIOA), which has been designated as a hate group.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today thanked a prominent New York law firm for its decision to cancel an event featuring Robert Spencer, the leader of one of the nation's most extreme anti-Islam hate groups.

Court Upholds Indigenous Rights in Chihuahua

The Supreme Court justices declared that the Mexican Constitution guarantees the participation of indigenous communities in the type of projects that would affect Huitosachi.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - In a little-noticed decision with possible national repercussions, Mexico’s high court has come out in favor of an indigenous community in the state of Chihuahua.

Mexican Supreme Court justices determined that the community of Huitosachi has a right to participate in the decision-making of an organization spearheading tourism development in Chihuahua’s Sierra Tarahumara region.

Court of Appeals Releases Report Stating a Need for More Judges

“Today, the court faces new challenges, perhaps more daunting than any in our history,” - Chief Judge David Brewer of the Oregon Court of Appeals

(SALEM) - Chief Judge David Brewer of the Oregon Court of Appeals released the Annual Court of Appeals Report Wednesday morning, stressing a need in the court for more judges.

“Even though for more than 90 percent of appellate litigants the Court of Appeals has the final word in their case, no new judges have been added to the Court in 35 years,” wrote Brewer.

South Africa`s `Die Antwoord` is The Answer

Cape Town's Zef culture delivers a band like nothing you have ever seen.

(SALEM) - South Africa has changed in recent years- since it banned racist laws that made Blacks second-class citizens.

Now we get to see the manifestation of apartheid's aftermath - welcome to Die Antwoord, Afrikaans for 'The Answer'.

USCIRF Urges Secretary Clinton to Raise Religious Freedom Issue During Saudi Visit

One of the United States' longtime allies proposes elimination of Christianity in the land of oil.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Saudi Grand Mufti Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah Al al-Sheikh, says it is “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region.”

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom urges Secretary of State of State Hillary Clinton to raise religious freedom concerns, during her visit tomorrow to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

INDONESIA: Indiscriminate Shooting by Police

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(HONG KONG) - People were shot in Mesuji village, Lampung, on 10 November 2011; the same day a villager was arrested by the Mobile Brigader (Brimob) for harvesting palms in the plantation area of PT Barat Selatan Makmur Investindo.

(UPDATE) Nazi-Style Attack on 1st Amendment in Eureka - Protester Jailed for Flying US FLAG

The End of Occupy Eureka?

(EUREKA, CA) - As expected, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrived in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse at 4 p.m. Wednesday to begin enforcement of the “urgency ordinance” passed by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.

No End in Sight to Rising Nuclear Power Costs?
Report: Safety Problems to Keep Nuclear Power Unaffordable

Analysis of 251 nuclear reactors finds that intractable safety issues have steadily escalated.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Are affordable new nuclear power and safe nuclear power fundamentally incompatible?

The high cost of addressing nuclear power safety concerns that are steadily multiplying in number is now the Number 1 factor guiding new nuclear reactor construction decisions, as well as the plans for retiring old reactors in the U.S.

Sri Lanka Accuses U.S. of Adopting Double Standards

Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena asserted that the Sri Lankan government too was totally against foreign interference in the country.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - Citing America's close ally Israel's decision to sever ties with the UN Human Rights Council, Sri Lanka on Thursday accused the US of adopting double standards.