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Oregon Legislators Protest Nuclear Storage at Hanford

"Because of this operation, Hanford is today the most contaminated nuclear site in the United States." - Portland legislators

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - 17 Portland-area legislators have contacted officials with the U.S. Department of Energy to share their concerns over nuclear waste storage.

House Committee Voting on Changes to Lead Law, Action Urged

American Motorcyclist Association suggests everyone take action, call your Representative now!

(WASHINGTON D.C. AMA) - The CPSIA, commonly called the "lead law," was designed to ban small toys with high lead content. However, because of broadly written language in the law, it has been interpreted to apply to all products for kids, including dirtbikes, bicycles, clothing and books.

Action is needed now to exempt kid-sized dirtbikes and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) from the CPSIA.

A Humanitarian Effort by the Oregon Senate is Recognized

“Good job, ladies and gentlemen of the Oregon Senate”... and that is not just my opinion!

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - According to an article titled “Lawmakers close breast cancer surgery loophole”, written by Saul Hubbard, and published by “The Register-Guard” of Eugene, Oregon at Midnight, last night:

“The Oregon Senate has voted unanimously to close a legal loophole that some health insurance companies exploited to refuse, in some instances, to cover breast reconstructive surgeries for women with breast cancer.

Charleston: A Hodgepodge of Impressions, Trivia, and History

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." - Maya Angelou

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Earlier this month, we spent an enjoyable, informative week-long visit to Charleston, South Carolina.

A Mystical Visit

A glimpse of the children of heaven...

(LONDON) - Salem-News.com believes that poetry can be a perfect forum for expressing news and important information that reaches people in a clever, creative way, instead of the standard sometimes droning news story.

Nahida Izzat joined the Salem-News.com team the same day that Luke Easter became part of our group. Luke is our other poet and interestingly, both Nahida and Luke are very faith-based people.

Press TV Interview with Maidhc Ó Cathail

Cathail is an investigative journalist and Middle East analyst, from Osaka.

(TEHRAN / OSAKA) - An analyst exposes the parasitic links between Western organizations and pro-Israeli groups with dissidents who cause interwoven upheavals in Middle Eastern countries.

Maidhc Ó Cathail unravels some links between pro-Israeli groups and dissidents in the Middle East.

Human Rights: Change we make

We call on civil society organizations and people of conscience to support and join the other important challenges this summer to the Israeli apartheid system.

(BETHLEHEM) - President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke to the Israel lobby in Washington essentially promising to liquidate the central struggle for freedom today.

Politicians, whether Hosni Mubarak or Netanyahu or Obama, do not change their behavior unless we the people change ourselves and decide to take matters into our own hands.

Africa: Faces in Words

Weekly update from the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

Defending Thomas Friedman

I can only offer kudos to Friedman for deftly disguising his militancy via allegations that Palestinians are “gripped by a collective madness”.

(PANAMA CITY) - Having just written a book denouncing The New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman—slated for release by Verso in November—I now find myself in the awkward position of having to defend him.

What has necessitated the turn of events is yesterday’s opinion piece on the Israeli Ynet News site by Giulio Meotti, entitled “The Thomas Friedman myth”

Medical Marijuana Advocates Sue Federal Government over Rescheduling Delay

Writ filed today in DC Circuit Court for unreasonable delay in answering 9-year-old petition

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis (CRC) has never received an answer to its 2002 petition, despite a formal recommendation in 2006 from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the final arbiter in the rescheduling process.