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Out-of-State Money and Oregon`s Ongoing Political Disaster

No out of state citizen has any right to be involved in our political process.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Oregon and the Nation face seemingly intractable problems of unemployment, debt, excessive taxation, and government corruption.

Senate Democrats Applaud Full Slate of Nominees

Candidates will run in all 16 Senate races in the 2010 November election.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Democratic candidates for the Oregon Senate were finalized this evening. Three candidates won contested primaries and thirteen others won the official nomination of the Democratic Party.

“This is an exceptionally strong slate of candidates,” said Senate Majority Leader Richard Devlin, a candidate for Senate District 19 (Tualatin, Lake Oswego, and West Linn).

Homegrown Solutions to Alleviating Hunger and Poverty

Women growing vegetable gardens in a slum outside of Nairobi, Kenya, were among the best prepared for the country’s 2007 food crisis, despite being some of the poorest.

(DAKAR, Senegal) - “We’ve got hundreds of local foods, almost 600 that we’ve categorized through our research,” said Kristof Nordin in a January interview with Nourishing the Planet.

“But we are starving because we are only planting one crop: maize, which came originally from America.”

Senators and Representatives Support Ban on Landmines: Letters Sent to President Obama

“The strong support these letters have received shows that Congress is firmly behind accession to the Mine Ban Treaty” - Zach Hudson, Coordinator, U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A letter signed by 68 senators, asking the administration to join the 1997 Landmine Ban Treaty, was delivered to President Obama on Tuesday.

The signers include 10 Republicans and two Independents and constitute more than the two-thirds of the Senate needed to ratify a treaty.

Questions Surround Third U.S. War Theater: AFRICOM

How much do you know about U.S. War Theater number 3?

(SALEM, Ore.) - Americans are keenly aware that their national and state troops have been engaged in bitter, protracted wars in Afghanistan and Iraq for many years. But few are equally knowledgeable of the third U.S. war 'theater' as they are known, in Africa.

It truly is the WTC 7 of American wars; most people just have no idea.

Special Place in Hell / Rebranding Israel as a State Headed for Fascism

No one knows fascism better than Israelis.

(SHEIKH JARRAH, Jerusalem Ha'aretz) - No one knows fascism better than Israelis. They are schooled, drilled in the history, the mechanics, the horrendous potential of fascist regimes. Israelis know fascism when they see it. In others.

They might well have expected when fascism began taking root here, it would arise at a time of a national leadership of galvanizing charisma and sweeping, powerfully orchestrated modes of action.

Police Say Suspects Laughed & Giggled While Robbing a Blind Man`s Guide Cane

Detectives ask anyone with information concerning this suspect person or crime to contact the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.

(CLACKAMAS, Ore.) - Police say two suspects pried a cane from the blind victim's hand; which, also caused injuries to the victim's shoulder that required immediate medical attention.

The victim also described how the approaching youths were ‘laughing and giggling' as they came walking closer to Davis on the ramp.

Arizona Sheriff Calls New Law a `Nightmare`

Estrada opposes Arizona's new "Papers, please" law, calling instead for a more realistic, compassionate response.

(WASHINGTON D.C. MSNBC) - In 2005, John McCain sponsored comprehensive immigration reform that would have offered a path toward citizenship for illegal residents.

"No wall, no barrier, no sensor, no barbed wire will ever stop people from trying to do what is a basic yearning of human beings all over the world, and that is to have better lives for themselves and their families," the Republican senator from Arizona said.

CSA Farmers Lament Lack of Community

“Most CSA farmers would like to see more community connections, but we are appreciative of the connections we do have" - Josh Volk, Slow Hand Farm, a CSA farm in Portland

(McMINNVILLE, Ore.) - In recent years the local food movement has made significant steps forward in improving the supply of fresh, seasonal vegetables to consumers.

But many local farmers want to grow more than food, said Linfield College senior Beth Satterwhite, who surveyed 12 Oregon farmers in the Portland Area CSA Coalition this spring.

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

"NBC News reports a 120 million-repair contract for Walter Reed with IAP,
Seeing the deplorable conditions that company’s initials should become IED"

(LOS ANGELES) - It has been a while since we wrote about the Walter Reed Medical Center, which had been and still is at the center of the ongoing controversy regarding the treatment of our injured warriors.

Regardless of their feelings about the wars overseas, most Americans agree that military veterans should be properly cared for.