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UK`s Jack Straw Says Israel has Nuclear Weapons, Steals Palestinian Land

"Look, Israel has made statements in the past. Israeli ambassadors to the UN like myself have said that Israel won’t be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East." - Dr. Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador

(LONDON) - A tradition has developed in the West whereby politicians speak common sense and the truth, but only when they are no longer in power. Witness, for example, the former US president, Jimmy Carter.

Now Jack Straw, who was Britain’s foreign secretary at the time of the Anglo-American aggression against Iraq, has stepped forward to keep the tradition alive.

Border Leaders Slam Militarization

Many border leaders paint a far different picture of their communities than the image projected in Washington...

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - As was predicted, the procedural vote on moving forward the Hoeven-Corker amendment to the U.S. Senate’s immigration reform bill passed by a hefty majority (67-27) on Monday, June 24, paving the way for final approval.

“I repeat, we will complete this project before the (July 4) recess,” Senate Majority leader Harry Reid vowed in the run-up to this week’s vote.

An Important Step Forward for Oregon Workers

Statement of Northwest Workers’ Justice Project Executive Director Michael Dale on legislature’s enactment of HB 2977

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Oregon legislature today voted to make it harder for unscrupulous construction labor contractors to cheat workers out of the wages they’ve earned.

This constitutes an important step in the broader effort to ensure that all Oregon’s workers get paid in full for their labor.

American Motorcycle Association: Protect your Privacy from Event Data Recorders

Urge your representative to support federal legislation!

(WASHINGTON DC) - On June 18, U.S. Reps. Mike Capuano (D-Mass.) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) introduced H.R. 2414, the Black Box Privacy Protection Act.

The bill will protect motorcyclists’ rights by requiring manufacturers to prominently disclose to consumers if an event data recorder (commonly known as a black box) is installed on their motorcycle, the data collection capabilities of such a device, and how such data may be used.

Court Cripples Voting Rights Act

Greenlining Institute: Congress Must Act to Protect Democracy

(BERKELEY, CA) - The Supreme Court effectively gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act today.

This effectively throws out the map that determines which states or localities must get federal permission before they change their voting laws.

Court Leaves Affirmative Action Unresolved--But its Days are Numbered

Court sends clear signal that the era of explicitly race-based affirmative action is coming to an end.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Supreme Court has put off a decision on the legal merits of race-based affirmative action programs.

In Fisher v. University of Texas, Abigail Fisher, a white student who was denied admission to the University of Texas in 2008, charged that the college policy of considering race violated her civil and constitutional rights.

Free and Fair Trade For A Strong Global Economy

We make our products in America better.

(NEWBURGH, Indiana) - The Framers of the Constitution mandated free trade among all the states in the union. The free economic system for the United States was clearly spelled out in Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution.

"No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state. No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another: nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another."

US Hunger Strikers and Human Rights Activists Demand Closure of Guantanamo Prison Camp

Starving for Justice: US Hunger Strike and Human Rights Activists rally on Wednesday, June 26 at White House to demand closure of Guantanamo Prison Camp.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Weeks past President Obama’s speech announcing his renewed intention to close Guantanamo, human rights activists — including three US military veterans on open-ended fasts in solidarity with hunger striking Guantanamo detainees.

Dramatic protests are set for on Wednesday, June 26th at the White House calling on the President to turn his promise into action.

Qatar Conference Opens New Stage In Syrian War

What is being proposed is a bloodbath.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The “Friends of Syria” meeting in Qatar on June 22 ended with a communiqué announcing that Washington and its allies will “take all necessary practical measures” to arm the right-wing Sunni-based opposition forces, which have served as their proxies in a two-year civil war to overthrow the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

The announcement opens up a new stage in the war, and heightens the dangers of a regional sectarian conflagration.

Southern Illinois Has Its First Hindu Temple

Before this Temple, area Hindus reportedly travelled to St. Louis or Nashville for worship services and gathered at homes.

(CARBONDALE, IL) - Hindu Temple of Southern Illinois (HTSI), reportedly the first one in this part of the state, has opened after three-days of elaborate ceremonies and rituals in Carbondale (Illinois, USA).

Grand-opening ceremony of 4,000 square-foot HTSI; a project of non-profit Hindu Temple and Cultural Society of Southern Illinois founded in 2009; included kumbaabhishekam, araadhana, and various pujas and homams, etc.