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Force Conversion Against Loan, Kiln Workers Rescued from Bonded Labor

The kiln workers usually live in or around that vicinity, but there were no latrines in brick kilns’ houses. The women workers are usually trapped and sexually harassed, she added.

(ISLAMABAD) - Bonded labor is the latest form of slavery in Pakistan.

More than 4.5 million kiln workers and their generations are experiencing overburdened and bonded labor problems at around 18,000 brick kilns...

VIDEO: Officer-Involved Shooting in Salem

Includes video from Salem-News.com and a neighbor's cell phone camera.

(SALEM) - Emergency personnel are on the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Salem. The location is reported to be near the intersection of Fircrest and Wiltse SE.

The law enforcement agency involved in the shooting is the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

Can True Blue Democrats Do What Other Progressives Won`t?

"The self-labeled Progressive Movement that has arisen over the past decade is primarily one big propaganda campaign" - John Stauber

(COPENHAGEN) - Sympathetic critics of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) contend that its passionate energy has faded due to massive federal, state and local government spying and police brutality.

They also cite a lack of political direction that could inspire millions of the 99% to join in, thus enabling it to be alive and kicking today.

EPA Criticizes Environmental Review of Keystone XL Pipeline

The agency responds to the State Department's draft report, which concluded the project would have a minimal impact.

(LOS ANGELES LA Times) - The EPA on Monday criticized the State Department's environmental impact review of the Keystone XL pipeline.

They say there was not enough evidence to back up key conclusions on gas emissions, safety and alternative routes.

Intellectuals and Race: Getting it Wrong from Eugenics to `Social Justice`

Intellectuals and Race" can help bring us back to a serious examination of a question which has not received the empirical examination it deserves.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Intellectual theories, which have largely bypassed complex reality, have had a dramatic influence upon the way Americans view race---and racial differences.

In an important new book, "Intellectuals And Race", tests the underlying assumptions about race that have prevailed among intellectuals and which have led to a variety of crusades...

Medical Marijuana Patients Become New Targets with DUI Bill

Santa Ana senator wants to bring federal law to bear on California patients through an anti-citizen loophole.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Senator Lou Correa's DUII bill undermines the will of California voters who have clearly, overwhelmingly voted in favor of legalizing pot for sick people.

Marijuana stays in the system for a month, but even if a patient hasn't used it in a week, they will still test positive. Correa wants them in our state's overcrowded jails.

The United States Shows its Contempt for Venezuelan Democracy

Washington's clumsy efforts to de-legitimise Venezuela's election mark a escalation of its push for regime change

(CARACAS The Guardian) - While most of the news on Venezuela in the week since the 14 April presidential election focused on the efforts of losing candidate Henrique Capriles to challenge the results.

Another campaign, based in Washington, was quite revealing, and the two were most definitely related...

Robert Fisk: Inside Damascus - Memoirs Reveal the Hafez Approach

Hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry.

(DAMASCUS The Independent) - “Clinton impressed Assad: a young man who appeared to want to be neutral”

What would Hafez have done? Every Syrian asks this question. Would the old lion of Damascus, whose son Bashar al-Assad became president when he died in 2000, have handled the present Syrian tragedy more harshly or more leniently?

Arrests at Federal Courthouse in NYC as Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Widens

Witness Against Torture has been holding vigils and rallies throughout the country, calling the White House and US military, and sending letters to the detained men.

(NEW YORK CITY) - 12 concerned citizens with Witness Against Torture were arrested at a “die-in” on the steps of the Manhattan Federal Courthouse.

It was a response to reports that 84 men at Guantanamo Bay — are hunger striking to protest their indefinite detention.

Sometimes, A Great Town

Human nature cannot be studied in cities except at a disadvantage--a village is the place. There you can know your man inside and out--in a city you but know his crust; and his crust is usually a lie. - Mark Twain

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Sleepy Slater had a store-front shop on Main Street, with a fortunate sort of bay window, at which he sat crouched over his shoemaker's workbench.

Through the bay window, he commanded a view of the far reaches of our town's principal thoroughfare, and could note the approach of any customer...