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VOTE ALERT: Congressman Walden Just Voted In Favor of Sequester

News outlets across the nation have covered the sequester’s impact, and below is a sampling of headlines about the impact.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Congressman Greg Walden just voted in favor of the sequester – a series of devastating and arbitrary budget cuts that will eliminate 750,000 jobs, force furloughs and throw a wet blanket on the economy.

Instead of the sequester, House Democrats have tried to end taxpayer subsidies for Big Oil companies..

Just Who is Bradley Manning and What Did He Do?

What would you do in his position?

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - Most either do not know of him or believe him to be some kind of traitor, and if you are one of those, you're very wrong.

He is one of our greatest heroes, but judge for yourself and don't be manipulated by the corporate media.

The Magic Tree of Acapulco

For a long time, Café Astoria was a favored place for press conferences of all kinds.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - Many colorful personalities have shared the shade of Acapulco’s Café Astoria. M

Mayors, politicians, artists, famous singers, writers, tourists, journalists, and revolutionaries of all stripes have all sipped their Guerrero-grown coffee...

UN Demands Prosecution of Bush-era CIA Crimes

CIA detainees were subjected to torture including waterboarding, sleep deprivation and various other interrogation techniques that violate human rights.

(PORTLAND, OR) - A UN investigator has demanded that the US publish classified documents regarding the CIA’s human rights violations under former President George W. Bush.

They hope that the documents will lead to the prosecution of public officials. Documents about the CIA’s program of rendition and secret detention of suspected terrorists have remained classified...

Faith Leaders Launch `Coming Out as a Person of Faith` Exhibit

Premiere on Thursday; exhibit will travel to churches throughout Oregon.

(PORTLAND, OR) - A multimedia exhibit premiering Thursday tells the stories of faith leaders and people of faith who now support the freedom to marry.

The exhibit, a project of the Basic Rights Oregon Education Fund, will travel to churches throughout Oregon.

People Who Bite the Hand that Feeds Usually Lick the Boot that Kicks Them

If history is any teacher at all, those returning home to Rwanda should exercise great caution in their words and actions

(WASHINGTON DC) - Politics in Rwanda is a complex system of denial, propaganda, fear, lies and impunity.

In order to remain safe and free from arbitrary persecution opposition groups have to operate outside of the country under the current ruling regime in Rwanda.

Rawalpindi High Court Bar: Former President Sajid Ilyas Bhatti Says Apex Court Saves Democracy from Derailing

Bhatti said traitors would be held accountable through a vote.

(RAWALPINDI, Pakistan) - Sajid Ilyas Bhatti said the "Apex court saves democracy from derailing" while talking with the editor of daily Punjab Express, on Friday March 1, 2013.

Representatives of the civil society and people from various walks of life were present.

Body of Missing Jet Skier Found in Ocean Off Depoe Bay

Coast Guard personnel retrieved the man's body about 7:30 a.m.

(LINCOLN CITY) - Oregon State Police, the State Medical Examiner's Office and Lincoln City Police, are investigating the cause of death of an adult male found early Tuesday morning floating in the ocean off Depoe Bay.

24-year old Daniel Lee Ahlers of Lincoln City was reported missing Monday after he failed to return from jet skiing in the ocean.

Burma Government Made Model Villages of Rohingya Lands

There are 50 such model villages in Rohingya Township with 200 families in each.

(RANGOON ) - To implement its Human Barrier policy the government of Burma has taken a plan to establish Model Villages to populate the Rohingya majority areas of Arakan by the Rakhine and Buddhist people.

Model villages have been established in the confiscated lands of the Rohingya communities.

President Hugo Chavez, R.I.P.

The world bids farewell to a man who stood up for Venezuela.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The President of Venezuela, Hugo Rafael Chávez Frias, has died at the age of 58 after a long-running battle to regain his health.

He is one of the few men who as a political leader, dared to criticize former U.S. President George W. Bush for his warmongering nation's huge list of mistakes.