(MintPress) – A legislative inquiry in California found that when it comes to education, “place and race matter.” The final report is scheduled to be released to the public later this week, but some of its findings include that 1 out of 4 African-American boys fails in school because of poverty, trauma and the psychological belief that […]
(MintPress) – A legislative inquiry in California found that when it comes to education, “place and race matter.” The final report is scheduled to be released to the public later this week, but some of its findings include that 1 out of 4 African-American boys fails in school because of poverty, trauma and the psychological belief that […]
(MintPress) – While much of the legacy of Abraham Lincoln is tied up with the fight to pass the 13th Amendment, which effectively abolished slavery in the United States, there is much more to the man than meets the eye. Or the eye of Hollywood, which paints a prolific and much mythologized picture of the […]
(MintPress) – While much of the legacy of Abraham Lincoln is tied up with the fight to pass the 13th Amendment, which effectively abolished slavery in the United States, there is much more to the man than meets the eye. Or the eye of Hollywood, which paints a prolific and much mythologized picture of the […]
As the health care overhaul moves ahead, the nation’s health insurers are scrambling to reinvent themselves, hoping to boost their image and entice millions of Americans to enroll, some for the first time. The new customers will mostly shop for and buy their own insurance — a different and harder-to-reach group than the industry’s traditional employer […]
As the health care overhaul moves ahead, the nation’s health insurers are scrambling to reinvent themselves, hoping to boost their image and entice millions of Americans to enroll, some for the first time. The new customers will mostly shop for and buy their own insurance — a different and harder-to-reach group than the industry’s traditional employer […]
By Chris Woods, Jack Serle and Alice Ross Pakistan: CIA drone strikes return to Pakistan after a 36 day pause, as Washington sets out to codify its covert drone strikes policy. Yemen: A strike nine miles from Sanaa targets a Yemen army colonel and alleged militant. But his family and others question why he was not arrested. Somalia: Once again no operations […]
By Chris Woods, Jack Serle and Alice Ross Pakistan: CIA drone strikes return to Pakistan after a 36 day pause, as Washington sets out to codify its covert drone strikes policy. Yemen: A strike nine miles from Sanaa targets a Yemen army colonel and alleged militant. But his family and others question why he was not arrested. Somalia: Once again no operations […]
By Chris Woods and Alice K Ross Recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq have seen almost 1,200 drone strikes over the past five years, according to new data released to the Bureau. The information, much of it classified until now, shows that US Air Force drones carried out most of the 1,168 attacks. However […]
By Chris Woods and Alice K Ross Recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq have seen almost 1,200 drone strikes over the past five years, according to new data released to the Bureau. The information, much of it classified until now, shows that US Air Force drones carried out most of the 1,168 attacks. However […]
After a drugs gang murdered his son last year, the poet Javier Sicilia decided the best way to help staunch the flow of American guns fuelling the horrific violence wracking his country would be to campaign across the border. “If we aren’t capable of stopping this epidemic of violence provoked by the assault weapons and […]
After a drugs gang murdered his son last year, the poet Javier Sicilia decided the best way to help staunch the flow of American guns fuelling the horrific violence wracking his country would be to campaign across the border. “If we aren’t capable of stopping this epidemic of violence provoked by the assault weapons and […]
The US is denying an Iranian claim that it captured an American drone that entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf. Iran’s Fars news agency reported that the ScanEagle drone was captured by the naval unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,according to Reuters. The agency said the drone had been captured sometime “in the […]
The US is denying an Iranian claim that it captured an American drone that entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf. Iran’s Fars news agency reported that the ScanEagle drone was captured by the naval unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,according to Reuters. The agency said the drone had been captured sometime “in the […]
