(MintPress) – It’s no surprise legalization of marijuana has received support from about 56 percent of Americans. Despite being a prohibited substance in the U.S. for 75 years, nearly 29 million Americans use it annually, resulting in marijuana becoming the third most popular recreational drug behind alcohol and tobacco. Various states have attempted to decriminalize marijuana, pass […]
(MintPress) – It’s no surprise legalization of marijuana has received support from about 56 percent of Americans. Despite being a prohibited substance in the U.S. for 75 years, nearly 29 million Americans use it annually, resulting in marijuana becoming the third most popular recreational drug behind alcohol and tobacco. Various states have attempted to decriminalize marijuana, pass […]
(MintPress) – Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay prison, was repatriated to Canada earlier this week to serve out the remaining time on his sentence. Khadr, the last Western detainee held at the secretive U.S. prison was just 15 years old when he was captured in Afghanistan after a battle with U.S. military […]
(MintPress) – Omar Khadr, the youngest detainee at Guantanamo Bay prison, was repatriated to Canada earlier this week to serve out the remaining time on his sentence. Khadr, the last Western detainee held at the secretive U.S. prison was just 15 years old when he was captured in Afghanistan after a battle with U.S. military […]
(MintPress) – There’s really not much that separates the U.S. presidential debates from a national beauty pageant. Other than glitzy dresses and the promise of scholarship funding, there are a number of correlations between the two. Preparing for the corporate-sponsored event includes memorization of scripted questions, of which candidates and their campaign aides are already […]
(MintPress) – There’s really not much that separates the U.S. presidential debates from a national beauty pageant. Other than glitzy dresses and the promise of scholarship funding, there are a number of correlations between the two. Preparing for the corporate-sponsored event includes memorization of scripted questions, of which candidates and their campaign aides are already […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – When President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize three years ago “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” he joined the ranks of luminaries such as Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa, Aung San Suu Kyi, Elie Wiesel and the14th Dalai Lama. He is the fourth […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – When President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize three years ago “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” he joined the ranks of luminaries such as Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa, Aung San Suu Kyi, Elie Wiesel and the14th Dalai Lama. He is the fourth […]
(NAMIBIA) MintPress – Mitt Romney unveiled his “new vision” for foreign assistance last week in a speech at the Clinton Global Initiative, calling for a shift toward private-public partnerships that promote job growth through market liberalization tactics. “If foreign aid can leverage this massive investment by private enterprise, it may exponentially expand the ability to […]
(NAMIBIA) MintPress – Mitt Romney unveiled his “new vision” for foreign assistance last week in a speech at the Clinton Global Initiative, calling for a shift toward private-public partnerships that promote job growth through market liberalization tactics. “If foreign aid can leverage this massive investment by private enterprise, it may exponentially expand the ability to […]
(CHICAGO) — America betrayed them and all Native Peoples. Throughout U.S. history and earlier, genocide was policy. Historian Ward Churchill explained four centuries of systematic slaughter. It went on from 1492-1892. It continues today against Native culture. Churchill estimated around 100 million Native people throughout the Americas “hacked apart with axes and swords, burned alive […]
(CHICAGO) — America betrayed them and all Native Peoples. Throughout U.S. history and earlier, genocide was policy. Historian Ward Churchill explained four centuries of systematic slaughter. It went on from 1492-1892. It continues today against Native culture. Churchill estimated around 100 million Native people throughout the Americas “hacked apart with axes and swords, burned alive […]
Some illegal immigrants could get California drivers licenses under a bill that Gov. Jerry Brown announced he signed into law late Sunday. AB2189 by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, will let the Department of Motor Vehicles issue licenses to illegal immigrants eligible for work permits under a new Obama administration policy. The bill requires the […]
Some illegal immigrants could get California drivers licenses under a bill that Gov. Jerry Brown announced he signed into law late Sunday. AB2189 by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, will let the Department of Motor Vehicles issue licenses to illegal immigrants eligible for work permits under a new Obama administration policy. The bill requires the […]
