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Archives for February 2012

NYPD built secret files on NJ, Long Island Muslims Personal Lives

Imam Abdul A. Muhammad of the Masjid Imam K. Ali Muslim mosque in Newark, N.J., speaks in his clothing and accessories store, regarding surveillance of the Muslim community by the New York Police Department, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Americans in New Jersey’s largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Imam Abdul A. Muhammad

Imam Abdul A. Muhammad of the Masjid Imam K. Ali Muslim mosque in Newark, N.J., speaks in his clothing and accessories store, regarding surveillance of the Muslim community by the New York Police Department, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Americans in New Jersey’s largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department’s

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Pakistan Civilian Casualties Mounting in Obama’s Drone War

  (MintPress)— Between 464 and 818 civilians have been credibly reported as killed, including 175 children, as a result of U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan, according to an in-depth investigation by the British Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ). In total, the report claims that over the past eight years, the United States’ undeclared drone war in […]

Janessa Schilmoeller
By Janessa Schilmoeller

  (MintPress)— Between 464 and 818 civilians have been credibly reported as killed, including 175 children, as a result of U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan, according to an in-depth investigation by the British Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ). In total, the report claims that over the past eight years, the United States’ undeclared

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Foreclosures continue en masse as partisan gridlock continues

(NEW YORK) MintPress — As the race for the White House heats up, so too does the debate over how to best help homeowners who are facing foreclosure. There is a battle looming between Democrats in Congress and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA),  the federal organization in charge of regulating mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie […]

Lisa Barron
By Lisa Barron
Acting Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Edward DeMarco, is blamed by many in the Obama administration for taking a narrow view of the public interests.

(NEW YORK) MintPress — As the race for the White House heats up, so too does the debate over how to best help homeowners who are facing foreclosure. There is a battle looming between Democrats in Congress and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA),  the federal organization in charge of regulating mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie

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High court to take new look at affirmative action

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas. The court said Tuesday it will return to the issue of affirmative action in higher education for […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
The Supreme court of the United States. Washington, DC. (Photo by Kjetil Ree)

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas. The court said Tuesday it will return to the issue of affirmative action in higher education for the first time since its 2003

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Opinion: Remembering a Friend and Colleague, Anthony Shadid (1968 – 2012)

  (MINNEAPOLIS)—Last Thursday (16 February) the journalistic community suffered a devastating loss. For millions around the world, New York Times Middle East Correspondent Anthony Shadid (43) was the eyes, ears, and voice of the average person trapped in turmoil. For nearly two decades, Anthony covered the Middle East, sometimes under the most harrowing conditions, to […]

Norbert Schiller
By Norbert Schiller
FILE - In this April 12, 2010 file photo, Anthony Shadid, winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting with The Washington Post, poses for a portrait at the Watson Institute for International Studies, on the campus of Brown University, in Providence, R.I. The New York Times said Shadid died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, apparently of an asthma attack, while on assignment in Syria. He was 43. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

  (MINNEAPOLIS)—Last Thursday (16 February) the journalistic community suffered a devastating loss. For millions around the world, New York Times Middle East Correspondent Anthony Shadid (43) was the eyes, ears, and voice of the average person trapped in turmoil. For nearly two decades, Anthony covered the Middle East, sometimes

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Gingrich: Obama has ‘anti-American’ energy policy

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Newt Gingrich is asserting that President Barack Obama pursues an “outrageously anti-American” energy policy that snubs the Keystone oil pipeline and puts too much stock in electric car technology to wean the country from foreign oil dependency. The former House speaker tells CBS’s “This Morning” show gasoline prices have skyrocketed since […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich waits to be introduced during a campaign stop on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Newt Gingrich is asserting that President Barack Obama pursues an "outrageously anti-American" energy policy that snubs the Keystone oil pipeline and puts too much stock in electric car technology to wean the country from foreign oil dependency. The former House speaker tells CBS's "This Morning" show gasoline prices

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