(MintPress) – The Navy SEAL who recently released his first-hand account of the Osama bin Laden killing is being investigated by the United States Department of Defense General Counsel for potentially violating non-disclosure agreements between the military and “Mark Owen,” the SEAL’s pen name. The government’s efforts further illustrate its recent crackdown on leaked information […]
(MintPress) – The Navy SEAL who recently released his first-hand account of the Osama bin Laden killing is being investigated by the United States Department of Defense General Counsel for potentially violating non-disclosure agreements between the military and “Mark Owen,” the SEAL’s pen name. The government’s efforts further illustrate its recent crackdown on leaked information […]
A single provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been playing a key role on the election front this year. Section 5 has blocked photo voter-ID laws, prohibited reduced early-voting periods in parts of Florida and just Tuesday barrednew redistricting maps in Texas. It’s the reason South Carolina is in federal court this […]
A single provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been playing a key role on the election front this year. Section 5 has blocked photo voter-ID laws, prohibited reduced early-voting periods in parts of Florida and just Tuesday barrednew redistricting maps in Texas. It’s the reason South Carolina is in federal court this […]
(MintPress) — Many GOP lawmakers promote an anti-labor agenda, believing that unions negatively influence relations between workers and management. However, a new study finds that unions are necessary in ensuring equal bargaining power as well as a more equitable distribution of corporate profits. The non-partisan study by the Economic Policy Institute shows that decreases in the wages […]
(MintPress) — Many GOP lawmakers promote an anti-labor agenda, believing that unions negatively influence relations between workers and management. However, a new study finds that unions are necessary in ensuring equal bargaining power as well as a more equitable distribution of corporate profits. The non-partisan study by the Economic Policy Institute shows that decreases in the wages […]
(MintPress) – As the Republican National Convention (RNC) gets under way, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney got a dose of the tone he’ll soon face when workers took to the streets of Tampa to protest against job outsourcing being exercised by Bain Capital. While sound bites about women’s health and sexuality have dominated the headlines […]
(MintPress) – As the Republican National Convention (RNC) gets under way, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney got a dose of the tone he’ll soon face when workers took to the streets of Tampa to protest against job outsourcing being exercised by Bain Capital. While sound bites about women’s health and sexuality have dominated the headlines […]
(MintPress) — Acts of Jewish settler violence against Palestinians tripled in 2009-2011, and continue largely unabated through 2012, according to Israeli human rights organizations. The unwillingness to properly investigate acts of settler violence in the West Bank and acts of violence against Arab citizens of Israel has created what U.N. representatives call “a climate of […]
(MintPress) — Acts of Jewish settler violence against Palestinians tripled in 2009-2011, and continue largely unabated through 2012, according to Israeli human rights organizations. The unwillingness to properly investigate acts of settler violence in the West Bank and acts of violence against Arab citizens of Israel has created what U.N. representatives call “a climate of […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — “I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of gender equality in this country,” proclaimed President Obama in recognizing Aug. 26 as “Women’s Equality Day.” It is the 91st anniversary of the Constitutional amendment that granted women the […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — “I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of gender equality in this country,” proclaimed President Obama in recognizing Aug. 26 as “Women’s Equality Day.” It is the 91st anniversary of the Constitutional amendment that granted women the […]
(MintPress) — Private equity firms have raised an estimated $186 billion to purchase public water and sewer facilities across the U.S., a trend that environmentalists and community members believe is endangering citizen control of water supplies. A report released earlier this week by Food and Water Watch, a public interest organization, contends that the privatization of […]
(MintPress) — Private equity firms have raised an estimated $186 billion to purchase public water and sewer facilities across the U.S., a trend that environmentalists and community members believe is endangering citizen control of water supplies. A report released earlier this week by Food and Water Watch, a public interest organization, contends that the privatization of […]