NAMIBIA – (MintPress) – President Barack Obama flew to Jordan on Friday to visit a king still recovering from the embarrassment of an unintended public relations fiasco that hit the Hashemite Kingdom after a candid interview was published in the Atlantic earlier in the week. The exclusive interview with King Abdullah II has been called the “most […]
(MintPress) – “No one has the right to impede your freedom of movement or search your property when you’ve done nothing wrong — even if they wear a badge,” says the police accountability organization, Cop Block, on its website. Describing itself as a resource for the education of individual rights through the dissemination of different viewpoints […]
(MintPress) - “No one has the right to impede your freedom of movement or search your property when you’ve done nothing wrong — even if they wear a badge,” says the police accountability organization, Cop Block, on its website. Describing itself as a
In the past news photographers dreamt of taking that one iconic frame during their career that would transcend time and remain a testament to history. I have taken hundreds of thousands of images over the course of my career, and even though some of them catapulted me briefly into the spotlight, none ever made it […]
In the past news photographers dreamt of taking that one iconic frame during their career that would transcend time and remain a testament to history. I have taken hundreds of thousands of images over the course of my career, and even though some of them catapulted me briefly into the spotlight, none ever made it into the cherished
Claims by a powerful Senate oversight committee that it is doing its ‘utmost’ to verify claims of civilian casualties from covert US drone strikes have been undermined by the discovery that it has made no contact with any group conducting field studies into civilian deaths in Pakistan. On Feb. 7 the CIA’s director-designate John Brennan […]
Claims by a powerful Senate oversight committee that it is doing its ‘utmost’ to verify claims of civilian casualties from covert US drone strikes have been undermined by the discovery that it has made no contact with any group conducting field studies into civilian deaths in Pakistan. On Feb. 7 the CIA’s director-designate John Brennan was
As part of an in-depth and ongoing investigation on the nature of poverty in the United States, Mint Press News has committed to not only profiling the existing problems facing the severely poor, but presenting possible solutions and revealing methodologies that have been successfully used to alleviate these social concerns. In this continuation of the […]
As part of an in-depth and ongoing investigation on the nature of poverty in the United States, Mint Press News has committed to not only profiling the existing problems facing the severely poor, but presenting possible solutions and revealing methodologies that have been successfully used to alleviate these social concerns. In this continuation of
This post has been updated. It was originally published Jan. 11, 2013. Jan. 11, 2013: This post has been corrected. You might have heard about the “kill list.” You’ve certainly heard about drones. But the details of the U.S. campaign against militants in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia — a centerpiece of the Obama administration’s national […]
This post has been updated. It was originally published Jan. 11, 2013. Jan. 11, 2013: This post has been corrected. You might have heard about the "kill list." You've certainly heard about drones. But the details of the U.S. campaign against militants in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia -- a centerpiece of the Obama
New taxes are coming Jan. 1 to help finance President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Most people may not notice. But they will pay attention if Congress decides to start taxing employer-sponsored health insurance, one of the options in play if lawmakers can ever agree on a budget deal to reduce federal deficits. The tax […]
New taxes are coming Jan. 1 to help finance President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Most people may not notice. But they will pay attention if Congress decides to start taxing employer-sponsored health insurance, one of the options in play if lawmakers can ever agree on a budget deal to reduce federal deficits. The tax hikes already on
