Assange Wins People’s Choice Human Rights Award

For the past 11 years, the nonprofit organization, Global Exchange, has held an awards program honoring people across the globe for their work in human rights. This year’s award winner, nominated and chosen by people around the globe, was WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange. The awards creator, Global Exchange, also selects an individual or group each year to […]

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke
In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, arrives at the Supreme Court in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

For the past 11 years, the nonprofit organization, Global Exchange, has held an awards program honoring people across the globe for their work in human rights. This year’s award winner, nominated and chosen by people around the globe, was WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange. The awards creator, Global Exchange, also selects an individual or group each

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A Conversation With U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomoyor

MINNEAPOLIS – (Mint Press) – Raised in a housing project in the tough neighbourhoods of the Bronx, Sonia Sotomayor has overcome racial profiling and the limitations of class to achieve the unexpected — Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Justice and the third woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Writing her autobiography, “My […]

Jo Erickson
By Jo Erickson

MINNEAPOLIS - (Mint Press) - Raised in a housing project in the tough neighbourhoods of the Bronx, Sonia Sotomayor has overcome racial profiling and the limitations of class to achieve the unexpected — Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Justice and the third woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Writing her autobiography, “My Beloved

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Knox Case Puts Italian Justice Under Scrutiny

When crooked American financier Bernie Madoff was sentenced in New York, the leading Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published a front-page cartoon mocking Italy’s trial system. On one side was a U.S. courtroom, where a judge was handing down a 150-year sentence after a six-month trial. On the other, an Italian courtroom with a judge […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

When crooked American financier Bernie Madoff was sentenced in New York, the leading Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera published a front-page cartoon mocking Italy's trial system. On one side was a U.S. courtroom, where a judge was handing down a 150-year sentence after a six-month trial. On the other, an Italian courtroom with a judge handing

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Large Companies Are Increasingly Offering Workers Only High Deductible Health Plans

Historically, one of the perks of working at a big company has been generous health benefits with modest out-of-pocket costs. But increasingly, large companies are offering their employees only one option: a plan with a relatively high deductible linked to a savings account for medical expenses. According to the annual health benefits survey by Towers Watson and […]

Michelle Andrews
By Michelle Andrews

Historically, one of the perks of working at a big company has been generous health benefits with modest out-of-pocket costs. But increasingly, large companies are offering their employees only one option: a plan with a relatively high deductible linked to a savings account for medical expenses. According to the annual health benefits survey by

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King Abdullah In PR Trouble After Candid Interview In The Atlantic

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 […]

Janessa Schilmoeller
By Janessa Schilmoeller

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

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High Court Weighs Drug Companies’ Generics Policy

Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for years, steep price declines that can top 90 percent. The Obama administration, backed by consumer groups and the American Medical […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

Federal regulators are pressing the Supreme Court to stop big pharmaceutical corporations from paying generic drug competitors to delay releasing their cheaper versions of brand-name drugs. They argue these deals deny American consumers, usually for years, steep price declines that can top 90 percent. The Obama administration, backed by consumer

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