Louisiana Struggles To Justify Angola Three’s Isolation Despite Allegations Of Racism

(Mint Press) – James “Buddy” Caldwell, the attorney general for Louisiana, is on the defensive. Forced to defend the nearly 41 years that Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox have spent in solitary confinement — likely the longest such confinement in the nation’s history and one of the longest in the history of penal punishment — […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

(Mint Press) - James “Buddy” Caldwell, the attorney general for Louisiana, is on the defensive. Forced to defend the nearly 41 years that Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox have spent in solitary confinement — likely the longest such confinement in the nation’s history and one of the longest in the history of penal punishment — the attorney general

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Pre-Dawn Operation Removes Part Of The Berlin Wall

Work crews backed by about 250 police removed parts of the Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery before dawn Wednesday to make way for an upscale building project, despite demands by protesters that the site be preserved. Residents of the area expressed shock at the move, which followed several protests including one attended […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

Work crews backed by about 250 police removed parts of the Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery before dawn Wednesday to make way for an upscale building project, despite demands by protesters that the site be preserved. Residents of the area expressed shock at the move, which followed several protests including one attended by American

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Promises, Promises: Climate Change

The issue: Slowing the buildup of greenhouse gases responsible for warming the planet is one of the biggest challenges the United States and President Barack Obama face. The effects of rising global temperatures are widespread and costly: more severe storms, rising seas, species extinctions, and changes in weather patterns that will alter food production and […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

The issue: Slowing the buildup of greenhouse gases responsible for warming the planet is one of the biggest challenges the United States and President Barack Obama face. The effects of rising global temperatures are widespread and costly: more severe storms, rising seas, species extinctions, and changes in weather patterns that will alter food

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Senate Endorses Keystone XL Pipeline Construction

The Senate has endorsed construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that is to carry oil from Canada to Texas oil refineries. Senators voted 62-37 on Friday for the nonbinding measure. Seventeen Democrats and all 45 Republicans voted yes. For four years, environmentalists and others have tried to derail the project, saying extracting the oil […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

The Senate has endorsed construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that is to carry oil from Canada to Texas oil refineries. Senators voted 62-37 on Friday for the nonbinding measure. Seventeen Democrats and all 45 Republicans voted yes. For four years, environmentalists and others have tried to derail the project, saying extracting

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Obama Health Law Anniversary Finds 2 Americas

Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for the uninsured may be delayed or undercut in much of the country because of entrenched opposition from many Republican state leaders. In half the states, mainly led by Democrats, officials are […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for the uninsured may be delayed or undercut in much of the country because of entrenched opposition from many Republican state leaders. In half the states, mainly led by Democrats, officials are

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Big Oil and Gas, Enviros Agree On New Fracking Standards For Northeast

Some of the nation’s biggest oil and gas companies have made peace with environmentalists, agreeing to a voluntary set of tough new standards for fracking in the Northeast that could lead to a major expansion of drilling. The program announced Wednesday will work a lot like Underwriters Laboratories, which puts its familiar UL seal of […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

Some of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies have made peace with environmentalists, agreeing to a voluntary set of tough new standards for fracking in the Northeast that could lead to a major expansion of drilling. The program announced Wednesday will work a lot like Underwriters Laboratories, which puts its familiar UL seal of approval

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