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Congress, Accountability, and the Goldstone Report

Salena Tramel | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Congress, Human Rights, United Nations Human Rights Council, Gaza, Middle East Peace Process, Breaking Politics News, Hamas, Israel, World News, The Goldstone Report, World News

Congress--and all Americans for that matter--should welcome each and every investigation of human rights violations, wherever and by whomever they may have been committed.

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A Tough Call for Conservative Anglicans: Openly Gay Clergy, or Closeted Pedophiles?

Bob Ostertag | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Episcopal Church, Catholic Church, Breaking Politics News, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Gay, Sexual Abuse, Episcopal Church Split, Politics News

Now all those disgruntled Episcopalians have a choice to make: stay on the team that accepts openly gay priests, or bolt for another team run by closeted homosexual pedophiles. It's a tough call.

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David Paterson Does the Right Thing and Drops the Rock

Anthony Papa | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Breaking Politics News, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Governor David Paterson, Prison, Cocaine, Drug Reform, Drug War, Criminal Justice, New York News

Having felt the sting of the Rockefeller laws firsthand -- serving 12 years under a 15-years-to-life sentence -- I understand the full meaning of the reforms that went into effect today.

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Guantanamo Envoy: U.S. Should Have Taken Cleared Prisoners; Some Should Never Have Been Held

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

To my mind, President Obama missed a golden opportunity to bring 17 Uighur prisoners to the U.S. in his early days in office.

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Is Bagram Obama's New Secret Prison?

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Geneva Conventions, Us Constitution, World, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, President Obama, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Guantanamo, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Judge John D. Bates, World News, Rendition, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Bush Administration, U.S. Court of Appeals, Enemy Combatants, Bagram, CIA Rendition, Bagram Detainees, Cia, Combatant Status Review Tribunals, Breaking Politics News, New York Times, Bagram Habeas Corpus, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham, Leon Panetta, Extraordinary Rendition, Politics News

The Obama administration is following Bush's lead by unilaterally rewriting the Geneva Conventions, presumably to allow it to continue exploiting prisoners of war for their supposed intelligence value.

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Hey, I Got Your Civility Right Here, Champ!

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Teabaggers, Bullying, Bullies, Obama, Kayne, Civility, American Idol, Joe Wilson, Joe the Nerd, Politics, Smerconish, Nancy Grace, Breaking Politics News, Glenn Beck, Bachmann, Simon, Springer, Media News

I hope that President Obama calling people out on the incivilities will lessen the rewards for acting like a dope. Whether the Kanye comment was leaked or not, we all need to just start calling this behavior for what it is.

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Joe Wilson: Don't Censure - Take His Time

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Censure, Joe the Nerd, Breaking Politics News, Obama, Healthcare Debate, Healthcare Reform, Censure Resolution, Poll, Joe Wilson, Politics News

Mumbled apologies or standing up in front of everybody for questionable dress downs doesn't really do much for moving forward. It just gets people madder and more resentful.

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Spanish Judge Resumes Torture Case Against Six Senior Bush Lawyers

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Feith, Philippe Sands, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, CIA Torture, Spain, Bush Prosecutions, David Addington, John Yoo, Justice Department, Eric Holder, World News, Office of Legal Counsel, Politics News, Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon, Bush Administration Torture, Jay Bybee, Sami El-Leithi, Jamil El-Banna, Omar Deghayes, Guantanamo Bay, Breaking Politics News, William J. Haynes II, Alberto Gonzales, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration lawyers for implementing torture at Guantánamo.

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With New Strategy White House Plays Last Card on Health Care: Lead a Bipartisan Bill or Risk a Defining First Year Failure

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 10.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Breaking Politics News, Health Care, Barack Obama, Axelrod, Republicans, Town Hall Meetings, Home News

The public option has to be minimized and renamed. Co-op is now a loaded a term; try 'non-profit optional choice for those who have no insurance' instead.

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Edward Kennedy's Passing -- A Window of Opportunity

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Breaking Politics News, Politics, Death of Ted Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, Mark Goulston, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

It is 10:30 AM EDT on Saturday, August 29. As many of you, I am watching the funeral service of Senator Edward Kennedy. I am aware that you and I are also looking at a window of opportunity.

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Remembering the Rock: How Senator Kennedy Helped 200,000 People Fall in Love

Frank Sharry | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Latino Voters, Breaking Politics News, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Dead, Politics News

Thanks to Kennedy, passage of comprehensive immigration reform is no longer a matter of if but of when.

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Malice, Blowback, and the "Yeah, So?" Gambit

Eric Lurio | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Breaking Politics News, Mitt Romney Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy, US Senate, Politics News, Ted Kennedy Successor, Ted Kennedy Senate, Ted Kennedy Senate Seat, Ted Kennedy Dead, Massachusetts, Politics News

Kennedy's last public act before he died was to write the Massachusetts Democratic leadership and plead for the law that forbids a governor from appointing a senator's successor, be changed.

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Take That! Moms in Capes Bust Healthcare Myths Across the Nation

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, Women, Obama Healthcare, Health Care Reform, Breaking Politics News, Moms, Health Care, Momsrising, Breaking News, Living News

SuperMoms dressed in red capes are distributing powerful truth flyers to passersby to educate them about what health care reform will really do and how it will help.

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A Plea to Barack Obama from the Guantanamo Uighurs

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Four months ago, 17 unjustly detained prisoners wrote a letter to Obama asking for their release. The government censors have only just cleared it and I have reprinted it here.

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Obama Sends the Wrong Message to Our Children

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 08.31.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Obama Racism, Ronald Reagan, Economy, George W. Bush, Beer, Joe Biden, Obesity, Barack Obama, Childhood Obesity, Politics, Richard Nixon, Alcoholism, James Crowley, Racism, Breaking Politics News, Henry Gates, Glenn Beck, Children, Comedy News

Obama and Gates drank purely foreign libations while Crowley's choice, Blue Moon, is, like Obama, only half American. Is this really the message we need to convey as our economy struggles to climb out of recession?

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Americans, Not Washington, Will Determine Health Care. So Where's the Grassroots Movement?

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Breaking Politics News, Washington Post, Abc, Health Care, Gallup, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

When President Obama takes his case for health care to the American people tonight, his job is this: re-energize the large base of Americans who were adamant about the issue a year ago.

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Race in America: Comments on the Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Martha St Jean | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Henry Louis Gates Arrest, Harvard, Al Sharpton, Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrested, Black Scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr, Breaking Politics News, The Root, Henry Louis Gates, Henry Louis Gates Arrested, Henry Gates Arrested, Politics News

One commentator said, " I am tired of the race card being played every time a black person is arrested/questioned or anything else that happens with the police."

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What's Right About the House Health Care Plan

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Politics, House of Representatives, Senate, Health, Breaking Politics News, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Henry Waxman, Health Care, Politics News

Now that the House members have proposed legislation, it seems fair that I take a few minutes to talk about what they appear to have gotten right.

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California TV Stations "Just Say No" to Drug Policy Ad

Anthony Citrano | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Television, California, Breaking Media News, Media News, Media, Marijuana, Drug Policy, Aclu, Corporate Media, Marijuana Legalization, AB 390, Political News, Politics, California Politics, Breaking Politics News, Media News

Marijuana decriminalization is getting fresh attention due to broad public support of the new AB 390 bill, but only a handful of media outlets, including CNN and CNBC, will air pro-legalization ads.

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How to Resolve the Abortion Conflict

Aspen Baker | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Pro-Voice, War, President Obama, Breaking Politics News, Pro-Life, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Peace, Politics News

A just and lasting peace between pro-choice and pro-life people is possible, but it lies in the history of those who have fought over this issue, not in the tired rhetoric of "common ground."

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Why Trial Date for African Embassy Bombing Suspect Is Good News

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

The government will not use any statements made by the suspect in secret prisons, nor will the evidence "be very different" from that used when his alleged co-conspirators were tried by the federal court in 2001.

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Release of the "Holy Grail" of Torture Reports Delayed Again

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Sere, Cia Inspector General Report, ACLU Accountability for Torture, War on Terror, Harsh Interrogations, Terrorism, President Obama, Abu Zubaydah, Fbi, CIA Torture, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Office of Legal Counsel, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Cia, Steven G. Bradbury, Breaking Politics News, Waterboarding, ACLU Torture, The Guantanamo Files, Cia Torture Memos, CIA Inspector General, Torture Memos, Torture, Politics News

Today was supposed to be the day that the Justice Department -- after two delays -- released an unclassified version of the CIA Inspector General's 2004 Report into the interrogations of "high-value detainees."

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Gay Benefits Call With Berry Reveals...Very Little

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Gay Rights, John Berry, Employment, Breaking Politics News, Health Insurance, Gays, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Politics News

"This is a first step, not the final step," Berry said. "It's practicing before preaching." I wish the White House would stop practicing and would start moving on gay civil rights issues for real.

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Why Army Suicides Continued to Rise in May, and What We Can Do

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Depression, Army Suicides, votevets.org, Combat Stress, Chuck Hagel, Jim Webb, Army Suicides Increase, Iraq PTSD, Army, Military, Dwell Time Amendment, Breaking Politics News, Ptsd, Votevets, Army Suicide, Politics News

The root causes of combat stress leading to suicide are three-fold, mostly out of the hands of our generals, and therefore must be addressed by the Federal government.

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The Free Market's Marked Men, From The Niger Delta To The Amazon

Amy Goodman | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Niger Delta, Alien Tort Claims Act, Wiwa v. Shell, Lima, World, World News, Environment, Politics News, Oil Spills, Peru, Peruvian Jungle Interethnic Development Association, Shareholders, Corporate Crime, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Amazon, Human Rights, Alberto Pizango, U.S./Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, Chevron, Africa, Royal Dutch Shell, Oil, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Pollution, Shell Oil, Center for Constitutional Rights, Rainforests, Ken Wiwa, Alan Garcia, Ecuador, Oil Companies, Genocide, Green News, Breaking Politics News, Ogoni, Ptpa, Aidesep, World News

Ken Saro-Wiwa's family and others just won a landmark settlement in U.S. federal court, ending a 13-year battle with Shell Oil. Alberto Pizango's ordeal is just beginning.

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