Fighting Back Against the Politics of Distraction
Without a doubt the McCain campaign has sunk the presidential elections this year to a new low, with misleading ads, mudslinging, and attack ads focused on personalities rather than issues. Americans have heard more about pigs in lipsticks than what candidates will do to fix the economy.
Canada: Vote for a New Direction on Oct. 14
The first step is to defeat Harper and his Conservatives, and their pro-corporate, anti-people policies which they have already begun to impose with a vengeance over the past three years.
Ho Chi Minh City: Less plastic equals less pollution
Ho Chi Minh City environmental experts and officials have proposed limiting the use of plastic bags by supermarkets to reduce pollution in city waterways.
Global Economic Slowdown to Push 100 Million into Poverty
Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, warns in a new report that the gains made in reducing extreme poverty are under threat from the rise in global food and fuel prices and global economic slowdown.
Evo Morales Accuses Opponents of Massacre
Bolivian President Evo Morales described as a massacre the murders of about 16 people in the northern department of Pando, where a state of emergency was declared.
McCain's Newest Lobbyist, Lies, and the Issues
John McCain says he wants to reform Washington, but does hiring well-known Republican Washington lobbyist, William Timmons, who has shady ties to the South African apartheid regime really spell change?
The Syria-Israel Peace Gambit
Few would argue that the indirect Israel-Syria talks through Turkish mediation, which were first announced 21 May, were a sign of political maturity and readiness for peace.
John McCain and the Veterans 'Paradigm Shift'
John McCain says he supports veterans benefits, but his political record suggests, if elected, he would represent four more years of neglect of veterans issues, said Philip Carter, a US Army veteran and director of the Obama National Veterans Vote.
Parole Board Denies Clemency for Troy Davis
ATLANTA - The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency Friday afternoon, September 12, 2008, for death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis, even though his attorneys and supporters argue there is far too much doubt to carry out an execution.
This Must be Some Kind of a Record
Ehud Olmert is on his way out, having agreed – under pressure from his coalition partners – to concede the premiership to whoever is chosen by his party to take his place.
