Rep. John Conyers Calls for a 'People’s Agenda' for the New Congress
Appearing at a town hall meeting in Detroit, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) called for a 'new American agenda' for the next session Congress.
The Greenest Cars
According to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) Green Book, an annual environmental rating of the best and worst cars, Honda and Toyota models led the pack as the world’s “greenest” automobiles for 2006.
Will Democrats Cut and Run from Bush’s Deeply Flawed Latin American Policy?
Is there, or will there be, a revitalized Democratic Latin American policy as distinct from the farrago of ineptitude witnessed under the Bush administration?
Theatre of the Absurd with Real Political Bite
As capitalist formula based mass production came to dominate all areas of life, including fiction, films, TV, recorded music and the majority of 'live' concerts and plays, many artists ended up like Yossarian in Catch-22, that is, seeking to escape from the machine.
Israel-Occupied Palestinian Territories: Court overturns Israel's intifada law
Israel's Supreme Court has overturned a controversial Israeli law banning Palestinians from claiming compensation for harm suffered at the hands of soldiers.
Nepal: Peace agreement leads to improved school security
Smiling behind her desk, school teacher Sabita Adhikari is thrilled to see all 40 of her fourth grade students in class. 'Nobody is absent anymore. It's because children feel safe to travel from their villages to attend class,' said Adhikari.
Movie Review: Eragon
A sword and sorcery saga, Eragon has all the ingredients to make this another money spinner for it's creator Christopher Paolini, who was only 15 years old when he wrote the original novel.
Oliver Stone fined for filming in Cuba
THE U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has just fined well-known filmmaker Oliver Stone for violating the laws of what they euphemistically refer to as an embargo, actually nothing more than a barbaric, brutal, systematic blockade, universally recognized as such and condemned by an overwhelming majority in the United Nations.
Vietnam: Leaders recognise int'l assistance as economic dynamic
he Vietnamese Government leader has attributed the country's impressive economic growth and poverty reduction progress partially to international assistance.
U.S. must admit its error and withdraw from Iraq
In a report submitted to the U.S. president and the Congress, the bipartisan Iraq Study Group admitted that in Iraq the situation is 'grave and deteriorating' and 'there is no path that can guarantee success.' The Bush administration's Iraq policy has clearly reached a dead end.
