The Japan Peace Committee is a citizens' peace organization. The committee is active throughout Japan in order to prevent nuclear war, abolish nuclear weapons, support atomic bomb survivors, abrogate the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, remove U.S. military bases from Japan...

No Cuban administration is allowed to cancel a work contract because a worker is HIV positive or if he already has AIDS, because despite its terminal effect, AIDS is an illness like any other...

At Gay Pride rallies across the country, hundreds of P.A.W. members have joined in solidarity with workers in a variety of campaigns, such as the justice at Wal-Mart and Delphi Corp

In a case purporting to show how much the Bush administration has been fighting terrorism, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced the arrest and indictment of seven African American men in Miami.

Marcy Winograd may have lost her primary race against Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), but she vows to keep fighting. She was a bit disappointed after the election, but has already sprung back into action on the issue of questionable electronic voting in the San Diego Busby versus Bilbray race.

The recent Israeli artillery strikes on the Gaza Strip have outraged Palestinians, raised eyebrows in the international community, prompted condemnation from human rights organizations, and put the Israeli government on the defensive.

...an average Zimbabwean family requires the equivalent of US$524 a month to just cover the basics. The average worker earns about US$200.

Save the Children's Nomzamo Dlamini challenged the basic tenet that corporal punishment is a Swazi custom. She explained that corporal punishment was "introduced for the first time at the missionary schools.

You won't find commentary and language any more hostile to Hugo Chavez than on the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal...The sad part of it is Journal readers believe this stuff...

In early June, the Pentagon reported approximately 19,000 casualties as a result of the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Steve Robinson, government relations director for the non-partisan Veterans for America, thinks the real number is much higher.

Every member of Congress working to create permanent bases in Iraq for unwanted and illegal foreign troops should have two dozen reenactors of the American Revolution occupy their office and live off their campaign funds while endlessly reciting the Declaration of Impeachment

This week, Washington Republicans have made very clear their real agenda for the American people. Washington Republicans are running away from tough decisions and instead are desperately pandering to their base to improve their political standing in November.

A newly formed advocacy coalition VoterGA announced plans to sue the State of Georgia for denying the citizens of Georgia an elections system that will ensure that their votes count. The announcement was made at a downtown press conference at a hotel.

Perhaps the longest-lasting impact of Hurricane Katrina was its environmental damage that, in real terms, has mainly to do with public health.

Opponents of affirmative action deceived voters into signing a petition that put an initiative onto Michigan’s November 7th ballot, concludes a recently released report by the Michigan Civil Rights Commission.