U.S. and the World
NATO Signs $1.7 Billion Contract to Buy U.S.-Made Drones
Northrop Grumman is very happy with how this year’s NATO summit in Chicago turned out.
The defense contractor officially closed a deal with the alliance for the purchase of five Block 40 Global Hawk drones. The sale will earn Northrop Grumman ... read more
Obama Africa Food Aid Plan Opens Door to Biggest Agribusiness Companies
A new plan forged by the Obama administration to help end hunger in Africa relies heavily on investments from large-scale agribusiness while disregarding contributions from organic and small farmers, critics contend.
President Barack Obama ann... read more
Senate Committee Fights To Keep Contractor Campaign Contributions Secret
Coming in response to a White House executive order that was never implemented, a bill is now moving through the U.S. Senate that would prevent the disclosure of campaign contributions by government contractors.
S. 1100, the bizarrely named “K... read more
Forgotten Tragedy: NATO Killing of 72 Innocent Civilians in Libya
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report this week seeking to call attention to the more than 70 civilians who died as a result of NATO bombings last year in Libya.
After conducting a seven-month investigation, HRW concluded that at least 72... read more
Obama Administration Quietly Weakens Emergency Planning at Nuclear Plants
Update: See link to NRC response below.
The holidays are a time of celebration for Americans, and a perfect time for their government to bury controversial changes in policy.
That’s what apparently happened last December when the Nuclear R... read more
Richest 1% Battle the Richest One-Hundredth of a Percent
In what some are calling the “Shareholder Spring,” the owners of large corporations and banks are letting CEOs know that they’re getting paid too much compensation through so-called Say-on-Pay votes.
It’s a battle of shareholders, or the top 1... read more
Obama Justice Dept. Supports Citizens’ Right to Record Police
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Wells Fargo and a Foreclosure Suicide
Norman and Oriane Rousseau’s American dream of owning a home turned into a tragic nightmare involving Wells Fargo.
In 2000, the Rousseaus purchased a home in Newbury Park, California, putting down 30%—their life savings. Six years later, they ... read more
Wrongly Executed and Forgotten for 23 Years
Three decades after the wrongful execution of Carlos DeLuna, the Columbia Human Rights Law Review (HRLR) has devoted its entire spring issue to evidence proving the 26-year-old was not guilty of the crime of which he was accused.
In February 1... read more
Thanks to For-Profit Prisons, Louisiana Has Triple the Incarceration Rate of Iran
Crime is down in Louisiana, but the state still holds the ignominious title of “the world’s prison capital.”
An exposé by the New Orleans Times-Picayune found that Louisiana incarcerates more people per capita than any other state or country i... read more
The Case for Criminalizing Filibusters
One of the nation’s leading business lawyers has decided to take on the filibuster and get it outlawed.
Emmet Bondurant, selected Lawyer of the Year for Antitrust and Bet-the-Company Litigation in 2010, has proposed that the U.S. Supreme Court... read more
Private Contractor Torture Cases Given Go-Ahead by Federal Court
Two U.S. defense contractors have lost their appeal in federal court and must continue to fight multiple lawsuits accusing their employees of helping torture Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison and at other locations during the war.
The two companies,... read more
For the Big Food Industry, Lobbying Pays Big Dividends
Even with First Lady Michelle Obama pushing hard for healthier food choices for children, Washington has failed in key battles against the processed food industry, according to a special report from Reuters.
The news wire service reviewed fede... read more
House Votes to Prohibit National Science Foundation Funding of Political Science Research
Republican Jeff Flake of Arizona considers the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) funding of political science research “meritless” and wants Congress to eliminate all funding for such work.
By a vote of 218-208, the House of Representatives ... read more
Deadly Drivers: Teens with Other Teens in the Car and No Adults
Teenaged drivers + teenaged passengers = deadly combination.
That’s the conclusion of a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety after studying recent data on automobile crashes.
In cases where a teen driver was accompanied by so... read more
Bipartisan Amendment to Defund Obama Medical Marijuana Raids
Fed up with the Obama administration’s interference with medical marijuana operations across the country, a bipartisan coalition of congressmen has introduced an amendment to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from conducting more raids on dispen... read more