Архивы для August 2013

Obama Takes A Step Back, Waits For Congress To OK Syria action

President Obama said, “I know that the country will be stronger if we take this course and our actions will be even more effective.”

August 31st, 2013

От

Obama Takes A Step Back, Waits For Congress To OK Syria action

WASHINGTON — Short on support at home and allies abroad, President Barack Obama unexpectedly stepped back from a missile attack against Syria on Saturday and instead asked Congress to support a strike punishing Bashar Assad's regime for the alleged use of chemical weapons. With Navy ships on standby in the Mediterranean Sea ready to launch their

Swelling Colombian Protests Against Free Trade Met With Militarization

The violence broke out Thursday afternoon after some 30,000 people, many of them university students, marched in support of the farmers.

August 31st, 2013

От Associated Press

Swelling Colombian Protests Against Free Trade Met With Militarization

BOGOTA, Colombia— President Juan Manuel Santos ordered troops onto the Colombian capital's streets Friday after rioting in which at least two people died, and small farmers said they were lifting road blockades elsewhere after 11 days of protests. Bogota was peaceful on Friday, with no disturbances reported as Santos ordered troops to reinforce

Associated Press

British Intelligence Asked NYT to Destroy Snowden Docs, Too

The request was met with “silence” from the newspaper, but the fight to contain the information continues.

August 31st, 2013

От Jon Queally @jonqueally

British Intelligence Asked NYT to Destroy Snowden Docs, Too

Citing "people familiar with the matter," the Reuters news agency on Friday reports that after the British government learned The New York Times had received documents from the Guardian that had been obtained by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, the US newspaper was contacted by officials representing the UK's top spy agency and asked the paper to

Federal Judge Hands Partial Win To Americans On No-Fly List

The ACLU says a U.S. district judge has taken a step toward ruling the no-fly list wholly unconstitutional.

August 31st, 2013

От Katie Rucke @katierucke

Federal Judge Hands Partial Win To Americans On No-Fly List

On Wednesday a federal court partially ruled against the U.S. government’s secretive “no-fly list,” agreeing with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that the list violated the constitutional rights of 13 Americans, including four

Katie Rucke

Katie Rucke is a MintPress staff writer and investigative report specializing in the war on drugs, criminal justice, marijuana legislation, education and watchdog investigations as well as whistle-blowers. Her investigations related to the coverage of the 2010 Toyota recall scandal, and coverage of the trials of Anonymous hacker and proclaimed activist Jeremy Hammond as well as Bradley Manning have received international acclaim. Rucke has been recommended by the Wikileaks organization as a trusted journalist in 2013. Rucke has also written pieces for Yahoo! and various community magazines. Follow Katie on Twitter: @katierucke

America’s Religious Identity Crisis

A study indicates that America is becoming more religiously diverse and, in some cases, agnostic.

August 31st, 2013

От Frederick Reese @FrederickReese

There is an unspoken reality in America. Despite the nation’s history as a self-proclaimed bastion of religion tolerance and freedom and despite the intentions of the founding fathers to separate Church from State, America is a deeply religious nation. The vast majority of Americans identify with the notion of a Creator, and this is

Frederick Reese

Frederick Reese is lead staff writer for Mint Press specializing in race, poverty, congressional oversight and technology. An award winning data journalist and creative writer for over 15 years, Frederick has written about and worked for social advocacy projects and personal awareness efforts. Frederick is a jack-of-all-trades, with work experience as a teacher, a pastry chef and a story writer. Frederick has publication credits with Yahoo!, B. Couleur, and more. A native New Yorker, Frederick graduated from Colgate University in 1999 and Johnson & Wales University in 2003. Frederick started his journalistic career writing for his university’s newspaper, “The Colgate Maroon-News,” before starting and heading his own magazine, “The Idealist.” Most recently, Frederick received a data journalism award from the International Center for Journalists for his minimum wage coverage for MintPress. Follow Frederick on Twitter: @frederickreese

Another Inevitable War?

Opponents of U.S. intervention in Syria should fine-tune their argument to hit U.S. foreign poilicy where it hurts.

August 31st, 2013

От Jeffrey Cavanaugh

A funny thing happened on the way to war with Syria – democracy, that confusingly complex and painfully slow form of government that many, if not most, believe has had the life sucked out of it of late, actually may have stopped a war from occurring. Or at least, British democracy may have.

As it stands presently, the

Jeffrey Cavanaugh

Jeffrey Cavanaugh is a Mint Press political analyst and columnist specializing in international relations and US policy. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations, specializing in International Security and Conflict. He has worked as a political science and public administration lecturer at Mississippi State University. Cavanaugh also writes about farm politics and policy, where his work has appeared in agriculture news publications in Illinois.

Syrian Refugees Raise Tensions In Fragile Lebanon

According to the UN and other aid agencies, around 1 in 4 people in Lebanon is a refugee, including the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians who have lived here for generations.

Архивы для August 2013

Obama Takes A Step Back, Waits For Congress To OK Syria action