Category Archives: US Politics

Legislators Propose International Violence Against Women Act

Posted on February 3, 2010 by admin

At least one in three women will be victims of violence in her lifetime. Whether in the form of physical abuse, domestic slavery, or sexual abuse, some countries have up to 70% of their women affected by these heinous crimes. Continue reading →

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House Parties to Be Held in Solidarity of Equal Rights

Posted on October 31, 2009 by admin

This fall, people all across the United States will be hosting house parties in solidarity of equal rights. Continue reading →

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Will Smith to Host Nobel Peace Prize Concert

Posted on September 30, 2009 by admin

The 16th annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert will be held on December 11 this year. The event, taking place in Oslo, Norway, will be hosted by Hollywood couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. Continue reading →

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Thousands of Detroit Workers March in Solidarity on Labor Day

Posted on September 8, 2009 by admin

During the annual Labor Day Parade in Detroit, thousands of union workers turned up on Woodward to march. Continue reading →

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Senator Kennedy Remembered as a Servant of Peace

Posted on August 26, 2009 by admin

Yesterday marked the passing of Senator Edward “Ted” Moore Kennedy. Only two weeks after the death of his beloved sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he succumbed to the malignant brain tumor he’d been diagnosed with in 2008 in his home. Continue reading →

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Clintons Negotiate Release of U.S. Journalists From North Korea

Posted on August 5, 2009 by admin

Following weeks of negotiations to orchestrate the release of two American journalists between Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton, the United Nations and North Korea, former President Bill Clinton held a rare and “exhaustive” meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to finally bring the reporters home today. Continue reading →

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The World Stands with People of Peru

Posted on June 9, 2009 by admin

Remember the old bumper sticker, “Sure you can trust the government; just ask a whale or an Indian”? As much as we’d like to think that the adage no longer applies, sadly, it still does in many places worldwide–including America. Continue reading →

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President Obama Calls for Action Against Genocide

Posted on June 5, 2009 by admin

Though following the Holocaust the world proclaimed “Never again,” the sentiment has proven to be untrue. Genocide is far from dead in our world. Continue reading →

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Gore Book Criticizes “Politics of Fear”

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Book Reviews: Politics Articles from EzineArticles.com

“We live in an age when the thirty-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the US electorate’s thinking, and America is currently in the hands of an administration less interested than any previous government in sharing the truth with the citizenry.” So writes Al Gore in his harsh look at the state of America after almost eight years in which the values upon which the country was founded have been subverted or eroded “a politics of fear, secrecy and blind faith.” Continue reading →

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