Thu 17 Jul 2008
Center for Constitutional Rights 7/16/08
Recent news reports have revealed that the FBI is planning to release new Department of Justice guidelines, slated for implementation later in the year. These proposed guidelines apparently make racial profiling not only an unwritten practice, but an avowed policy of the FBI. (more…)
Wed 16 Jul 2008
by Andy Worthington AntiWar.com 7/16/08
As the Abu Ghraib scandal demonstrates, a photo is worth a thousand words — even if, as Errol Morris’ newly released documentary Standard Operating Procedure demonstrates, those words are sometimes what the viewer wishes to see, rather than what actually happened. (more…)
Wed 16 Jul 2008
By Matthew Rothschild The Progressive 7/10/08
Leave it to George Bush to point out a little-noticed aspect of the FISA bill that he likes, but you should hate. (more…)
Tue 15 Jul 2008
Help Free Huseyin Celil, A Canadian Muslim Unjustly Arrested, Detained, Tortured, and Sentenced to Life in Prison in China
Peaceful Rally and Walk, Sunday, July 27, 1 pm Chinese Consulate, 240 St George St. (south of Dupont), Toronto, Canada (more…)
Mon 14 Jul 2008
Given low pay, few benefits and the struggle to balance work and family, the American dream remains that for many.
By LEIGH DONALDSON Portland Press Herald 7/14/08
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Labor statistics have been used in countless ways in an attempt to explain the complexities of the American work force system. (more…)
Mon 14 Jul 2008
SteveLendmanBlog 7/14/08
Al-Arian is a Palestinian refugee, a distinguished professor and scholar, community leader and civil activist. His crime – being an activist Muslim at the wrong time in America. After his exoneration, prosecutors planned to retry him but instead struck a secret plea bargain with his lawyers. (more…)
Sun 13 Jul 2008
Glenn Greenwald Salon 7/12/08
This is what a country becomes when it decides that it will not live under the rule of law, when it communicates to its political leaders that they are free to do whatever they want — including breaking our laws — and there will be no consequences. (more…)
Sun 13 Jul 2008
By WILLIAM FISHER Middle East Times 7/13/08
Officials in the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and other U.S. government departments and agencies, love to talk about how good they are in “reaching out” to American Muslim communities. (more…)