Rawstory AFPÂ 11/02/09
Nearly half of all US children, including an overwhelming majority of black children, will eat meals at some point during their childhood paid for by food stamps, an indicator of poverty, a study showed Monday. (more…)
November 2009
Monthly Archive
Mon 2 Nov 2009
Half of US kids depend on food stamps during childhood: study
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Sun 1 Nov 2009
Number of names on terrorist watch list at 400,000, agency says
Walter Pincus Washington Post 11/01/09
Newly released FBI data offer evidence of the broad scope and complexity of the nation’s terrorist watch list, documenting a daily flood of names nominated for inclusion to the controversial list. (more…)
Sun 1 Nov 2009
Obama’s latest use of “secrecy” to shield presidential lawbreaking
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Glenn Greenwald Salon 11/01/09
The Obama administration has, yet again, asserted the broadest and most radical version of the “state secrets” privilege — which previously caused so much controversy and turmoil among loyal Democrats (when used by Bush/Cheney) — to attempt to block courts from ruling on the legality of the government’s domestic surveillance activities. (more…)