New laws to impose the first limits on US greenhouse gas emissions took a significant step forwards late on Thursday, clearing a key House of Representatives committee in the face of strong Republican opposition

On the 6th anniversary of the murder of Rachel Corrie in Gaza, Israeli troops are on the rampage, it seems, targeting other American activists. Perhaps (hopefully) the new American Administration will not sit by silently as the previous one did.

"..,she chose Fort Bragg for her first trip outside Washington as first lady to turn the spotlight on "a huge need out there" that she conceded most Americans are "pretty oblivious" to.., young, enlisted families are living "right at the poverty line..,

Washington - The Obama administration dropped the term "enemy combatant" and incorporated international law on Friday as its basis for holding terrorism suspects at prison while it works to close the facility. The U.S. Justice Department said it h

A political group founded by a Northampton resident is spearheading a drive to hold members of the Bush administration accountable for authorizing torture and illegal wiretapping. Carpenter said he believes public support is broad.. He is right!....

After Abu Ghraib, Gitmo and extraordinary renditions, other countries now challenge America's standing on human rights

Rather than presenting a threat to the public, Mr. Peltier's release would help to heal a wound that has long impeded better relations between the federal government and American Indians. Mr. Peltier deserves to be reunited with his family

Early last week, as part of an ACLU lawsuit, the CIA acknowledged it destroyed 92 tapes recording harsh interrogations of detainees held in U.S. custody abroad.

...one of hundreds of Guantánamo prisoners who were sold to US forces for a bounty payment, his eloquence and influence unnerved the authorities at Guantánamo to such an extent that they mistakenly concluded that he was a leader of al-Qaeda.

Carbon offsets and carbon offsetting fraud. Lack of carbon market regulation, verification and independent audit of carbon saving schemes. Need to prove genuine carbon reduction, proof of additionality.