All but two Black lawmakers voted either "Yes" or "Present" on a Resolution that absolved Israel for its crimes against humanity in Gaza - placing all blame on Hamas. In 2006, only two Black Caucus members opposed a Resolution supporting Israel's......

When Congress resumes consideration of the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act, strengthening the federal role in supporting high school reform will be a key issue on the agenda, and with good reason.

The United States, which entered into over $23 billion in Foreign Military Sales (FMS) agreements in fiscal year (FY) 2007 and $32 billion in FY 2008 (see table 1), is the world's largest arms supplier. U.S. exports range from combat aircraft to Pakistan.

The United States "is the world's largest arms supplier," according to a new report from the New America Foundation.

President-elect Barack Obama has been formulating plans for the Stimulus Package that will be enacted shortly after he takes office. It is reputed to be in the area of $800 billion to $1.2 trillion and he originally proposed to create 2.5 million jobs..

Barack Obama's nominee for United Nations Ambassador is a very aggressive woman - militarily speaking. Susan Rice is "more bellicose" than George Bush when it comes to threatening Sudan over the plight of the people of Darfur........

Washington wants "to assign 20,000 federal troops to cope with terrorist attacks, domestic disasters and civil unrest." A mixture of plain old racism plus rampaging PTSD and a counter-insurgency mentality makes U.S. soldiers a threat to life and limb....

Some Obama supporters are wringing their hands over the selection of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. Hillary was, after all, a consistent supporter of the disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and much more.

A lot of people who hoped the election of Barak Obama meant "change" were severely disappointed at his hiring of vast numbers of Clinton administration retreads. However, the Obama administration really does represent "change" -- only this change....

Once upon a time, it may have been that history was written by the winners. But in the information age, history is written by the persistent. Digital information is subject to constant revision, unless care is taken to document its state over time.