""If you don't have enough evidence to charge someone criminally but you think he's illegal, we can make him disappear." Those chilling words were spoken by James Pendergraph..."

He promised change, but has delivered none. His health care bill is held hostage by the private insurance companies seeking greater profits. The most likely outcome will be cuts in Medicare and Medicaid in order to help fund wars that enrich the military

Many of the most conservative Democratic senators hold coveted committee chairmanships that give them significant power within the Senate

The AARP and the American Medical Assn. announce their endorsements. Meanwhile, employer groups are mounting opposition.

A visit to one, or both, of these cities as well as a speech to the world from Hiroshima would be a bold statement of hope in the months preceeding the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (May 2010).

In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would occur (To their advantage!)

When Speaker Pelosi announced her "floor version" of the healthcare bill on Thursday, she made a critical mistake: she removed the "State Single Payer" amendment proposed by Rep. Dennis Kucinich. Tell Congress the "Kucinich Amendment" must be included!

We've just received a disturbing report that three Tibetans were executed in Lhasa on October 20th, 2009 for their alleged involvement in last year's protests. According to sources in Lhasa, the situation is extremely tense and Chinese author

This has quick facts about the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan to date. Hope they are useful to you to you as you follow this issue. Be an informed citizen.

The National Priorities Project is celebrating 25 years. A must watch VIDEO explaining about them, what they do, and chart to show the cost of the wars since 2001.