Tweets, the Cuban 5 and the U.S. blockade

April 5, 2014

A widely distributed Associated Press article on April 3 revealed details of yet another covert U.S. program meant to undermine…

Several African states boycott EU summit

April 5, 2014

The planned April 2-3 summit between the European Union and African nation-states has met with controversy and rejection. The republics…

Right-wing extremist destroys clinic

April 5, 2014

The All Families Health Center in Kalispell, Mont., was operational for only three weeks when it was vandalized and destroyed…

Rights for women or corporations? Part 1

April 5, 2014

The Supreme Court heard arguments on March 25 about a highly controversial case involving two for-profit companies that object, on…

President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela calls for peace

April 4, 2014

The following is an edited reprint from an opinion/editorial,“Venezuela: A call for peace,” that first appeared in the online edition of…

‘Land grabs’

April 4, 2014

Taken from a March 19 audio column at prisonradio.org. With the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation, U.S. politicians…

‘Community feed’ remembers police victim

April 4, 2014

San Francisco — The monthly “Kenneth Harding Jr. Foundation Community Feed” on March 23 fell on the 6th annual “Feed…

Anti-equality backlash in Michigan

April 3, 2014

Ding dong! The wicked reverend is dead! Fred “god hates f**s” Phelps died on March 19. Unfortunately, the spirit of…

Washington State: Were the mudslide deaths inevitable?

April 3, 2014

Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy brought devastation that was not solely from natural causes, as was reported at the time in…