Full Coverage: Northern America
July 2006
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07/31/2006
PESHAWAR, Jul 31 (IPS) - Two Afghan journalists, who spent three years in the infamous United States military prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have released a new chronicle on life in the now famous iron cages.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [East Asia] [Afghanistan] [Pakistan] [United States] |
07/31/2006
NEW YORK, Jul 31 (OneWorld) - Setting aside their criticisms of Republican policies for a moment, leading rights advocacy groups say they fully appreciate President George W. Bush for refusing to bury a 41-year-old law that protects minorities' rights to vote.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Race Politics] [Democracy] [Law] |
07/31/2006
from The Energy Blog:
Read moreWhether we approve of nuclear power or not, it is here to stay for the foreseeable future. Recycling (reprocessing) offers a way of dealing with nuclear waste, suggests a new study. Related: [United States] [Energy] [Nuclear Issues] Image: Proposed Yucca Mountain repository, USA
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07/31/2006
from Treehugger blog:
Read moreBuild your eco-home from cannabis. Related: [Canada] [Shelter & Housing] Image: Not hemp, but roofing for London eco house © Adrian Arbib
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07/31/2006
A new Chicago law will force mega-retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, and Home Depot to pay their employees a minimum of $9.25 an hour.
Read moreRelated: [United States] Image: Wal-Mart employee. © In These Times
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07/31/2006
Some analysts are warning that President Bush's veto limiting federal funding for stem cell research could create an exodus of U.S. researchers.
Read moreFrom: kaisernetwork.org (Kaiser Family Foundation) Related: [United States] Image: President Bush vetoed a bill to expand stem cell research. © Greenpeace
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07/31/2006
A pending U.S.-Peru trade deal is worrying some analysts, who believe that the agreement will have a severe detrimental impact on the livelihood and health of poor Peruvians.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam America Related: [United States] [Peru] Image: A potential U.S.-Peru trade deal may make 700,000 Peruvians unable to afford medicines they need. © André Bärtschi / WWF
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07/31/2006
Bolivian bloggers are commenting on government officials' attempts to secure the extension of an agreement in which their country receives preferential trading with the U.S. in exchange for efforts to eradicate drugs and drug trafficking.
Read moreFrom: Global Voices Online Related: [Bolivia] [United States] |
07/30/2006
from RealClimate:
Read more'We knew that this stuff [disinformation campaigns] goes on but it's rare that we get such a close look at how it happens.' Related: [United States] [Corporations] [Climate Change] [Science] Image: Save the World © Rakhee Sharma, Year 8 student, UK
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07/29/2006
from Think Progress:
Read moreA secret memo details a coordinated campaign to spread misinformation about global warming in the US. Related: [United States] Image: Carbon pollution is harmless... apparently
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07/28/2006
The U.S. Senate passed a measure this week making it illegal for anyone other than a girl's parent to accompany her across state lines to seek an abortion. Opponents say this places am undue burden on teenage girls from dysfunctional and abusive family situations.
Read moreFrom: Feminist Majority Foundation Related: [United States] |
07/28/2006
Western inattention after the Andijan massacre of May 2005 has granted Uzbekistan's president a green light to further repress freedoms, the country's opposition leaders told international human rights advocates this week.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [Uzbekistan] [United States] Image: Uzbek children refugees in Kyrgyzstan after Andijan massacre. © SandS / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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07/28/2006
from The Energy Blog:
Read moreOil state Texas beats California for top windpower capacity. Related: [United States] [Renewable Energy] Image: Wind turbines: more in Texas
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07/27/2006
from interim thoughts blog:
Read moreModern American farming uses the energy equivalent of three or four tons of TNT per acre each year. Can India leapfrog this oil-rich approach to farming? Related: [United States] [India] [Agriculture] Image: Cereal © People & the Planet
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07/27/2006
CODEPINK and Global Exchange co-founder Medea Benjamin, who is on day 23 of her "Troops Home Fast," was hauled out of Congress Wednesday and booked after loudly interrupting Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's speech with calls to remove U.S. troops from Iraq.
Read moreFrom: Global Exchange, CODEPINK: Women for Peace Related: [United States] [Iraq] Image: Medea Benjamin talks with grieving Iraqi mothers. © CODEPINK: Women for Peace
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07/27/2006
Iraq war supporters and war opponents face off in eight different Senate races this fall, each having a grand potential impact on U.S. policy in Iraq and when American troops return home.
Read moreFrom: Council for a Livable World Related: [United States] [Iraq] Image: Pro-war Senator Joseph Lieberman.
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07/27/2006
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 26 (OneWorld) - Despite a 46-year effort to eradicate poverty, hunger remains a problem in many parts of the world, says a new report arguing that a re-think of political priorities in the United States and elsewhere could boost efforts to get food to hungry people around the globe.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Agriculture] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Food] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] [Politics] Image: Oxfam relief workers distribute food in Ethiopia. © Crispin Hughes / Oxfam Great Britain
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07/26/2006
Indian trade experts are unanimous that no deal at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) augurs better for India than a bad deal but developed nations will continue to put pressure on developing countries to open up their markets.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld South Asia Related: [United States] [India] [Western Europe] [Agriculture] [Labor] [Business] [Trade] [Globalization] Image: © Focus on the Global South
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07/26/2006
from LA Times:
Read more'What happens, exactly, when it's so hot in Southern California that you simply can't go on?' Related: [United States] Image: Feeling the heat in California © Worldwatch Institute
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07/26/2006
The United States, with its unique power and leverage with the government of Sudan, could advance the goal of deploying a UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur.
Read moreFrom: Africa Action Related: [United States] [Sudan] Image: The U.S. "can and must" break the stalemate in Darfur. © Refugees International
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