"It's a tragedy. She is desperate as she nears her 25th week of pregnancy," said lawyer Angelica Rivas
Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:54 PM UTC
Life el salvador, Abortion
He added that those who believe in man-made global warming "believe that exhaling causes global warming" VIDEO
Jillian Rayfield Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:44 PM UTC
Politics Video, Glenn Gruenhagen
Fear peddlers want elected representatives to initiate investigations and draft bills to address fake threats
Mark Howard,
Alternet Friday, May 10, 2013 4:04 PM UTC
Politics AlterNet, U.S. Congress, GOP
A conference with Assad and the opposition may buy Obama some time. But here's what it really means
Daniel Serwer Friday, May 10, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Politics Syria, Sunnis, Jordan, Barack Obama
Judges said that since innocent civilians have been killed, the strikes should be considered war crimes
Natasha Lennard Thursday, May 9, 2013 8:46 PM UTC
News Drones, CIA, Pakistan, Al-Qaida
The advantage of technologized warfare is also its most worrying: The perception of decreased risk to the aggressor
David Sirota Thursday, May 9, 2013 6:00 PM UTC
Technology War, Drones, United Nations
Senior UN officials say that the force-feeding of hunger strikers breaches international medical standards
Natasha Lennard Friday, May 3, 2013 1:55 PM UTC
News guantanamo hunger strike
The co-founder of an Oklahoma tea party group was charged with two felonies, including blackmail
Jillian Rayfield Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 8:23 AM UTC
Politics Oklahoma, Agenda 21, Tea Party
A Tea Partyer told an Oklahoma legislator that he'd "regret" not pushing legislation to stop it
Jillian Rayfield Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 9:41 PM UTC
Politics Agenda 21, United Nations
Helen Clark, a former health minister, says criminalizing drugs has created more problems than it has solved
McCarton Ackerman, The Fix Friday, Mar 15, 2013 9:15 PM UTC
Social The Fix, War on Drugs
Science says marijuana is safer than alcohol. So why is the U.N. trying to stop legalization laws?
David Sirota Friday, Mar 15, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Life United Nations, marijuana
Officials may use the latest sanctions to whip up anti-U.S. sentiment and obscure their government's failures
Foster Klug and David Guttenfelder, Associated Press Friday, Mar 8, 2013 12:18 PM UTC
News From the Wires, North Korea
The decision came hours after Pyongyang ramped up its rhetoric to dizzying new heights
Mariya Karimjee and Geoffrey Cain, GlobalPost Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 5:18 PM UTC
News GlobalPost, North Korea
Furious over sanctions, Pyongyang promises to launch a pre-emptive strike
Associated Press Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 1:52 PM UTC
News Associated Press, North Korea
Lost in the discussion of the war's civilian targets is the suffering their families are forced to endure
Victoria Brittain, TomDispatch.com Tuesday, Mar 5, 2013 4:46 PM UTC
Politics TomDispatch.com, European Union
Bennett Miller's "Dachshund UN" reimagines the Geneva forum populated with precocious pooches
Allison Meier, Hyperallergic Monday, Mar 4, 2013 4:16 PM UTC
Life Hyperallergic, Dachsunds
Paul asked the U.N. for help claiming control of his domain name
Jillian Rayfield Sunday, Feb 10, 2013 5:03 PM UTC
Politics Ron Paul, Republicans
Human rights experts say Saudi Arabia broke international law by beheading a teenager accused of murder
Associated Press Friday, Jan 11, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
Life United Nations, Crime, Murder
Around 60,000 people have been killed in the civil war, far more than what human rights organizations had thought
Natasha Lennard Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 3:24 PM UTC
News Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Civil War
The UN-Arab League envoy said Syria risks "Somalization" if civil war goes on
Associated Press Sunday, Dec 30, 2012 6:30 PM UTC
News Syria, Bashar al-Assad, Civil War