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In this Feb. 1, 2011 file photo, marijuana clone plants are shown in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

As Blacks Disproportionately Face Drug Charges, NAACP Supports Marijuana Legalization

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Loophole Allows Lobbyists To Wine And Dine Congressmen Overseas, Pushing Agendas And Changing Policies

In this Oct. 6, 2010 file photo, Kevin Yoder participates in a debate in Overland Park, Kan.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File) (MintPress) — The controversy surrounding Republican Congressman Kevin Yoder’s nude swim session in the Sea of Galilee last year sent off a wave of shock and humor, overshadowing a more serious issue relating to the […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak
In this Oct. 6, 2010 file photo, Kevin Yoder participates in a debate in Overland Park, Kan.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

(MintPress) — The controversy surrounding Republican Congressman Kevin Yoder’s nude swim session in the Sea of Galilee last year sent off a wave of shock and humor, overshadowing a more serious issue relating to the questionable financing of his trip to Israel. The laws on the books are pretty clear: Congressmen and women cannot accept free

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Women’s Equality Day: Looking Back, Moving Forward

Sarah Amis, right, votes in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (NEW YORK) MintPress — “I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of gender equality in this country,” proclaimed President Obama in recognizing Aug. 26 as “Women’s Equality […]

Lisa Barron
بواسطة Lisa Barron
Sarah Amis, right, votes in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

(NEW YORK) MintPress — “I call upon the people of the United States to celebrate the achievements of women and recommit ourselves to the goal of gender equality in this country," proclaimed President Obama in recognizing Aug. 26 as "Women's Equality Day." It is the 91st anniversary of the Constitutional amendment that granted women the right to

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Protest Groups And Police Prepare To Square Off During RNC

Law enforcement officials gather in Tampa, Fla. Tuesday, June 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) (MintPress) — As 2,286 delegates arrive in Tampa, Fla. for the 2012 Republican National Convention (RNC), police and the FBI are anticipating a large contingent of protesters from the Occupy movement and from more radical anarchist groups like the black bloc and Anonymous. […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels
Law enforcement officials gather in Tampa, Fla. Tuesday, June 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

(MintPress) — As 2,286 delegates arrive in Tampa, Fla. for the 2012 Republican National Convention (RNC), police and the FBI are anticipating a large contingent of protesters from the Occupy movement and from more radical anarchist groups like the black bloc and Anonymous. While there has been relatively little violence at major political

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How The US Gun Lobby Killed The UN Small Arms Treaty

In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, a plastic replica of a bullet is used to quickly remove a ammunition magazine from an assault rifle in a demonstration at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) In the opening to the wonderful black-comedy satire on the international arms trade, Lord […]

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
بواسطة Jeffrey Cavanaugh
In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, a plastic replica of a bullet is used to quickly remove a ammunition magazine from an assault rifle in a demonstration at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

In the opening to the wonderful black-comedy satire on the international arms trade, Lord of War, we follow the life of a bullet as it moves from a Russian assembly line into the skull of an African child soldier. Set to the tune of Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth,” it is a powerful testimonial to the pernicious effects that one

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The Eurozone Crisis: Saving A Failed System

In this picture provided by the German Government German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras, right, on the terrace of the federal chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Building in the background is the German parliament Reichstag. (AP Photo/Bundesregierung/Guido Bergmann) (CHICAGO) — Combining 17 dissimilar countries under one […]

Stephen Lendman
بواسطة Stephen Lendman
In this picture provided by the German Government German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras, right, on the terrace of the federal chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Building in the background is the German parliament Reichstag. (AP Photo/Bundesregierung/Guido Bergmann)

(CHICAGO) -- Combining 17 dissimilar countries under one monetary/fiscal system assured disaster waiting to happen. One-size-fits-all rules don't work. Euro expert Bernard Connolly knew it before the euro's 1998 introduction. Saying so cost him his job as EU monetary affairs department head. He called the euro system a harebrained idea doomed to

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Flood Of Secret Campaign Cash: It’s Not All Citizens United

In this April 11, 2011 file photo, David Koch, executive vice president of Koch Industries, attends a meeting of the Economic Club of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) By Stephen Engelberg and Kim Barker The emergence of nonprofits as the leading conduit for anonymous spending in this year’s presidential campaign is often attributed to the Supreme […]

Stephen Engelberg
بواسطة Stephen Engelberg
In this April 11, 2011 file photo, David Koch, executive vice president of Koch Industries, attends a meeting of the Economic Club of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

By Stephen Engelberg and Kim Barker The emergence of nonprofits as the leading conduit for anonymous spending in this year's presidential campaign is often attributed to the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling, which opened the money spigot, allowing corporations and unions to buy ads urging people to vote for or against specific

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