MSNBC host asks journalist if he has ‘crossed the line’ with Snowden, NSA coverage.
“Ludicrous.” This is the best word to describe accusations that former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald is merely a "spokesman for Edward Snowden," so says the embattled journalist who has taken heat from corporate media and political commentators around the world for working with the NSA whistleblower to expose the vast dragnet surveillance
Petition: ‘Help the folks that you Scrooged out of their homes and end the homelessness crisis you created.’
As the holidays recede and millions of Americans look ahead to a year of slashed federal food aid and discontinued unemployment benefits, Wall Street bankers are preparing for a $92 billion windfall in end-of-the-year bonuses. In what is being described as a win/win for the much maligned banking industry, nearly 50,000 people are calling on
Regional summit hopes for conflict-ending breakthrough. The U.N. humanitarian official already marks death toll at 1,000.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — South Sudan's government on Friday agreed to end hostilities, regional leaders said at the end of a crisis summit, raising hopes for a potential breakthrough in efforts to cease violence that has displaced more than 120,000 people in the world's newest country. East African leaders meeting in Kenya under a bloc called
Though the oil, gas, and coal industries will continue to get billions in tax breaks in the coming year, the federal credit for wind power is set to expire January 1, 2014.
The U.S. House of Representatives has already gone on vacation back to their districts and the Senate effectively adjourned for 2013 on Friday, meaning that the one-year extension of the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) will expire on January 1, 2014. The PTC is a $0.022 per kilowatt-hour tax credit on the power that new wind farms in the United
When the country gained independence just over two years ago, everyone lauded its entry onto the world stage. But was it really ready?
A five-day bout of violence has left hundreds feared dead in ethnic fighting between rival factions in South Sudan, according to various reports, with President Salva Kiir urging calm on Friday to quell the unrest that many are afraid could plunge the young nation into civil war.. President Barack Obama sent 45 American soldiers to the capital,
Regulating the brand-new industry is posing problems for lawmakers worldwide.
BORDEAUX, France — As more smokers take to electronic cigarettes, the debate about the impact “vaping” — as using the products is called — could have in the fight against tobacco smoking is becoming more acute. On one side, the head of one of Europe’s leading electronic cigarette industry groups has slammed the World Health Organization (WHO)
