A new form of censorship has quietly crept over the internet. The new ways to restrict free speech don’t require killing information entirely, governments and private companies simply inconvenience and frustrate people away from information they want to keep under wraps....
Tales of the neglect of America's war veterans are as old as America's wars but still the story stings every time it's told. Aaron Glantz of the alternative newswire Inter Press Service keeps a steady eye on the issue and begins his latest report with a rattling string of tragic statistics...
Catholic Priest and longtime peace activist Roy Bourgeois has been told by the Vatican to end his advocacy for women’s ordination or be excommunicated. He’s chosen excommunication...
In March 2007, San Francisco became the first city in the nation to outright ban plastic bags from being distributed. But over a year later, an SF Weekly reporter finds that the cut-and-dried argument used for so long—plastic bad, paper good—is largely disproved after a close look at the facts....
For a guy who listens to John Coltrane, Barack Obama has an inaugural celebration musical lineup that’s playing it pretty safe: You’ve got your Beyonce, your Bono, your Boss. But there’s one performance that I’m really keyed about : Soul singer Bettye LaVette will perform Sam Cooke’s classic “A Change Is Gonna Come.”...