Peace
Libyans don’t want U.S. military intervention
March 1, 2011U.S. warhawks McCain and Lieberman are pressing for military action on Libya, but many others oppose it, including Libyans themselves.
Read moreBarbara Lee to reintroduce bill to end Afghan war
February 17, 2011Representative Barbara Lee, D-Calif. will reintroduce her bill to limit funding for U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan to that which is necessary for "the safe and orderly withdrawal" of all U.S. troops and contractors from that...
Read moreNuclear treaty makes fresh START for peace
February 4, 2011The New START Treaty aimed at reducing U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles, signed by President Obama Feb. 2, will come into effect on Saturday.
Read moreHuman rights group urges action on parole for Oscar Lopez
January 28, 2011Only days remain for the public to ask for the United States Parole Commission to grant parole to a Puerto Rican independence activist who has now spent 29 years in a federal penitentiary in Florence, Colo.
Read morePalestinians press UN recognition, Israel confronts political turmoil
January 19, 2011With Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations broken down, Palestinian leaders are pursuing “plan B," Israel is in political turmoil, and the U.S. has not said what it plans to do.
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