2009
New Haven Board of Aldermen urges Sotomayor confirmation
July 15, 2009NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The New Haven Board of Aldermen has urged confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. The board's resolution, passed last week, is especially significant as the...
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Senators praise Sotomayors empathy for poor, voiceless
July 14, 2009WASHINGTON — With Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor sitting in the witness chair, Democratic senators praised her wide-ranging judicial experience and her empathy for working people and the oppressed. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings on...
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Investigate Bush administration’s domestic spying, torture
July 14, 2009Civil liberties organizations are demanding a federal investigation into a newly disclosed, far-reaching secret domestic spying program created and controlled by top Bush administration, as revealed last week by new federal report on the country's major...
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COMMENTARY: Stop the presses! The CIA lied
July 14, 2009Oh my God! Stop the presses! Call out the fire brigade! Send in the Marines! Batten down the hatches! Boil some water! They have discovered that the CIA has lied to Congress! It concealed from congressional...
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LONESOME HOBO ECONOMICS Mountaintop removal on recovery road
July 14, 2009In the Coal Creek river valley in Southern West Virginia actress Daryl Hannah and NASA climatologist James Hansen were arrested protesting continuation of mountaintop — “surface” — mining, warning of dire environmental consequences and unfunded costs...
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