Montana’s Supreme Court approved a ballot initiative to support an amendment to the US Constitution asserting that corporations are not people and money does not qualify as speech.
Calling the accused perp in the Oak Creek massacre "insane" misses the point in a fatal way. His atrocity was a political act, and the reply must be political, not therapeutic.
The FBI served search warrants at three homes in Portland. Ore. and issued five grand jury subpoenas in a case apparently related to May Day protests in Seattle.
The US Supreme Court struck down three provisions of Arizona’s controversial immigration law—but upheld the most controversial provision, requiring police to check the immigration status of anyone arrested.
Rep Steve King (R-IA) said that President Obama’s plan to implement some policies of the DREAM Act is unconstitutional and that he plans to sue the administration to delay the new policy’s implementation
Two anti-NATO protesters in Chicago are slapped with terrorism-related charges—days after Human Rights Watch issued a report calling for an investigation into possible war crimes by NATO in last year’s air campaign in Libya.
The Occupy movement made an impressive return on May Day, with marches held in most cities around the US. But the march in Cleveland was cancelled after five men were arrested by the FBI on charges of plotting to blow up a Route 82 bridge.
A special event in New York City on Thursday will commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the arrest of the late Palestinian activist and Homeland Security detainee Farouk Abdel-Muhti.
Special Rapporteur on Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya will visit the United States to launch the UN’s first ever investigation into the rights situation of Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and Department of the Interior (DoI) announced a $1.023 billion settlement with 41 American Indian tribes April 11. The announcement comes following a 22-month negotiation period after the tribes charged in a class action… Read moreAmerican Indians reach trust settlement with federal government
The US Supreme Court blocked enforcement of a Montana Supreme Court ruling, which upheld a state law limiting the amount of money corporations can spend on campaigns, until it can consider an appeal from the corporations challenging the law.
Adbusters and Chris Hedges, recently boosters and heros of the Occupy movement, have won some bad karma with the protesters, alienating activists on the ground in Chicago and Oakland by issuing pronouncement from on high…
