| Sep 13, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyJust recently, Ivan Nikolov was released from jail after living a nightmare. The 22-year-old Russian immigrant was arrested on May 5, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided his family’s home. Although Nikolov’s mother was married to...
| | Peace / SecurityAfter 20 hearings and more than four months of debate, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is gearing up to vote on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed in April. New START...
| Sep 6, 2010 | Economy / BusinessRemember the Great Recession? For most Americans, it’s an unforgettable nightmare that lives on. But for the CEOs of some of our nation’s biggest companies, it’s a distant memory. These CEOs live on Planet Platinum, where profits and paychecks are in...
| | Rights / DemocracyAs America’s kids get used to school again, American education spending and policies are under attack. Tea party-backed candidates around the country, particularly in the West, are dredging up the old GOP idea to shut down the Department of Education. Quick...
| | Economy / BusinessIt’s been two years since the Lehman Brothers collapse set off a global financial meltdown. The government bailed out big Wall Street banks and they’re now making bumper earnings. Major corporations are sitting on $8 trillion in cash reserves, the biggest...
