by aghast! | Jan 18, 2013 | Featured, National
by Theodoric Meyer When Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Congress passed two relief bills almost unanimously. But when it comes to Hurricane Sandy, some in Congress seem to have had a change of heart. After Katrina, a $51.8 billion relief package passed the House of...
by aghast! | Jan 16, 2013 | Featured, National
by Nikole Hannah-Jones As the nation prepares to celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday Monday, Congressman Al Green, a Texas Democrat, has introduced a bill, for the fourth time, to fund a national program to test for housing discrimination. Green...
by aghast! | Jan 15, 2013 | Featured, Foreign Policy
by Justin Elliott Despite Bahrain’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the U.S. has continued to provide weapons and maintenance to the small Mideast nation. Defense Department documents released to ProPublica give the fullest picture yet of the arms...
by aghast! | Oct 3, 2011 | Coos County, Environment, Oregon
This is not what we need in Coos Bay, the local fisheries have been hit hard enough. Fishermen plead with the government to close the harbour to fishing for at least three years due to sick fish attributed to contamination from natural gas processing. Lawyers working...
by aghast! | Sep 29, 2011 | Featured, Media, Politics
Jon Stewart suggested that Sarah Palin may just be crazy last night during one of his Indecision 2012 segments and while The Daily Show is comedy satire and airs on Comedy Central the suggestion was reinforced earlier last evening by Rachel Maddow. Maddow shared clips...
