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Cancer and birth defects in Iraq: the nuclear legacy

5/22/2013 8:10 AM EST  -   Taylor & Francis
Assessing the impact of depleted uranium pollution on the environment and public health
Ten years after the Iraq war of 2003 a team of scientists based in Mosul, northern Iraq, have detected high levels of uranium contamination in soil samples at three sites in the province of Nineveh which, coupled with dramatically increasing rates of childhood cancers and birth defects at local hospitals, highlight the...

Don't Appeal Crack Fairness Ruling, FAMM Tells Justice Department

5/17/2013 3:35 PM EST  -   FAMM Press Room
For Immediate Release

May 17, 2013

Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel, (202) 822-6700 or  

WASHINGTON, DC -- FAMM President Julie Stewart strongly urged the U.S. Department of Justice to let stand today’s decision of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in which a majority ruled that the Fair Sentencing Act should be applied retroactively. The case is US v....

Is the public trust in government in terminal decline?

5/17/2013 7:22 AM EST  -   Taylor & Francis
The recent local elections in England – particularly the emergence of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) – have once again prompted debate about the importance of trust in government. Set against the economic crisis on both sides of the Atlantic, the growth in citizen-led social media campaign groups, and the recent violent uprisings against governments in North Africa and the Middle East, it is hardly surprising that...

Contentious Debate on Capitol Hill over Immigration Reform  Mirrors Partisan Div...

5/6/2013 11:47 AM EST  -   The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Public Impressions of Illegal Immigration Flows Exaggerated
May 6, 2013 CHICAGO – While visiting Mexico last week, President Obama struck an optimistic chord on passing new immigration reform. But at home, the fractious immigration debate on Capitol Hill continues and resembles partisan divides among the public.  

According to public opinion survey...
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Timothy McVeigh’s Counsel Speaks Out: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Defense Team’s First Pri...

5/6/2013 10:28 AM EST  -   Environmental Relations
San Jose, CA – May 6, 2013 – In an exclusive interview on The Costa Report, defense attorney, Stephen Jones, compared the case against Boston Marathon terrorist, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, to the case against Timothy McVeigh, the young man charged, convicted, and executed for the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City.  According to Jones, who led McVeigh’s defense team, proving Dzhokhar’s innocence...
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New Chicago Council Survey Finds American Opinion of Mexico Mixed

4/29/2013 11:13 AM EST  -   The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
April 29, 2013 CHICAGO - In advance of President Obama’s visit to Mexico later this week, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, in conjunction with The Woodrow Wilson Center, today released a public opinion survey brief on Americans’ views toward Mexico. Findings show Americans’ overall views of Mexico are at their lowest point ever in Chicago Council Surveys dating back to 1994. It also finds relatively few...
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Book: Six Secessional Signs (Why America Must Come Apart)

4/29/2013 4:00 AM EST  -   Trent W. Ling
By Trent Ling

Evangelist, Educator, Esquire
For how long can America persist on its miserably failing fiscal, political, cultural, educational, and spiritual trajectories?  Not long! The incontrovertible signs of a secessional tomorrow press today and every day for a clean split between Red and Blue in America.  Secession now officially presents as an American inevitability.  Short- or long-term, the Red...

FAMM Applauds Bipartisan Sentencing “Safety Valve” Bill in U.S. House of Represe...

4/24/2013 4:06 PM EST  -   FAMM Press Room
For Immediate Release

April 24, 2013

Contact: Monica Pratt Raffanel,  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – FAMM President Julie Stewart today welcomed the introduction of H.R. 1695, the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013, a bipartisan federal bill that would save taxpayers money and preserve scarce federal prison beds for the most dangerous and violent offenders. The bill creates a “safety valve” that allows federal...

COPS PRAISE BILL CALLING FOR RESPECT OF STATE MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION LAWS

4/12/2013 3:09 PM EST  -   Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Calls Bill A Win for Public Safety
WASHINGTON, DC – Today a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Republican Dana Rohrabacher introduced a bill protecting citizens who abide by state laws regulating marijuana for medical or personal use from federal prosecution. The move was hailed by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group of...

A human right to land: Globalizations leads the way with an alternative approach...

4/11/2013 5:06 AM EST  -   Taylor & Francis
Are the current international responses to the global land grab failing to address human rights violations and abuses?

A timely new article, published in Globalizations, argues that the right to land should be established as a human right under international law, in order to combat the growing issue of land grabbing and its impact on rural communities.

Authors Künnemann & Monsalve Suárez offer a pioneering...