By Marisol Bello, USAÂ TODAY The Justice Department is prosecuting the fewest hate crimes in 10 years as civil rights activists cite noose hangings and other racial incidents to question the government’s commitment to such cases. Some Washington lawmakers and activists are demanding that the Justice Department focus more attention on hate crimes in light of…
By Josh White, Washington Post A federal judge in Washington ruled yesterday that a civil lawsuit alleging abuse and torture at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq can go forward against a U.S. military contractor, setting the stage for what could be the first case in a U.S. civilian court to weigh accountability for the…
Included here is the video of Kucinich calling the privileged resolution, the list of those on the House Judiciary Committee and how they voted, Kucinich’s statement on his resolution, and the full text of his speech given as he introduced the resolution. The resolution is currently in the House Judiciary Committee awaiting Rep. John Conyer’s…
width=”100″An ad created by Impeach for Peace and airing on Air America calls out the Congress on impeachment. Specifically it mentions Minnesota Representative Betty McCollum and John Kline. The ad opens with two U.S. soldiers in Iraq discussing whether the insurgents hate us for our freedoms, or if it’s that we’re killing them with the…
