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Top Economists: The Second Great Depression has Arrived
 Terrence Aym
David Rosenberg, market guru, has officially declared that the US economy is in a state of depression, and he sees the economic superpowers woes worsening.
 Death of 72 Migrants at Mexican Ranch Highlights Brutality of Human Trafficking
 E. Eduardo Castillo & Mark Stevenson
Mexican security forces were bringing refrigeration equipment for the bodies of 72 Central and South American migrants massacred by drug cartel gunmen at a remote ranch in northern Mexico, while investigators tried Thursday to determine their identities and why they were gunned down 100 miles from the U.S. border.
Former FBI Agent Breaks His Silence On JFK
 maryferrell.org
A retired FBI Agent from Summit County is sharing what he says is proof that Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill President John F. Kennedy.
Study: Generation X More Loyal to Religion
 Philip Schwadel
Generation X, the set of Americans who came of age in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is often branded as a rules-rejecting, authority-questioning group. But when it comes to religion, new research has revealed that Gen-Xers are surprisingly loyal to their faith.
Case of Mexico Peasant Activists Goes to Human Rights Court
 Tracy Wilkinson
The struggle to protect forests from loggers and land barons landed two 'campesino ecologists' in prison, where they say they were tortured. One of them, in exile, looks to clear his name.
America's New Right to Track Your Every Move With GPS
 Adam Cohen
Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn't violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own driveway - and no reasonable expectation that the government isn't tracking your movements.
In Mexico, Where the Trouble Isn’t
 Christopher Reynolds
Here's a tourism ad campaign for you: "Yucatan. No drug-related killings in 2009 or the first half of 2010." Nobody's actually putting those words into advertising. But as the drug wars worsen and debate persists about the risks of travel in Mexico, Yucatan is the only one of Mexico's 31 states that can make that claim.
US Submits Historic Human Rights Report to UN, but Seriously Disappoints
 Michelle Movahed & Meredith Zingraff
This week, for the first time, the United States submitted a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, a rotating body of countries that peer-review U.N. member countries’ human rights records. This submission is historic.
LatAm: Gender Struggles and Achievements - for Men
 Marcela Valente
Men in Latin America are increasingly engaged in raising their children, a change that has been largely forced on them by women's self-development. However, men are still a long way from taking on a more equal role in housework, and they are still burdened with the obligation to be the main providers.
UN: Mexico Most Dangerous in Americas for Press
 Associated Press
Mexico is the most dangerous country in the Americas for journalists and the violence against reporters may increase, investigators from the United Nations and the Organization of American States said Tuesday.
Border Deaths in Arizona May Break Record
 Nicole Santa Cruz
This year, 170 bodies have been found in Pima County; many of those cannot be identified. Some expected tougher immigration policies to deter people from trying to cross the desert into the U.S.
Toxic Legacy of US Assault on Fallujah 'Worse than Hiroshima'
 Patrick Cockburn
Dramatic increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which was bombarded by US Marines in 2004, exceed those reported by survivors of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, according to a new study.
 Religious Freedom, Free Speech Face Off Across America
 David Schaper
It's happening not just in New York, but all around the country. Protests targeting mosques and Islamic gathering places, similar to those against the proposed Muslim community center near ground zero, are on the rise.
G20: Is There a Right to Protest?
 The Real News Network
"Beware of Coming Police State" PT.2 Clayton Ruby: No effective way to enforce charter of rights.
Legal Pot Gets Calderon Consideration as Deaths Mount
 Jens Erik Gould
A record number of homicides in Mexico is forcing President Felipe Calderon to open discussions on a new strategy in the war on drugs: legalization.
Canada Senior Lawyer Says "Beware of Coming Police State"
 The Real News Network
Clayton Ruby defends Charlie Veitch, second person charged under Public Works Protection Act.
Mexico Debates Drug Legalization
 Deborah Lutterbeck
Mexicans open the debate on legalizing drugs after a drug war has killed some 28,000 people.
Threats Against Mexico's Journalists: "You're Vulnerable, and It's Hard to Accept"
 Daniela Pastrana
"The threats change your whole life," said Jade Ramírez, a journalist who has been living for months with that burden, which also hangs over a growing group of her colleagues in Mexico.
Has Obama Failed the Immigration Reform Movement?
 Catherine Traywick
After signing a controversial $600 million border security bill last week, President Barack Obama is drawing fire from immigration reform advocates and anti-immigrant conservatives alike. While the former argue that the new security measures are a step backwards for comprehensive immigration reform, the latter say the bill does too little to secure our borders.
Other Countries Probing Bush-Era Torture - Why Not US?
 Shashank Bengali
While U.S. courts and the Obama administration have been reluctant or unwilling to pursue the cases, countries that once backed former President George W. Bush's war on terrorism are carrying out their own investigations of the alleged U.S. torture program and the role that their governments played in it.
Mexico Supreme Court Upholds Non-Discrimination Against Gays
 Daniela Pastrana
In the last two weeks, Mexico's Supreme Court has taken two fundamental steps in recognising the rights of gays and lesbians.
Arming Aid: Costa Rica, the US Military and the Ongoing “War” on Drugs
 Jamie Way
The US will begin sending warships to Costa Rica as early as August 20 despite the fact that the Costa Rican Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging its constitutionality.
In U.S., Confidence in Newspapers, TV News Remains a Rarity
 Lymari Morales
Americans continue to express near-record-low confidence in newspapers and television news - with no more than 25% of Americans saying they have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in either. These views have hardly budged since falling more than 10 percentage points from 2003-2007.
10 Signs The U.S. is Becoming a Third World Country
 Activist Post
The United States by every measure is hanging on by a thread to its First World status. Saddled by debt, engaged in wars on multiple fronts with a rising police state at home, declining economic productivity, and wild currency fluctuations all threaten America's future.
Mexican Supreme Court Advances Gay Marriage Agenda
 Allan Wall
The issue of gay marriage continues to be a contentious one in Western countries, and Mexico is no exception. Recent decisions handed down by the Mexican Supreme Court have greatly advanced the gay marriage agenda. But it's still controversial and there is still opposition.
Under Threat From Mexican Drug Cartels, Reporters Go Silent
 Tracy Wilkinson
A new word has been written into the lexicon of Mexico's drug war: narco-censorship. It's when reporters and editors, out of fear or caution, are forced to write what the traffickers want them to write, or to simply refrain from publishing the whole truth in a country where members of the press have been intimidated, kidnapped and killed.
Jobless Millions Signal Death of the American Dream for Many
 Paul Harris
Even the criminals have fallen on hard times in America's poorest city as the long-term unemployed struggle to keep a grasp on normality.
US Independents Turn Thumbs Down on Democrats
 Alan Fram & Trevor Tompson
Independents who embraced President Barack Obama‘s call for change in 2008 are ready for a shift again, and that’s worrisome news for Democrats.
Mexico Seeks Solutions to Drug War
 Janine Zúñiga
Legalize narcotics. Crack down on the money laundering that helps sustain drug traffickers. Bolster law enforcement and the judicial system so they can better challenge cartels. Create secure prisons to minimize inmate breakouts. Find effective ways to reduce the U.S. demand for cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. These are much-discussed options Mexican President Felipe Calderón might consider more fully.
Using Local Organic Cooperatives to Defeat Globalists
 Eric Blair
You are not alone in wondering what is the best way to fight the globalists. There is a vastly growing human tribe that understands your frustration of feeling like a helpless fly caught in an inescapable spider web. However, there is an incredibly easy solution and powerful weapon for defeating the elite - it's called local food.
Mexico Drug Cartels Thrive Despite Calderon's Offensive
Tracy Wilkinson & Ken Ellingwood
Nearly four years after President Felipe Calderon launched a military-led crackdown, the cartels are smuggling more narcotics into the U.S., amassing bigger fortunes and extending dominion at home.
Single Women Fend for Themselves in Recession
 Michelle Chen
On the heels of another dismal job report and a flaming national debate over the meaning of marriage, the Center for American Progress presents a snapshot of the unmarried in today’s economy.
Pat Tillman's Father To Army Investigator: 'F--- You... And Yours'
 Sam Stein
There always was a dark cinematic thread to the story of Pat Tillman: the football star imbued with post-9/11 patriotism who was killed in a friendly-fire incident in the Afghan mountains and the allegations of a massive bureaucratic cover-up involving the highest levels of the U.S. Army in the wake of the tragedy.
U.S. Policy in Iraq Urged Indiscriminate Shooting of Civilians
 Sherwood Ross
Three former U.S. soldiers involved in the infamous “Collateral Murder” helicopter gunship attack on Baghdad civilians in July 2007, say that attack was nothing out of the ordinary.
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