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Is the Army Casting Aside Its Neediest Soldiers?
 PBS/NOW
Of the thousands of US troops who are getting discharged out of the army, many suffer from post traumatic stress disorders or brain injuries and aren't getting the care they need.
 Talkshow Host Michael Reagan Wants to Kill 9/11 Truthers
 YouTube
Michael Reagan on his Tuesday June 10th show, during the 2nd hour, called for the murder of political activist Mark Dice and wants to pay for the bullets. Said all people who believe 9/11 attacks were aided by elements within U.S. government should be killed also.
Macabre Messages Multiply Amid Drug-Related Violence
 Ken Ellingwood
In case decapitating their victims and dumping the heads in picnic coolers didn't make the point, the killers left a note. "This is a warning," it said, listing an alphabet soup of Mexican police agencies and the noms de guerre of several well-known drug figures. "You get what you deserve."
Guantanamo Prisoners Have Rights - US Supreme Court
 The Real Network
The Supreme court ruled on Thursday, that Guantanamo detainees have a constitutional right to challenge their detention in civilian courts effectively overturning the Military Commisions act of 2006. The Real News Network's senior editor Paul Jay asked Michael Ratner about the significance of the decision.
The West’s Guest-Workers: 21st Century Slaves
 Rebecca Clarren
America has spent the past 200 years on a march toward increased equality. Guest-workers, treated at times more like slaves than like guests, subtract from such progress.
US House Approves Mexico Anti-Drug Aid Bill, but Mexico Balks at Senate Human Rights Conditions
 Drug War Chronicle
The US House of Representatives Tuesday approved a $1.6 billion, three-year anti-drug assistance plan aimed at helping Mexico and Central American countries fight the region's powerful drug trafficking organizations, but the package is now in doubt after the Mexican government voiced strong objections to provisions in the Senate version.
Bush Regrets Tough Guy Talk
 Kate Kelland
President George W Bush admitted this week that his tough rhetoric had given the world the impression was a "guy really anxious for war" and said he now wished he had used a different tone on the global stage.
Plan Mexico
 Maya Schenwar
As Congress gears up to fund another year of war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is also readying a nearly half-billion-dollar aid package that would initiate a Columbia-like drug war in Mexico.
Iraq, Perceived Hypocrisy Fuel Record Anti-Americanism: Report
 Agence France-Presse
Anti-Americanism is at record levels thanks to US policies such as the war in Iraq, and Washington's perceived hypocrisy in abiding by its own democratic values, US lawmakers said this week.
US Supreme Court Condemns Guantanamo
 The Real Network
In a severe blow to the Bush administration the US Supreme Court ruled that suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the US Constitution to challenge their detention in civilian courts.
Zapatistas and the War on Drugs
 Luis Hernández Navarro
In the context of Plan Mexico, the US government's material support for Mexican president Felipe Calderón's deadly war on drugs, it's worth taking a look at where all that new military hardware will go in the south. Despite having never caught a Zapatista with a single bag of pot, the government continues to use the war on drugs as an excuse to terrorize Zapatista communities.
Murder of Indigenous Reporters Fuels Hatred, Division
 Diego Cevallos
No one has been brought to justice for the murders of two young indigenous reporters in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca in April, a case that has mobilised social activists and drawn condemnation from UNESCO.
Intelligent People 'Less Likely to Believe in God'
 Graeme Paton
Professor Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University, said many more members of the "intellectual elite" considered themselves atheists than the national average.
Kucinich Calls for Bush Impeachment
 The Real Network
Dennis Kucinich is calling for the impeachment of President Bush. The former presidential candidate and Ohio congressman accuses the president of misleading the American public into the Iraq war.
US Democratic Hypocrisy on Gays
 Anne Flaherty
Democrats say the nation should be ashamed of its ban on gays serving openly in the military. It discourages qualified people from joining the ranks at a time when the armed forces are stretched by two wars, they say, and is degrading to those willing to serve their country. So what have the Democrats done about it? Nothing, really.
How Do You Say Justice in Mixteco?
 David Bacon
Providing legal services to communities of indigenous farmworkers in California is complicated by the large number of people who lack legal immigration status, and by restrictions on some $7.2 million it receives from the Legal Services Corporation in Washington, DC.
Make No Mistake: McCain's a Neocon
 Robert Parry
From McCain's pre-Iraq invasion speeches to his campaign's recent embrace of Bush's imperial presidency, American voters should realize that if they choose John McCain, they will be locking in at least four more years of war with much of the Islamic world while selling out the Founders' vision of a democratic Republic where no one is above the law.
U.S. House Approves Human Rights Rules for Mexico Anti-Drug Aid
 Nicholas Johnston
The House voted 311-106 in favor of legislation requiring the Mexican government to certify that law enforcement authorities fighting drug cartels aren't involved in corruption or human-rights abuses.
Killing Foods, Killing People
 John Ross
How many Mexicans are going hungry in these days of soaring food prices and diminishing reserves as food crisis sweeps what used to be called the Third World?
New 'Bimbo Eruptions' for Bill
 Harrison Parker
As failed Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton continues her behind-the-scenes quest for the vice presidential nomination, her long-shot hopes for even that job are being derailed by her husband's continued affairs with other women.
TSA Nixes Americans Flying Without ID
 Ryan Singel
Americans who prefer to fly without showing ID will be turned away by airport security beginning June 21, unless they can convince screeners that their driver's license or passport has been lost, according to a Transportation Security Administration policy change announced last Friday.
California Pulling Back on Medical Marijuana
 Jesse McKinley
Medical marijuana was legalized under state law by California voters in 1996, but now residents are wondering if the state's embrace of marijuana for medicinal purposes has gone too far.
The Truth Is Out There
 Peter Barber
A New York Times/CBS News poll in 2006 revealed that only 16 per cent of Americans polled believed the Bush administration was telling the truth about 9/11. More than half thought it was “hiding something”.
Marchers Honor Farmworker, Call for Reforms
 Garance Burke
Florentino Bautista, 19, lost his pregnant fiancee when she fainted in his arms following hours of work in 100-degree heat. This week, Bautista was leading an emotional march to Sacramento to call for safer labor conditions on farms.
U.S. Sees Mexico Drug Gang Violence Getting Worse
 Robin Emmott & Mariano Castillo
A powerful coalition of drug gangs led by Mexico's most-wanted man is collapsing, meaning the surge in bloodshed and police killings will get worse, a senior U.S. counternarcotics official said.
Mexico Insistent Its Tactics Against Cartels Will Succeed
 Dudley Althaus
Faced with U.S. Senate conditions put on a proposed aid package for Mexico's drug war and rising criticism at home, President Felipe Calderon and his top security aides have come out swinging, insisting they'll continue the crackdown and that they'll do it their way.
2008 Election Problems Begin Early With Peace and Freedom Party
 Debra Reiger
An apparent statewide election snafu Tuesday – especially prevalent in Los Angeles and Alameda counties - denied party ballots to Peace & Freedom Party voters - and could significantly influence that party's presidential nominating convention, said the state chair today.
Health-Latin America: Tobacco Regulations as Solid as Smoke
 Diego Cevallos
Government funds to fight tobacco use in Latin America, which kills one million people each year, pale in comparison to the health costs of this epidemic and receive only a small portion of the tax revenues from the tobacco industry.
Latin Americans Unhappy at Food Summit Conclusions
 Phil Stewart
A group of Latin American countries accused a U.N. food summit on Thursday of incorrectly diagnosing the root causes of a crisis threatening millions with starvation, but stopped short of torpedoing the event.
Mexico Asks World Court to Stay Executions in US
 Arthur Max
Mexico appealed to the U.N.'s highest court Thursday to block the executions of Mexicans in the United States, arguing U.S. officials have failed to comply with a judgment ordering a review of their trials.
Mexico May Reject U.S. Aid Package to Fight Drugs
 Oscar Avila
Even though Mexico has just endured an especially deadly month, top Mexican officials said this week that they are ready to walk away from a historic U.S. aid package to help combat drug-related violence.
U.S. Merida Aid Initiative Angers Some in Mexico
 Ken Ellingwood
Billed as a way to strengthen bilateral ties, a proposed U.S. aid package for Mexican crime-fighting efforts has instead turned into a fresh reminder of the prickly dynamics that often drive the two nations apart.
Mexico's Auto Unions Agree to Cut Wages
 Mark Stevenson
Mexican auto unions are taking a cue from U.S. labor leaders by offering two-tier hiring schemes and salary cuts that bring already low wages down to near-Chinese levels.
VIDEO: World Food in Crisis
 National Geographic
Across the globe, skyrocketing food prices are inciting riots, hoarding, and starvation. What has caused the worst food crisis in a generation?
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