WASHINGTON -- The U.S. appeals court in Boston became the first such court to strike down as unconstitutional the federal Defense of Marriage Act, ruling Thursday that it unfairly denies equal benefits to legally married same-sex couples.

The ruling is a victory for gay-rights advocates and the…

The latest unrest to sweep the impoverished neighbourhoods…

At the last G8 Summit held at Camp David, President Obama met with private industry and African heads of state to launch the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, a euphemism for monocultured, genetically modified…

Throughout all of life's breathe's that we take, upon reflection it seems as though we are expecting these simple yet grand bits of oxygen to solve some sort of problem we may be encountering; we sometimes feel as though if we just take a breath and breathe just enough, then all stress or disturbance from some particular situation will cease or subside to exist in creating disturbance within out mind, body, and soul. Let me press these words in order to communicate that the real…

Introduced by New York State Sen. Thomas F. O'Mara (R—Big Flats), …

CHICAGO – This city is bracing for the worst and hoping for peace as world leaders and protesters gather for a two-day NATO summit…

Kuala Lumpur — It’s official; George W Bush is a war criminal.

In what is the first ever conviction of its kind anywhere in the world, the former US President and seven key members of his administration were yesterday (Fri) found guilty of war crimes.

Bush, D*** Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and…

On May 20, 2012, for the first time in 26,000 years, the Sun and Moon, and the constellation responsible for our spiritual evolution and ascension, the mystic Pleiades, will align in a spectacular, full Annular Solar Eclipse and a rare solar eclipse alignment will happen between the Earth, the…

Anonymous is malicious while Occupy is peaceful... I know who I support. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Occupy practices peaceful protest and non-violent tactics so that the government forces will not have a chance to crack down on security and create a state of emergency with a police state.…

Apr 30, 2012

10:52am

Press Release——Fukushima

Coalition Sends Urgent Request for UN Intervention to Stabilize

the Fukushima Unit 4 Spent Nuclear Fuel

For immediate release: 2 May 2012

Kyoto, Japan—On 30 April, seventy-two Japanese NGO organizations lead by Shut Tomari and Green Action send an urgent request to the UN and Japanese government urging immediate action to stabilize the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel. The…

University of Granada researchers affirm that healers present synesthesia, a neuropsychological phenomenon involving a “mingling” of the senses. The results of this study have been published in the prestigious…

As humans we have continuosly been told "Beauty is only skin deep." This statement is false. Being that there are so many sides, to the many coins of illusions, of which have been applied to our society and culture. We can only see beauty in the mirror/ earth/ trees/ others/ and etc. But the sheer reflection is the source we from which it comes. Beauty is seen with our physical eye and our spiritual eye; therefore I ask, "Through which eye/eyes, are we really viewing ourselves and the…

By Eric Chase

Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers' Day of May Day. For many others there is an assumption that it is a holiday celebrated in state communist countries like Cuba or the former Soviet Union. Most Americans don't realize that May Day has its origins here in this country and is as "American" as baseball and…