Apparently, Tony Leys of the Des Moines Register has finally discovered this incredible documentary by Luis Argueta of the ICE raids at Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa & the impact which it had on that midwestern town & the families involved.

Fascinating debate about the MSM's power or lack thereof over the outcome of the revolution on the streets of Cairo....

A crucial reminder that myths are precisely that: halfway between fact/truth & lies/falsity! As Joan says:

Perhaps we should listen to more of what the "real socialists" have to say.... What do you think?

"Alarming trends" is the understatement of the day!

A brilliant academic piece which shows that not only will rescinding birthright citizenship create a massive new bureaucracy at a time when we need to streamline but it would deprive us of the crucial resource of young people who are paying taxes, fulfilling civil & military serv …

A heady combination of reflections on our willingness to do whatever we want with our prisoners regardless of the treaties to which we are signatories & notification that Amnesty International has a letter condeming Bradley Manning's treatment; his lawyer David Coombs has stated  …

I hope you weren't thinking that the people in the government who were putting you in harm's way were actually going to make sure that you received the treatment you deserved for your services.... If you were, perhaps you should look at Joe Rogan's youtube page!

Here come the states!

A fairly decent rundown on the 287g controversy in Tennessee: a must-read if you care about the ensuing civil rights struggle in this country! When was the last time you were indefinitely detained because of the color of your skin?

The understatement of the year went completely unnoticed: Obama set a new record for deportation, even bending the rules & breaking the law to do so!

How hard is it to recognize that if we're going to send so much money to Mexico, that we ought to make sure that at least some of the money goes to fund development projects rather than flooding corrupt police & government officials' offices with more grease for their wheels?

Apparently, House Republicans are not reading the same briefs on the topic as we are....

I'm always afraid when the most liberal court in the country hands down a fascist decision like this: hopefully not a sign of things to come!

An encyclopedia of rightisms!

Now this is what an adult conversation looks like!

Close Guantanamo: it's a no-brainer!

I wonder how many people will get arrested tomorrow at this rally in DC.... Hopefully noone will end up in Guantanamo, but you never know....

"We have it in our power to begin the world over again". Thomas Paine 1776

J. Christian Adams' accusations that President Obama's Justice Department engaged in racially charged "corruption" in the New Black Panther Party case do not stand up to the evidence.

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced his new border security plan: He intends to dispatch 1,200 troops to the US-Mexico border and request $500 million in security funds.

An historic speech-- now more important than ever: "This is a video of then President George W. Bush's entire "Islam is Peace" speech that was delivered at the Islamic Center in Washington D.C. 6 days after 911.

I think folks are missing the real news in what Steele said. The RNC chairman also appeared to acknowledge that the GOP has had a race-based "southern strategy" for four decades, which is decidedly not a historical interpretation many Republicans agree with.