Until 38 years ago, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual listed homosexuality as a mental disorder. Today, gay marriage is legal in six states and the District of Columbia, and 53% of Americans think gay marriage should be legal everywhere. The gay marriage fight isn’t over, but it’s […]
A serf in the days of King John, Max Keiser argues, was in many ways better off than some US voters in 2012. “Because in the age of Robin Hood,” Keiser says, “at least the process of theft was transparent. The barons came to your house. They whacked you over […]
Source: The New York Times By AARON B. O’CONNELL Published: November 4, 2012 IN 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower left office warning of the growing power of the military-industrial complex […]
Source: Huff Post. By Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate in Economics The current financial crisis makes it very clear that our current financial system is not sustainable. This is the opportune time […]
UA Muslim community thrives despite small size November 5, 2012 | Filed under: Featured Story,News | Posted by: Ashanka Kumari When Rashmee Sharif wakes up each day, she begins with a prayer. This is something that she will do four more times before the day’s end. Sharif, a second-year master […]
ARAB NEWS Sunday 4 November 2012 AMMAN: Details emerged yesterday of plans to reshape Syria’s opposition into a representative government-in-exile, on the eve of key talks between regime opponents. The talks starting today in Doha come amid US criticism of the main exiled opposition group, the Syrian National Council (SNC), […]
Demos: By Nomi Prins: According to the SEC’s own report card on “Enforcement Actions: Addressing Misconduct that led to or arose from the Financial Crisis” the SEC has levied charges against 112 […]
The Iranians and their Hizbullah ally are sending warning signals about how they might fight a future war with the United States and Israel. The signals aren’t subtle—Tehran intends to retaliate for any attack on its nuclear facilities with blows against America’s allies in the region, hitting their most sensitive […]
BEIRUT: Syrian main exiled opposition group yesterday accused Washington of undermining the country’s revolution by seeking to overhaul how regime opponents are organized. Two days ahead of key opposition talks […]
By Husain Haqqani, The Washington Post Friday, November 2, 2012 Husain Haqqani was Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2011. He is a professor of international relations at Boston University and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. American foreign policy is not making enough of an […]
Call this a belated awakening. or more cynically, a case of plausible deniability, but the Obama Administration is breaking with the Syrian National Council which was a Muslim Brotherhood front […]
Businessinsider.com: Earlier, we posted a fascinating video clip from 2007 of Mitt Romney talking about his religious beliefs. The clip came from a conversation Romney had during a commercial break […]
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/opinion/mitt-romney-versus-the-automakers.html?hp Romney Versus the Automakers Published: October 31, 2012 105 Comments When General Motors tells a presidential campaign that it is engaging in “cynical campaign politics at its worst,” that’s a pretty good signal that the campaign has crossed a red line and ought to pull back. Not Mitt Romney’s […]
As election day looms, I know I’m not the only American woman biting her fingernails. We all care about who the next president will be, but for women the race is particularly anxiety-inducing. The difference between President Barack Obama and governor Mitt Romney on issues of gender can be measured […]
In an effort to bring stability amid the ongoing finger-pointing between the Syrian rebels and government over blame for disrupting a truce, UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is in Moscow […]
The Global Research: Ahmed Sharif was a 44-year-old Muslim Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City. It was August 24, 2010, a time that marked the height of vitriolic protests […]
Source: CNN Money NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The impact of Hurricane Sandy on the lives of residents of the Northeast will be great. Millions are without power, likely for an […]
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/31/how_romney_used_his_churchs_charity_status_to_lower_his_tax_bill/ Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 06:57 PM PDT Mitt Romney (Credit: AP/Charles Krupa) We already know that Mormon Mitt Romney has been tremendously generous to his church, giving over $5 million in the past two years alone, but now we learn that his charitable activity with LDS may not have […]
The Toronto Star America’s bizarre election campaign heads for a muted ending Published on Monday October 29, 2012 Share on twitter Share on facebook Justin Sullivan/GETTY IMAGES Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally in Ohio. (Oct. 29, 2012) Image By Richard Gwyn Columnist When this presidential […]
By: QASIM RASHID | Richmond Times-Dispatch Published: October 30, 2012 The presidential debates are history, leaving us cherishing Big Bird, binders full of women and horses and bayonets. America’s future now rests in the voters’ hands. Yet, about 90 million of us won’t vote this November — a trend that […]