Articles focusing on politics

Why the South Carolina governor’s race is the hottest ticket in town

By Sean Sullivan, Article Reprint South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) will launch her reelection campaign Monday afternoon with the help of some of the biggest names in the party, including Govs. Bobby Jindal of

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Sweet Cigarillos And Cigars Lure Youths To Tobacco, Critics Say

by Patti Neighmond Article Reprint The good news: cigarette sales are down by about a third over the past decade. Not so for little cigars and ‘cigarillos’. Their sales more than doubled over the same

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Corporate Biopiracy and the Terminator Seed

It is arguably the most fiendish product yet devised by corporate genetic engineers By: Bruce A. Dixon Article Reprint Ever since humans started farming about ten thousand years ago, farmers have saved the seed from

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Hispanics Join Civil Rights March on Washington

beforeitsnews.com Article Reprint Hispanics joined forces with African-Americans on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington during which, among other issues, they again pressured Congress to pass a comprehensive immigration reform. The speakers, several

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Mubarak leaves prison for house arrest

webindia123.com Article Reprint Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak arrived in a military hospital in Cairo Thursday after being freed from a prison to be put in house arrest even as supporters of ousted president Mohamed

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Former Chicago cop accused of plotting murder of witness from behind bars

By: KIM JANSSEN Article Reprint Alleged extortionist and murder plotter Steven Mandell tried to arrange the murder of a federal witness from behind the bars of Chicago’s downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center, prosecutors alleged Thursday.

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Chris Paul elected president of NBA players union

Clippers star Chris Paul elected president of NBA players union By w.g. Ramirez Article Reprint Chris Paul has already seemingly done the impossible by turning the long-languishing Los Angeles Clippers into a force in the

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Maine Governor: ‘Obama Hates White People’

yourblackworld.net Article Reprint Party leadership at the Republican National Committee (RNC) meeting  last week seemed committed to changing the hateful message of the GOP, but someone forgot to give Maine Gov. Paul LePage the memo.

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