The federal Appeals Court decision to toss a lawsuit claiming contractors tortured detainees in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison is what you’d expect from a tyranny.
In early September, The US Census Bureau released its new report titled, "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008" showing disturbing data that portends much worse ahead under a president and Congress doing nothing to address it.
Can journalism schools be relevant in a world on the brink?
Op_ed
By Robert Jensen
Monday, 14 September 2009
Journalism schools have much in common with the mainstream news media they traditionally serve. As the business model for conventional corporate journalism collapses and digital technologies reshape the media landscape, journalism schools struggle with parallel problems around curricula and personnel.
The US president is set to make a renewed push on stalled financial reform legislation, one year after the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers, widely seen as the trigger for the global recession.
In an 11-minute audio tape released on the internet, a voice purporting to be that of Osama bin Laden says Barack Obama, the US president, is "powerless" to stop the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The release of Muntazer al-Zaidi, the television reporter jailed for throwing his shoes at George Bush, the former US president, has been delayed, according to his brother.
Russia has agreed to lend Venezuela over $2bn to finance the purchase of weapons including tanks and advanced anti-aircraft missiles, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, says.
China has launched an "anti-dumping and anti-subsidy" investigation into imports of US vehicles and chicken products, amid allegations by the foreign ministry of US protectionism.
News_Alerts 
The US president is set to make a renewed push on stalled financial reform legislation, one year after the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers, widely seen as the trigger for the global recession.
China has launched an "anti-dumping and anti-subsidy" investigation into imports of US vehicles and chicken products, amid allegations by the foreign ministry of US protectionism.
