Obama and supreme court nominees

Barack Obama’s election probably does not herald a new liberal era at the Supreme Court, since none of the conservative justices — who are in the majority — is expected to retire in the next four years.
But if liberals cannot take control, Obama’s win has them pushing for a strong voice for social justice on [...]

Riding with McCain in “Straight Talk Express”

Reuters Boston staff photographer Brian Snyder is traveling with Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain through election day November 4.
The custom painted “Straight Talk Express” McCain campaign bus is one of the carry-over themes and props from Senator John McCain’s presidential run in the year 2000. Though reporters and photographers can no longer ride on [...]

US is crushing its own Middle Eastern policy

The US is crushing its own Middle Eastern policy with foolish tactical maneuvers. In Syria and Pakistan, the US is launching strikes to try to solve some of its cross-border problems, killing insurgent leaders and trying to create an atmosphere of fear for insurgents across the border–the US is trying to convince them that 3 [...]

Economic crisis and huge foreign debt threatens Pakistan’s stability

Starting a few months ago, the $24 million import bill for Pakistan’s Conductor & Cables, a Lahore-based steel business that employs 300 workers, became a drain on the country’s most precious resource—the U.S. dollar. As the global credit crisis has intensified and Pakistan has steadily seen its foreign reserves dwindle, privately held Conductor & Cables [...]

McCain, Palin spent $52,000 on make-up over six-weeks

According to records filed with the Federal Election Commission, the McCain campaign paid Amy Strozzi, Palin’s travelling makeup artist, 22,800 dollars for the first two weeks of October. Strozzi received 13,200 dollars for her work in September.
Records have revealed that McCain’’s makeup artist, Tifanie White, received 8,512 dollars in September and 7,368 dollars during the [...]

U.S Election really about poor vs. rich in USA?

Thirty-seven million poor people live in the U.S. but their voices are absent from national debates. The first in a series of town hall meetings that will take place nationwide as part of the Equal Voice for America’s Families campaign asked residents of one of the poorest regions of the country – the border towns [...]

The muslims of America

Abdi says he would sacrifice his life for the country he calls home.
The taxi driver taking me to the airport in Minneapolis is not referring to his birthplace, Somalia, but to the US – the place where he has lived for the last 13 years.
Abdi is part of a 44,000-strong Somali community in the liberal [...]

What happens if a country (America) goes bankrupt?

When a country defaults on its financial obligations, which is equivalent to a country going bankrupt, these are just some of the many possible adverse consequences to the lives of the ordinary person on the street:
The country’s local currency can become worthless (e.g. Zimbabwe: the more money it prints the less each note is worth)
The [...]

Little Pakistan has been hit hard by the economic slowdown

By: Rob Winder in New York
In the New York district of “Little Pakistan”, the US presidential race is being closely followed.
Pakistan has become a key issue in the presidential campaign with Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, and John McCain, his Republican rival, clashing over the unilateral use of military force to attack inside the [...]

Top contributors to McCain and Obama presidential campaigns

Top Contributors to Obama and McCain

These tables list the top donors to these candidates in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization’s PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.