For a variety of reasons, I undertake this response to the contents of Sic No. 1 (November 2011) with a great deal of hesitancy. To be blunt, if...

In an odd turn of events, firefighters were the ones starting the fires at the latest austerity protest in Spain. Spanish firefighters clashed ...

<p><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/19/sister_helen_prejean_bill_pelke_on">Watch Part 1 of Interview</a></p>

<div class='node-body'><p>This year&#39;s World Food Prize was handed to leading GMO scientists, including a developer at biotech giant Monsanto.</p>
<p>The move was an unbridled endorsement of the GMOs amidst growing controversy as rising numbers question the technology&#39;s safety for people and the environment.</p>

<div class='node-body'><p>NSA Director Keith Alexander has been misleading the public by saying that the NSA&#39;s shadowy surveillance programs, exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden this month, have thwarted terrorist attacks, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsQfZX2ghxc" target="_blank"><em>Guardian</em> reporter Glenn Greenwald told</a> <em>CNN</em>&#39;s Piers Morgan Tuesday night.</

<div class='node-body'><p><span class="image-full" style="width: 540px"><img alt="" border="0" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/zama-city-wastewater-spill-twitter-pic-hilary-bird-2013.jpg" style="width: 540px; height: 405px;" title="Toxic wastewater pools in the woods north of Zama City, Alberta.

<div class='node-body'><p>Noam Chomsky called foul on the Obama Administration&#39;s recent claims that the NSA&#39;s secret spying programs have kept the U.S. people safe, declaring in public statements Tuesday and Wednesday that the scandal is tantamount to an attack on the U.S. people.</p>