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U.S. / NEWS Wed May 28, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

MSNBC -- If you want a good glimpse of the multiracial experience in America, get inside Louie Gong’s skin. “I’m Nooksack, I’m Chinese, I’m French and I’m Scottish,” Gong tells viewers of a multimedia piece he placed on YouTube to help spark discu.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 9:18am neoform

Alter Net -- Since 1990, over 10.4 million Americans have been busted for pot. When will we recognize it's time to stand up to the war on harmless pot smoking? What would cops do without weed? For one thing, they'd sure spend a lot less time arresting and processin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 1, 2007 @ 2:05pm neoform

Raw Story -- At an event held in front of the White House grounds today, Americans United for Change and Americans Against Escalation in Iraq unfurled a version of the infamous "Mission Accomplished" banner, with one notable difference: Theirs ended with a question ma.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 23, 2007 @ 11:37pm neoform

CBS News -- There's been little change in Americans' views on gun control in the wake of last week's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, according to a CBS News poll. A majority favors tighter handgun laws, but not in higher numbers than in the past. More than half.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 10, 2007 @ 9:03am neoform

www.pfaw.org -- Americans learned today that the F.B.I. has been abusing its authority under the Patriot Act to obtain private information about American citizens without judicial approval. So says a report issued today by the Department of Justice’s inspector general... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 1, 2007 @ 10:56pm neoform

New York Times -- A majority of Americans say the federal government should guarantee health insurance to every American, especially children, and are willing to pay higher taxes to do it, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. While the war in Iraq remai.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Feb 26, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform

SF Gate -- Behold, this bizarre demographic. Behold this odd and simmering and rather shockingly large hunk of the American population because chances are very good that at least some of them live right next door to you and breathe the same air and steal your parkin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Feb 11, 2007 @ 11:31am neoform

Alter Net -- The latest numbers are out: nearly 800,000 Americans were arrested on marijuana charges in 2005. When will the insanity stop? American taxpayers are now spending more than a billion dollars per year to incarcerate its citizens for pot. That's according.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 4, 2007 @ 12:21pm neoform

Seattle Times -- President Bush quietly has claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 20, 2006 @ 12:38pm mrmdc

CNN -- More than nine out of 10 Americans, men and women alike, have had premarital sex, according to a new study. The high rates extend even to women born in the 1940s, challenging perceptions that people were more chaste in the past... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 13, 2006 @ 4:38pm mrmdc

Washington Post -- Two-thirds of Americans believe that the FBI and other federal agencies are intruding on privacy rights as part of terrorism investigations, but they remain divided over whether such tactics are justified, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll rele.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 11, 2006 @ 2:43pm neoform

CBS News -- According to a July poll conducted by Scripps News Service, one-third of Americans think the government either carried out the 9/11 attacks or intentionally allowed them to happen in order to provide a pretext for war in the Middle East. This is at once a.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Sun Dec 3, 2006 @ 10:55am neoform

Reuters -- When radio host Jerry Klein suggested that all Muslims in the United States should be identified with a crescent-shape tattoo or a distinctive arm band, the phone lines jammed instantly... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Nov 21, 2006 @ 10:18am mrmdc

CNN -- The U.S. Mint is hoping that Martin Van Buren and Millard Fillmore can do what Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea couldn't - get Americans to use dollar coins... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Nov 19, 2007 @ 10:30am neoform

Reuters -- The number of Americans in prison has risen eight-fold since 1970, with little impact on crime but at great cost to taxpayers and society, researchers said in a report calling for a major justice-system overhaul. The report released on Monday cites sta.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Mon Jul 9, 2007 @ 12:46pm neoform

Alter Net -- Junk food diets and shoddy health care are making Americans shorter than the residents of all the countries in Western Europe. According to a new study, white and black Americans have been shrinking dramatically relative to their European counterparts.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 3, 2007 @ 10:13pm neoform

Washington Post -- If you are trying to make your Fourth of July last three days or more, you're not alone. In cars and on planes, millions of Americans are on vacation this week as the nation takes advantage of a midweek holiday. More than 41 million Americans will trav.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 4:52pm neoform

USA Today -- —As the Senate prepares to vote on a landmark immigration bill, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds that Americans who have an opinion about it are overwhelmingly opposed to the deal. By nearly 3-1, those who have a view say they're against the compromise s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 28, 2007 @ 5:49pm neoform

CNN -- President Bush marked Memorial Day with a call for Americans to stand firm in their efforts against U.S. enemies around the world and with a tribute to fallen troops. "From their deaths must come a world where the cruel dreams of tyrants and terrorists.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 4:04pm neoform

Washington Post -- Unlike Muslim minorities in many European countries, U.S. Muslims are highly assimilated, close to parity with other Americans in income and overwhelmingly opposed to Islamic extremism, according to the first major, nationwide random survey of Muslims... Read More