Economic issues continue to be the public’s highest priority as the 2012 State of the Union approaches. Fully 86% say that strengthening the economy should be a top priority for the president and Congress this year, and 82% rate improving the job situation as a top priority. The annual policy priorities survey by the Pew…
Dec 21, 2011–Washington — More than two dozen members of Congress are calling for investigation into the CIA’s relationship with the New York Police Department. The members of Congress want to know more about the CIA’s collaboration with the police department to monitor Muslims after an Associated Press investigation. A letter signed by 34 members…
December 23—Washington — The CIA says its inspector general has found nothing wrong with the spy agency’s close partnership with the New York Police Department. The inspector general concluded that no laws were broken and there was no evidence the CIA was conducting domestic spying. The inspector general decided to do a preliminary investigation after…
Special Coverage: Lowe’s pulls ads from TV show about U.S. Muslims A decision by retail giant Lowe’s Cos. to pull ads from a reality show about American Muslims after protests from an evangelical Christian group has sparked criticism and calls for a boycott against the chain of home-improvement stores. The retailer stopped advertising on TLC’s…
The Globe and Mail – September 23, 2011 Famine in their homeland has brought 20 young Canadian-Somalis together to walk 350 kilometres to reach the nation’s capital. They’re bonded by a common goal: to raise money and awareness for a humanitarian crisis that the United Nations estimates has killed tens of thousands of people…
