U.S.: Law of the Sea Treaty Ratification Faces Unsettled Waters
WASHINGTON, Jun 5, 2012 (IPS) – Given the wide range of its supporters everyone from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed ...
U.S.: Law of the Sea Treaty Ratification Faces Unsettled Waters
WASHINGTON, Jun 5, 2012 (IPS) – Given the wide range of its supporters everyone from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed ...
U.S.: Obama Requests Slightly Higher Aid Levels for 2013
WASHINGTON, Feb 14, 2012 (IPS) – Despite strong pressure to reduce the yawning federal deficit, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is asking Congress for a slight increase in ...
U.S.: "Money Isn’t Speech, Corporations Aren’t People"
NEW YORK, Jan 21, 2012 (IPS) – In most mainstream media the words “corruption” and “election fraud” accompany images of makeshift polling stations manned by armed guards in Burma or ...
U.S.: A Movement Evolves to Occupy the Future
OAKLAND, California, Jan 9, 2012 (IPS) – With its encampments mostly destroyed, the nascent Occupy Movement in thousands of communities across the U.S. and dozens more around the world has ...
U.S.: Despite Obesity Crisis, Govt Slow to Rein in Fast Food Industry
NEW YORK, Dec 23, 2011 (IPS) – When the fast food chain McDonald’s decided to add oatmeal to its menu in January 2011, it literally sugar-coated the offering as a ...
U.S.: Foreign Aid Spared Drastic Cuts for 2012
WASHINGTON, Dec 16, 2011 (IPS) – Despite the budget slicing and anti-U.N. frenzy that seized Republican lawmakers over the past year, U.S. foreign aid and support for multilateral institutions emerged ...
U.S.: Bottled Water Companies Target Minorities, But So Do Soda Firms
NEW YORK, Nov 19, 2011 (IPS) – Water is the lifeblood of this planet, whose inhabitants are watching its accelerated spiral into crisis mode even as they struggle to address ...
U.S.: Congress Passes Controversial Free Trade Agreements
WASHINGTON, Oct 13, 2011 (IPS) – The three landmark deals between the United States and trading partners South Korea, Colombia and Panama approved by the U.S. Congress late Wednesday represented ...
U.S.: Backlash Swells Against New "Gilded Age"
NEW YORK, Oct 10, 2011 (IPS) – The encampment of disenchanted young protesters in New York City’s financial district has exposed growing anger around the United States over rising inequality ...
