11 August 2009
The clock is ticking ever faster for Leonard Peltier
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Harvey Wasserman
By Tuesday, August 18, the four sitting members of the Federal Parole Commission must decide whether they will let Leonard Peltier rejoin his family.

Leonard has been in prison for a staggering 33 years, six more than Nelson...
30 July 2009
How Leonard Peltier could leave prison by August 18
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Harvey Wasserman
For a formidable and growing global community of supporters, the prospect of Native American activist Leonard Peltier finally leaving prison inspires a longing that cuts to the depths of the soul.

So Peltier’s first parole...
28 July 2009
Today we all stand before Leonard Peltier’s Parole Board
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Harvey Wasserman
Native American activist Leonard Peltier has been in prison for more than 12,226 days, more than 33 years. His is one of the longest ordeals of any political prisoner in human history.

With him, our souls have suffered. Our...
18 July 2009
Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention clears key Senate hurdle
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Human Rights Campaign
HRC President Joe Solmonese: “Once again, we have demonstrated that more than 60 Senators support the Matthew Shepard Act”

WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (...
27 May 2009
Shame on you, California
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Andy Ostoy
The California Supreme Court had an opportunity Tuesday to do the right thing and overturn the thinly-passed Proposition 8 gay-marriage ban which the state's Homophobes voted into law through a ballot referendum last November. To no one's...
19 May 2009
Applying the lessons of Nuremburg to the USA in 2009
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Paul Lehto
The Opening Statement of Chief Justice Robert L. Jackson at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials in 1945 states in part:

    "And let me make clear that while this law is first applied against German aggressors, the law includes...

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