Lost: A Generation of Scientists

Fundamental scientific research is at a standstill in America. That is the harsh fact of a matter that has been hushed and avoided too long. The cause is a literal interpretation of democracy that has yanked 150,000 men out of scientific studies to make a scant two percent of the total armed forces.

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Dante's Inferno, A Marine's Letter From Iraq

A Marine's moving letter home, with its frank description of life in "Dante's inferno," has been circulating through congressmans' & generals' in-boxes. The letter speaks for itself.

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Totally Crazy Pictures of a Sand Storm in Iraq

You really need to see these, Sand Storm in Iraq, Looks worse than a nuclear blast.

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Photos From The War in Iraq - Iraqi Freedom

All of the photos were taken in March 2003. Very cool site with some great photos. Bravo to this guy for all his hard work.

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The Military is a Job Program for Latinos?

U.S. Military targets young, poor communities of color to reach their recruitment quotas. In a report released by the American Friends Service Committee, a pacifist organization, in New York City the military recruited from the predominantly African-American and Latino neighborhoods.

Why is the U.S. military focusing on them for recruitement?

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Blacks, Hispanics pay more for mortgages

Black and Hispanic home buyers pay more for their mortgages than do whites, according to a Federal Reserve report released Friday.

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Digitial divide still separates white and minority students

"Many more white children use the Internet than do Hispanic and black students, a reminder that going online is hardly a way of life for everyone."

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10 Year Old Son of Legal Immigrant Could be Deported

Jonathan Mart ­nez came from El Salvador at age 8 with a teenage cousin into the United States without papers. Jonathan came in search of his mother, who lives and works in the United States legally and whom he had not seen in 4 years.

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