Crime in the United States has slowed since the nineties, but a disturbing trend is taking place as waves of violence are increasing across many American cities. Homicide is now five times higher in the U.S. than the international average.
Patrick Carroll has been a mailman for 23 years and works in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. He spoke with ANP and McClatchy Newspapers about how the nation's financial crisis has impacted both his own life and the people he encounters everyday.
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist James Risen has been at the forefront of uncovering some of the Bush administration's worst abuses of power. He spoke with ANP about the rise in executive power and the media's failure in the wake of 9/11.
http://newsproject.org Hagee is back, thanks to friends like William Kristol, Joe Lieberman, and the PR firm W5, which also represents Snoop Dogg. Hagee's organization, Christians United for Israel, brought together five thousand supporters in DC.
People all across the country are suffering the fallout from Wall Street's financial H-Bomb. ANP producer David Murdock and McClatchy Newspaper journalist Tony Pugh have set out on a journey across America to see how the nation is coping.
In Philadelphia, PA, registered voters have found their names missing from local poll books. But, in any case, these votes probably won't be counted tonight, which, despite the sky-high turnout, could have major consequences for the Obama campaign.
http://newsproject.org Rep. Dennis Kucinich continued his seemingly quixotic crusade to impeach President Bush last week. But with Speaker Pelosi suggesting the House Judiciary Committee may hear his argument, Kucinich might get his day very soon.
The House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold Karl Rove in contempt. Now the decision to take the matter to the House floor for vote lies with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Could Mr. Rove now be headed for jail?
In the fervor surrounding the McCain - Palin presidential ticket, 'values voters' concoct 'Obama Waffles' in an effort to rally the conservative base to reject Barack Obama. The question is: is it in good taste?
While lawmakers negotiate on Capitol Hill over the $700 billion-taxpayer bailout for banks and lenders on Wall Street, the foreclosure machine continues to crush homeowners caught in the mortgage crisis. Beyond the politics of Washington, one thing seems clear to many homeowners on the verge of foreclosure, there is no significant relief in sight from the government or Wall Street.
Like millions of other Americans caught in the squeeze between higher health care costs and lower incomes, the Hammerschmidts are having an increasingly difficult time paying for rising premiums and more medications with shrinking paychecks
Philadelphia is shaping up to be a key city in a key battleground state in this election, but machine problems and long lines may plague the polling stations and voter disenfranchisement will be a serious risk. Unfortunately for voters, the people charged with running a smooth election in Philly seem surprisingly unconcerned. Philly's veritable election czar, Marge Tartaglione (D), in particular, shocked ANP with her comments at a recent hearing.
http://newsproject.org Former presidential spokesperson Scott McClellan testified under oath before the House Judiciary Committee. Committee members clashed over calls for impeachment of President Bush and deception over the invasion of Iraq.
Energy is currently the most debated issue on Capitol Hill, and Republicans in Congress have seized the moment to stage a political coup, blaming Democratic resistance to expanded domestic oil drilling for high gas prices.
It's the taboo subject you're not supposed to talk about - Barack Obama's safety in light of the rise of white supremacists in America. ANP investigates in Memphis, Tennessee, where our cameras infiltrate the Stormfront.org Euro Conference. We probe the minds of the Anti-Defamation League, the Racist Skinhead Project and David Duke to assess legitimate threats to the next U.S. presidency.
George W. Bush is on pace to impose more last-minute changes to federal rules than any president in history. Many consider Bush's "midnight regulations" to be a parting gift to big industry and against the greater public interest.
http://newsproject.org June 26 is the UN's official day to show support for victims of torture. ANP caught up with Washington Independent reporter Spencer Ackerman to see an exact replica of a Guatanamo Bay detention cell.
The U.S. financial system faces a grave crisis as investment giants teeter on the edge of collapse. They're led by people â people who've made some rotten decisions in recent years and hauled in millions of dollars as their firms crumbled.
LaTourette and more than a dozen colleagues who originally opposed the bill promised to vote for the bailout if the amendment was accepted. It was not.
Amid a growing distrust among her conservative Christian supporters of anything Islamic, Sarah Palin goes on record stating emphatically that Republicans and the McCain-Palin ticket welcome all Muslims, adding "it is not acceptable in my book" to discriminate on the basis of religion. Her message of tolerance comes amid a growing tide of Islamophobia at McCain-Palin presidential rallies in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. How Christian fundamentalists interpret her remarks in the last days of the campaign is anyone's guess.
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