Month: July 2008

(Holocaust Museum photo not available)Obama also met with the Palestinian prime minister, Mammoud Abbas. Reported by LAURIE COPANS, Associated Press JERUSALEM — Presidential hopeful Barack Obama donned a Jewish skullcap at...

Conventions are not a new thing in my life but this was my first Netroots Nation.  I missed Yearly Kos in Las Vegas and in Chicago but after the fabulous time I had this past week, I will try never to miss another one....

What’s your number one priority for an Obama presidency? Should he do health care first? A green energy policy? An infrastructure/jobs program? Tackle housing/banking reform? If you could list three bills in order of...

The West Bank is facing a severe drought this summer, made even worse by the long-standing control and abuse of water-resources by the Israeli Government.  According to B’tselem: The 2008 drought, the most serious...