The proposed budget would ramp up military spending, while decreasing funds for scientific research, the arts community and programs that significantly impact the poor.
The government had to cop to a big-ole mea culpa yesterday when the Pentagon confirmed that that the U.S. military shipped live anthrax samples around the world via FedEx. Samples of the toxic bacteria went to private research laboratories in nine states and one in South Korea. CNN reports that four lab workers in the U.S. […]
Eleven years ago today, 2,977 people were killed in New York City, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. This morning, President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and White House staffers observed a moment of silence on the White House south lawn in memory of the victims of 9/11. […]
