Leslie J Yerman

From Senator Mark Udall, Senate Intelligence Committee: Finally, the national conversation can begin, with Americans knowing the facts.   Several days ago, a series of news reports disclosed for the first time the breadth of the U.S. government's surveillance of American citizens in the fight

Do you use Google? Or Microsoft? Or Apple? Because the National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigations has been pulling data from the main servers of these internet companies in a program called PRISM over the last six years. In an extreme breach of privacy the NSA has been collecting

No one should suffer violence because of their struggle for justice. The survivors of Guatemala's genocide showed us incredible strength as they recounted the horrific violence they had witnessed against their families. Throughout the trial the survivors, along with their attorneys and the judges

Please take a moment to express your sympathy, condolences, and support for the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, for the survivors and their families, and for the community of Newtown, Connecticut.

A political group started by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is funding ads that support risky oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). This wilderness area is home to polar bears, grizzly bears, caribou, wolverines and many more species.  Oil drilling there would be disruptive to