Ellen Thomas

"As a mother, for me every day is a day filled with grief. My son Abdurahman Shabati is a prisoner at Guantánamo, and has been cleared for release since January of 2007. The United State's government has stolen my son's youth, and stolen our family's peace and happiness. Don't they realize we

"President Obama is right to recommit to closing Guantanamo. But it's time to do more than talk. Instead of sending more medics to force feed detainees, a process that can amount to ill-treatment, he should take concrete steps to keep his promise to close the detention facility. Even under current

Bear baiting (also called bear baying) pits a declawed and defanged bear which is chained to a stake against hunting dogs that bark and bite at it while hundreds of people watch. Spectators consider this event entertainment and hunters consider this as a training regimen for their animals. As

Our collective health and the future of our planet are riding in the balance on this issue - which is exactly why it's been undertaken by certain factions, in order to control food supply, weather, and human health. To quote a recent tractate by one in the know: "Mutating the weather, the soil,