By Sebastian Rotella , ProPublica The killing of Osama bin Laden in a Pakistani city dominated by the military has spotlighted a conundrum that Western counterterror agencies have grappled with for years: Is Pakistan’s powerful intelligence service an ally, an enemy or a mix of both? This time the debate is likely to take […]
Heckling the Victim: A Common Right-Wing Tactic
Yesterday, a friend of mine posted on her Facebook page, “I am appalled by MSNBC’s reporting morals, for editing the news with the purpose of sensationalizing the polarizing topic of gun control for their own agenda, and misleading people about what really happened during a hearing about gun control in Hartford, Conn. . . There […]
Law Would Improve Breast Cancer Detection
By Leah Small Capital News Service RICHMOND, Va. – Cathryn Tatusko’s yearly mammograms missed her cancer, which soon developed into stage three. Tatusko’s dense breast tissue had masked the large tumor on the yearly mammogram she had just five months before being diagnosed. Even a mammogram she received the day of her diagnosis failed to […]