Maryland madness: 14-year-old girl’s birthday wish? “Ban gay marriage”
A 14-year-old girl from Maryland has told the state Senate it would be “the best birthday present ever” if legislators were to vote to outlaw gay marriage.
Yearly Archives: 2012
“Free Pale*****”: BBC tries to settle censorship row
Alex Hern reports on the BBC Trust’s assessment of the validity of BBC 1Xtra’s censorship of the phrase “Free Palestine”.
Swinney on Scotland currency – more questions than he answers?
Ed Jacobs asks whether the elaboration of the SNP’s policy for the finances of an independent Scotland really answers the crucial questions
We’re all in this together… But they aren’t
In just one day, there have been two cases of better treatment for those at the top than at the bottom. Are we really all in this together, asks Alex Hern.
Tories delay enshrining 0.7% target in law. Again. When will they legislate?
International development secretary Andrew Mitchell has once again delayed enshrining the 0.7 per cent target in law.
USA 2012: Mitt spends four times as much as Gingrich, gets 1.4 times the votes
Alex Hern covers the Florida primary, where Mittens’ money secured a victory – but at what cost?
“She calls her town a ‘s***hole'”: Irish newspaper smears Polish migrants
Alex Hern covers the ballsy attempt by the Irish Independent to smear a pair of Polish migrants by mistranslating an article that was freely available for all to check
Anti-Assad activist: “We need help… We need a no-fly zone… ASAP”
As the UN dithers over whether to take action against the brutal repression of Bashar al-Assad, the mass killing at the hands of the Syrian regime goes on.
New European Industrial Workers Federation looms
Tony Burke reports on the creation of a new pan-European superunion.
UK’s public debt is about to exceed that of the US for the first time
The USA is about to have a lower public debt than the UK, for the first time; Cormac Hollingsworth looks at why that may have happened.