Full Coverage: United States

31.10.2005 Starting today, the fast food giant will sell Fair Trade Certified coffee in 658 stores throughout the northeast United States, supporting a living wage for global coffee producers.

31.10.2005 The International Criminal Court, which the Bush administration refuses to join, reached a key milestone recently as Mexico--one of the U.S.'s closest allies and trading partners--became the 100th country to consent to its jurisdiction.

31.10.2005 The culture and livelihoods of the Gwich'in people, who have lived in the region for 20,000 years, could be destroyed by oil drilling programs proposed for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, according to a new report released last week. The U.S. Senate is expected to finalize the plans in early November.

30.10.2005 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 28 (OneWorld) - Echoing recent comments by White House officials, a U.S. government report submitted to the United Nations last Friday bears a message that the brutal treatment of people held in U.S. military custody abroad is and should be legal.

28.10.2005 The US House of Representatives has slipped an amendment into the Patriot Act Reauthorization Act that would dramatically skew federal death penalty cases in favor of the prosecution.

28.10.2005 John Nichols of The Nation weighs in on the Bush administration's political strategy in the face of pending indictments, falling approval ratings, and the withdrawal of Harriet Miers as a Supreme Court nominee.

28.10.2005 Until Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration is taking comments from the public about the status of emergency contraception. The Feminist Majority Foundation is leading the call for emergency contraceptives--just like many other contraceptives--to be made available without a prescription.

28.10.2005 The much maligned Patriot Act, which celebrated its fourth anniversary Wednesday, is up for reauthorization. Conferees from the House and Senate will soon decide on key provisions affecting civil liberties, and many rights groups are calling on legislators to choose the path of greater government accountability.

28.10.2005 NEW YORK, Oct 27 (OneWorld) - Disarmament advocacy groups in the United States scored a major victory this week as Congress decided not to provide any funds for research on a new nuclear weapons program for the coming financial year.

27.10.2005 Harriet Miers, who once said it was "cool" to ride with George Bush in a plane and who the President described as "a pit bull in size-six shoes", has withdrawn from her nomination to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the US Supreme Court.

27.10.2005 Wal-Mart, under mounting attack from critics, has pledge to invest hundreds of millions of dollars a year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

27.10.2005 Approval for the new constitution represents a "landmark day" in Iraq not because it is a step toward democracy, but because it is a step toward civil war, argues Robert Dreyfuss.

27.10.2005 Nearly 60 major civil rights and advocacy organizations have called on Congress to investigate attempts to waive longstanding federal civil rights and worker protections in bills appropriating funding to Gulf Coast rebuilding efforts.

27.10.2005 More than 2,000 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq, but that's just the beginning of the story behind the numbers, says CODEPINK and Global Exchange founder Medea Benjamin.

27.10.2005 U.S. Ambassador John Bolton recently called for U.N. to take action, not merely talk about the deteriorating situation in Darfur, but the arms embargo he's suggesting would be ineffective and insufficient, say Africa advocates, urging Bolton to do more.

26.10.2005 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 26 (OneWorld) - A day after the two-thousandth U.S. soldier died in the Iraq war, much of the American public seems to have decided that disgruntled answers to surveys won't end the bloodshed.

26.10.2005 Vietnam's attempts to enter the World Trade Organisation have been blocked by what the country's negotiators say are unacceptable new demands by Washington that the socialist country change the way its economy works, more than it already has.

25.10.2005 The "mother of the civil rights movement" passed away in her Detroit home Monday evening at the age of 92.

25.10.2005 NEW YORK, Oct 25 (OneWorld) - Leading civil rights groups in the United States are urging legislators not to make any retrogressive changes in the law that protects minorities' right to vote and prohibits discriminatory practices in the electoral process.

25.10.2005 The U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration must have considerable experience with international crises, multilateral cooperation, and programs related to refugees and the reproductive health needs of women and adolescents. Unfortunately, President Bush's nominee fails on all counts, says a coalition of women's rights groups.