Bradley Manning 1000 Days in Jail and more Government Crackdown on Transparency

Department of Army Photo of Private First Class Bradley Manning

THE REAL NEWS Worldwide support for Manning as trial of alleged Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond takes bizarre twist QUOTES: RATNER: “[Bradley Manning] has now been in pretrial detention, as we’re speaking, 1,003 days. It’s a big anniversary. That means he has been in detention almost three years without a trial. He’s not been convicted of …

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Senate Bill 1180: Should Arizona Label Genetically Modified foods?

Stylized label reads, "Right to know: Label GMO Foods"

OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are plants and animals in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally. This process allows selected individual genes to be transferred from one organism into another, also between non-related species. Genetically modified animals have largely been blocked from introduction …

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