News stories by Matthew Charles Cardinale, page 2

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 19 (IPS) - A wide variety of individuals and organisations have filed lawsuits challenging the National Security Agency (NSA) and other federal agencies and officials for conducting a massive, dragnet spying operation on U.S. citizens that was recently confirmed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 27 (IPS) - With the announced closures of four nuclear reactors in the United States so far this year and the cancellation of proposed facilities elsewhere in the country, some activists believe the U.S. nuclear industry is beginning to crumble.

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 26 (IPS) - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision, Section 4, of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 in a five to four ruling today, halting enforcement of Section 5 of the act.

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 24 (IPS) - Advocates of the concept of "energy equity" have begun employing it in the southern United States to create a diverse coalition of citizens who might otherwise approach energy policy issues differently.

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 31 (IPS) - The U.S. Congress is on the brink of making billions of dollars in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, which provides direct benefits to individuals and families in poverty.

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 29 (IPS) - During his State of the Union address earlier this year, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke about the need to increase the federal minimum wage, which Congress has not voted to raise since 2007.

ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 30 (IPS) - For the second year in a row, activists have successfully defeated a proposal to allow Internet companies to provide customers' private information to government agencies and each other without risking violation of privacy laws and agreements.

ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 28 (IPS) - Food safety advocates are outraged over revelations that U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama approved an act that includes a provision purporting to strip federal courts of the ability to prevent the spread of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 14 (IPS) - Strike Debt, an affiliate of the Occupy movement, has devised a legal and what some consider ingenious way to abolish millions of dollars in consumer debt.

ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 29 (IPS) - A U.S. company called Mosaic has unveiled a new way for citizens to use the Internet to invest in specific solar energy projects around the country.