Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show a disturbingly large interest in drone surveillance within the United States, with a number of city police departments preparing to turn the Obama Administration’s favorite weapon of war inward as a tool of mass surveillance.

Since the height of the recession in 2008, more workers across the US have been suing employers under federal and state wage-and-hour laws.

Cyrus McGoldrick, CAIR-NY civil rights manager, says what has happened to an American citizen because of suspicion over Islamic texts and pictures in his computer have become a “matter of policy” in America.

Number of homeless American women veterans is on the rise, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

Recent days have seen significant concern about an unassuming bill with an unassuming name: the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011.

Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday said the Obama administration has the "clear authority" to kill anyone believed to be a terrorist threat, including US citizens overseas.

Many Americans believe Israel has too tight a grip on US foreign policy. Whatever Israel wants Israel gets even if it’s bad for Americans.

Islam is on the rise in America; Mosques are growing and people are converting. That is the good news.

More than 2.5 million voters have left the Democratic and Republican parties since the 2008 Elections, while the number of independent voters continues to grow.

The US government is requesting proposals for the development of a software system that can mine social media.

2012 National Defense Authorization Act, approved by the Senate that would allow the military to detain without a trial any American citizen accused of being a terrorist, or of supporting terrorists who plot attacks against the United States. The ACLU called the proposal “an extreme position that will forever change our country.”

A higher percentage of the American population is receiving government benefits than ever before, according to The Economic Collapse website.

According to the US Department of Justice, human trafficking has become the second fastest growing criminal industry just behind drug trafficking - with children accounting for roughly half of all victims.

Blacks have for the most part been on the outskirts of the Occupy Movement. January 16, on the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday African American faith leaders, activists and entertainers join the Occupy Movement with Occupy the Dream.

The National Defense Authorization Act provides USD 662 billion in funding for military spending, including military pay raises, weapon system and funding for the war in Afghanistan in 2012.

The Occupy Iowa Caucus offshoot of Occupy Des Moines were turned away twice on Sunday for a meeting with top Democratic party official Rep. Debbie Wassermann Schultz, Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

Americans entered 2011 with a bad economy which produced high unemployment, home foreclosures and poverty.

Texas congressman Ron Paul is campaigning to be the president of America.

As Congress deliberated the extension of unemployment insurance benefits for over five million Americans and other budget and tax concerns.