Unemployment crisis hits US students

The unemployment rate in the U.S. has risen for the first time since July last year. Latest figures show that 69 thousand jobs were created in May, the lowest in more than 12 months. And among those feeling the job crunch are the young graduates. Barbara Benitez reports.

Bradley Manning: two years behind bars

DemocracyNow.org - This week marks two years since U.S. Army private Bradley Manning was detained on allegations of leaking classified documents to the online whistleblower WikiLeaks. Manning faces up to life imprisonment in a military trial set to begin in September. "It's important to remember that what Bradley Manning is alleged to have done ... was an act of incredible mobility, bringing immense amounts of transparency to the U.S. government and its war actions, ones that are usually shrouded in complete secrecy," says Salon.com blogger and constitutional law attorney Glenn Greenwald who has been following the case closely.

Income inequality in Canada

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