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Modern-day slavery exposed by guest workers

Daniel Castellanos was lured from his native city of Lima, Peru, all the way to the U.S. Gulf Coast where, he was told, a construction job and a green card would be waiting for him. All...

Photoblog from India #10

Letters – April 12, 2008

Cuba myths Musharraf Cyprus ‘Shock Doctrine’ More on Tibet

McCains Iraq Kool-Aid

Sen. John McCain reminds us of the cowboy pilot in the 1964 Stanley Kubrick movie (“Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”), who jumped on a nuclear warhead and rode...

French elections: Opposition grows to right wing

Commentary PARIS — For all those opposing the destructive policies of President Nicolas Sarkozy and his extreme right government, the main result of the mid-March local elections in France is the growing voter confidence in the...