World
Turkey’s election earthquake shakes things up
June 22, 2015Behind the storm that staggered Turkey's ruling party: a grassroots revolt against rising poverty, growing inequality and the AKP's war on trade unions.
Read moreToday in history: 200 years since the Battle of Waterloo
June 18, 2015Today marks the 200th anniversary of the defeat of Napoleon by the British Duke of Wellington and Prussian field marshal Gebhard Blücher.
Read moreEcuador proposes moderate tax increase on rich, right wing runs amok
June 16, 2015In most Latin American countries, including those with relatively progressive governments, huge wealth disparities are an obstacle to the pursuit of social justice and greater democracy.
Read moreUN agency praises Cuba’s food security program
June 15, 2015Under-nutrition afflicts fewer than five percent of Cubans. And Cuba has helped reduce the number of the world's hungry by half as of 2015.
Read moreToday in history: 800th birthday of the Magna Carta
June 15, 2015On this date in 1215, humanity took one of its greatest steps in the long march toward democracy.
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