Analysis
Pace of change in Bolivia picks up
November 17, 2006News Analysis The Bolivian government of President Evo Morales has dealt with recent challenges handily. As a result, popular support for his policies is growing, and the prospects for further advances in a progressive and revolutionary...
Read moreIsraeli massacre in Gaza provokes outcry
November 17, 2006News Analysis President Bush warmly received Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the White House Nov. 13, less than a week after two fateful events: the midterm elections, where U.S. voters repudiated the Iraq war, and...
Read moreUnbridled anti-immigrant racism in Texas
November 16, 2006News Analysis DALLAS — Unable to wait a full week after their shellacking in national elections, the far right in Texas unmasked its fanatical racism on Nov. 13. While state legislators amassed anti-immigrant bills for the...
Read moreChicago gentrification is a global issue
November 15, 2006CHICAGO — “This is a global issue, part of globalization and capitalism,” said Alejandra Ibanez on Nov. 10 at the opening night of an exhibition about the effects of gentrification in the Pilsen community on the...
Read moreEducation is a right: New Yorkers fight for fair funding
November 10, 2006NEW YORK CITY — In 2001, New York State Supreme Court Justice Leland DeGrasse ruled that New York State was in violation of its own Constitution which guarantees every child the right to a “sound, basic...
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