International
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, remembering Kevin Barry
March 17, 2016On St. Patrick's Day, devoted to honoring the Irish heritage, we pause to remember Kevin Gerard Barry.
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European Union, Cuba reach “landmark” agreement
March 17, 2016The EU shift could be attributed to "interest by European countries in maintaining their position as trading partners with Cuba."
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Inuit, Indigenous women face Third World conditions in Quebec jails
March 10, 2016In April 2015, Quebec's Protecteur du Citoyen, or Ombudsperson, took a tour of detention cells in northern Quebec.
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Spain’s election stalemate continues; social democrats refuse compromise
March 9, 2016The effort by Pedro Sánchez to form a government brings to mind the story of the hunter who goes into the forest with one bullet in his rifle.
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Berta Cáceres, Indigenous environmental leader, murdered in Honduras
March 8, 2016At least two men in ski masks fractured her arm and leg, and then shot her at least eight times, killing her.
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