International
Shrimp workers exploited and enslaved at Walmart warehouse
May 9, 2012Two thousand shrimp workers from Cambodia and Myanmar suffered human rights abuses and indentured servitude at the hands of Walmart.
Read more“Arab Spring, Libyan Winter” has timely lessons for NATO summit
May 8, 2012A timely new book, "Arab Spring, Libyan WInter," provides a short, information-rich guide to what the NATO controversy is all about.
Read moreAusterity goes down to defeat in Europe
May 7, 2012Voters rejected political parties that have pushed for austerity, and voted in lawmakers who campaigned for policies of economic stimulus and growth.
Read moreRadical Islamists push agenda in Mali
May 7, 2012The West African country of Mali continues to be a source of worry, as radical Islamist rebels try to consolidate their hold on the North.
Read moreDifficult days ahead for Afghanistan and U.S.
May 3, 2012Without a new strategy - not the slow downsizing of the Afghanistan war over the next decade - there will indeed be difficult days ahead.
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