International
Brazil celebrates The Year of Oscar Niemeyer
January 18, 2008Oscar Niemeyer, one of the world's greatest architects, celebrated his 100 birthday on Dec. 14, 2007. Best known for the pioneering, breathtaking buildings he designed for Brazil's capital, he has inspired generations of architects with his...
Read moreSettlements contradict the essence of peacemaking: a Palestinian view
January 4, 2008The policy of establishing and expanding settlements may well be the only constant in Israeli practices on occupied Palestinian territory since 1967. Yet it is possible to discern several distinct phases in this policy depending on...
Read moreTribunals examine U.S. role in Colombia
January 4, 2008In Colombia, four million people have been forced from their homes and land. Poverty is rampant: almost 24 percent of Colombians earn less than two dollars a day; 65 percent, less than three dollars daily; 40...
Read moreFear of Cuba
December 21, 2007During the Vietnam War era, President Richard Nixon worried about his country becoming a “pitiful, helpless giant.” Now, with the world’s only superpower over-reacting to fears, that possibility seems to have resurfaced. Two recent U.S. measures...
Read moreWheres the humanity in immigration enforcement?
December 21, 2007When human beings are called “illegal” and “alien” by elected officials and law enforcement agencies and in the media, what kind of message are we spreading?
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