politics
In Florida, support for freedom for Puerto Rican political prisoner
May 1, 2012The Orlando chapter of the National Boricua Human Rights Network will focus on building support for freedom for political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera, who has spent 31 years in federal institutions.
Read moreLawmakers grant Suriname president immunity for murders
April 6, 2012Suriname parliament granted President Desi Brouterse immunity for 1982 murders, raising ire of human rights groups.
Read moreFight continues over highway through Bolivian indigenous preserve
February 16, 2012An indigenous-led government at odds with an indigenous opposition exemplifies one contradiction surfacing during the fight.
Read moreRepublicans get free ride on racism
January 20, 2012Republicans have been getting a free ride on racism for much too long, and it's in the interest of all people to stop it.
Read moreWho’s afraid of the big bad Wulff?
January 18, 2012BERLIN - Americans wonder who will be president next January; Germans are still uncertain who will live in Berlin's presidential mansion this February.
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