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New book offers no optimism for a free Puerto Rico
November 12, 2015Nelson A. Denis looks not at earlier colonial history, but rather measures taken to subdue Nationalists before and after their 1950 uprising.
Read moreToday in Native American history: Russell Means is born
November 10, 2015This date in 1939 marks the birth of Russell Charles Means, activist for the rights of Native American people.
Read moreToday in history: Saudi women protest by driving cars
November 6, 2015Forty-seven women in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, drove their cars in a 14-car convoy to protest the driving ban.
Read moreRefugee crisis exposes Germany’s political crisis
November 5, 2015The German political scene is in turmoil and such turbulence has opened the way to healthy change, but now, in my view, it can lead to great dangers.
Read moreToday in history: Fellowship of Reconciliation, 100 years persevering for peace
November 5, 2015A number of events taking place in and near NYC celebrate the centennial of an organization some call "the conscience of the peace movement."
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