Albert Bender
LATEST ARTICLES BY Albert Bender
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U.S.
Rare disease suddenly arises on Navajo Reservation
March 6, 2013A rare disorder, characterized by some authorities as genetic, has abruptly surfaced on the sprawling Navajo Reservation in the Southwest.
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World
Idle No More: Native movement sweeps Canada and U.S.
January 25, 2013Native communities from coast to coast in the U.S. have embraced this upheaval.
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Opinion
The passing of Russell Means was a loss for the world
December 11, 2012Indian rights activist Russell Means passed on after a magnificent life of struggle to better the lives of American Indians.
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Opinion
U.S. gun culture diagnosed as a social disease
September 25, 2012In the wake of the two mass shootings this summer, some American physicians consider this country's gun violence a social disease.
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Opinion
America’s campaign against obesity is mostly off course
August 10, 2012The news is filled with images of grossly overweight citizens. But, is this all the fault of an overindulgent citizenry? Of course not!
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Opinion
Native American joblessness is slow genocide
July 24, 2012Small wonder that U.S. Native peoples are beset with a blistering, hideous panoply of social and health ills hardly seen elsewhere in this world. Unemployment kills!
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Opinion
Native Americans left out of economic recovery, as always
June 11, 2012For urban Native Americans, the jobless rate averages around 48 percent. In general, Indian Country is in a permanent depression even when the national economy is on the upswing.
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Opinion
Pipeline rejection is huge Native American victory
February 22, 2012Make no mistake, it was Native Americans who spearheaded and bore the brunt of the campaign against the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline.
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