Jerusalem - Fatah and Hamas, the rival Palestinian movements, reached understandings on Wednesday to end the years-long internal Palestinian schism, according to Egyptian and Palestinian officials. The …
In December 2009, psychologist Bruce Levine published an article at Alternet called “Are Americans a Broken People?” His timing couldn't have been better. Americans of good will and bad …
Standardized tests are enhancing and destroying reputations, opening and closing doors of opportunity, raising and lowering property values, starting and ending professional careers, determining the life chances of the …
In case you're in a funk because you think the reason you didn't receive an invitation to the royal wedding is because the Brits are still ticked off about …
In widely separated parts of Mexico, many people ask the same troubling question: Are our loved ones among the 145 dead found in the mass graves near San Fernando, …
As the United States and its allies get deeper into the confrontation with Qaddafi in Libya, it's worth stepping back to consider what is actually taking place—and why. …
After releasing his certificate of live birth, which is signed by Hawaii state officials and his mother, President Barack Obama speaks to the media at the White House in …
I am 62 and have just reached the age where I could apply for Social Security retirement benefits. Of course, I'd be crazy to do that and collect some …
A camp resident at a displacement camp in Port-au-Prince. (Photo: Vince Warren and Laura Raymond) Recently, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) delegation in Haiti visited the …