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The International Violence Against Women Act: Could IVAWA Save Guatemala From Femicide?
In February, a bill entitled the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) was introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. A remarkably comprehensive and progressive …
The Late, Unlamented, Not-Really-a-Climate-Change Bill
Last week, Senate majority leader Harry Reid glumly announced that the Democratic leadership lacked the votes to push through even truncated carbon-limiting legislation, which would have called for carbon …
Child Inmates Crowded Into Haiti’s Dangerous Post-Quake Prisons
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Eleven-year-old Carmen Suze quarreled with a classmate and ended up in jail. Her voice barely audible, she explained that her friend had lifted her skirt and …
David Sirota | The Stadium-Mob Mentality
One thing you can confidently say about 21st-century America is this: Our icons of seemingly frivolous spectacle often embody deeply significant and disturbing truths. What was Balloon Boy but …
News in Brief: Senate Fails to Approve Settlement for Black Farmers, and More
The Senate has adjourned for summer recess after again leaving African-American farmers waiting, by failing to finalize a $1.25 billion settlement in a class action lawsuit over longtime racial …
Telling Swiss Secrets: 222 Billionaires (2)
New York - Bradley Birkenfeld exuded the confidence that comes with privilege. He was Boston born and bred, a gregarious, well-educated brain surgeon's son. In his role as a …
Telling Swiss Secrets 222 Billionaires
New York - Bradley Birkenfeld exuded the confidence that comes with privilege. He was Boston born and bred, a gregarious, well-educated brain surgeon's son. In his role as a …
BP Oil Spill “Plugged”; in Michigan, It Has Just Begun
BP is on the verge of escaping headlines, and if you're ready to forget about the oil spill, fine. But disasters just like the Gulf spill are playing out …
Norman Solomon | Nuke U: How the University of California Is Helping to Blow Up the World
On my way to the Los Alamos National Laboratory a few years ago, I found it listed in a New Mexico phone book—under "University of California." Since the early …
Dread and Redemption: A History of Monstrous Mexico City
Reviewed: El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City, by John Ross (New York: Nation Books), 512 pages.