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Haiti: Just When You Think It Can’t Get Worse
We may soon look back on this period in Haiti with greater appreciation. Amidst the world-historic levels of death and suffering from last January’s earthquake, citizens have at least …
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Young Mizrahi Israelis’ Open Letter to Arab Peers
Women at a class at Hiber use a ball of string to illustrate social media in Dheiban, Jordan, on Feb. 12, 2011. Online activists at the company train young …
Beyond Foreclosuregate – It Gets Uglier
A foreclosed home in North Lauderdale, Fla., on Oct. 7, 2010. (Photo: Michael McElroy / The New York Times) The ForeclosureGate scandal poses a threat to Wall …
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The Road to Arab Democracy
Egyptian flags are waved as Egyptians protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, April 1, 2011. (Photo: Andrea Bruce / The New York Times) Jerusalem - During the turmoil …
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Lawsuit: Racist Letters Spurred Arpaio to Step Up Immigration Sweeps
Phoenix, Ariz. - Racially charged letters sent to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio by his constituents—submitted Friday as evidence in a three-year-old racial-profiling lawsuit—could shed light on the motivations …
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Canada Turns Hard Right, to Israel’s Benefit
On May 02, 2011, Canadian electors voted in a majority government for the former minority government of Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party. The Conservatives won 167 out of …
The Ivory Coast: The Country in Full Extension of Nomadic War?
After bleeding Liberia and Sierra Leone white, armed bands rallied Alassane Ouattara’s troops and have since set the Ivory Coast to fire and sword. Hence the threat of permanent …
Taking Credit Versus Taking Action
President Barack Obama listens during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House on Sunday, May 1, 2011.
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From Education to Action: Inside the Arizona Ethnic Studies Battle
UNIDOS member Daniel Montoya addresses the supporters filling the school board meeting room. Nine members of the youth group took over the April 26 Tucson board meeting and …
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Drug-Related Violence Closing in on Mexican Capital
Cuernavaca - The military offensive waged by the conservative government of President Felipe Calderón against drug cartels in northern Mexico has resulted in an appalling death toll and grief-stricken …