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Khadr Trial Will Be a Window Into America’s War on Terror
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — Across his eight years in U.S. custody, Americans have seen Canadian Omar Khadr grow from a child found near dead in a war zone in …
What State Officials Don’t Want Arizona School Children to Know
For the next few months, the world will be focusing on Arizona's SB 1070 - the state's new racial profiling law - as it works its way through the …
Between the Bomb and the Burqa
Her voice was thick with passion as she argued for ending violence against fellow Afghan women, but the men didn't listen. Instead they hurled insults at her; they called …
Wyclef Jean Seeks the Haitian Presidency: A Breath of Fresh Air – or a Dabbler Who Will Break Haiti
Wyclef Jean, famous hip-hop/reggae artist and founder of the humanitarian organization Yelé Haiti, on August 5, 2010, made official his candidacy for the presidency of Haiti. The goodwill ambassador …
An Honest Look at Obama’s First Year
Most commentary on President Barack Obama either beats him up unfairly because he's not a Republican or cuts him extra slack because he's not a Republican.
Dodd: It’s Not Worth a Fight to Get Elizabeth Warren Confirmed as CFPB Director
When it first looked like Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren might stand a serious chance of getting appointed at the first director of the newly-created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau …
Beyond Violence and Nonviolence: Resistance as a Culture
Resistance is not a band of armed men hell-bent on wreaking havoc. It is not a cell of terrorists scheming to detonate buildings. True resistance is a culture. It …
Savings Are a Lousy Excuse for America’s Trade Deficit
Everyone who's been paying attention knows by now that Americans consume too much and save too little. This is statistically true, but it has unfortunately become the basis of …
“Bottom Kill” Set to Seal Oil Well for Good, but Worries Abound in Louisiana
New Orleans —As BP prepares final operations to permanently seal the once-out-of-control oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana residents are both relieved and wary. Many see government …
Ten Medical Aid Workers Robbed, Killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Ten members of an international medical mission, including six Americans, were robbed and killed while returning from a two-week trek through risky parts of eastern Afghanistan, …