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Southern Sudan Awaits Independence, Perhaps More Violence
Goongbaar, Sudan - Hidden behind a cluster of mud huts on the banks of Sudan's White Nile, youthful soldiers perch atop Soviet-era battle tanks and anti-aircraft-mounted trucks, the dark …
How Much Am I To Bid on This Donkey (or Elephant)?
The tax debate in Washington this week has a tangible impact on every family in the country — one that can be measured in literal dollars and cents. (In …
Kosovo Election Results Delayed by Irregularities
Paris - Kosovo's prime minister, Hashim Thaci, claimed victory in the first self-held parliamentary elections in the two-year-old state, which still seeks United Nations membership. But voting irregularities – …
Can Union Solidarity Trump Tea Party Rage?
Despite the somewhat rocky relationship between the labor movement and the Obama Administration, Democratic hopes for holding on to Congress were largely dependent on the political efforts of organized …
“All-Out Cyber War” Over WikiLeaks
“We will fire at anyone or anything that tries to censor WikiLeaks, including multi-billion dollar companies such as PayPal. ... The major shitstorm has begun.” That's the message currently …
Haiti Election Fiasco: Chickens Come Home to Roost
Haiti is on edge after Haiti's election council announced preliminary results in the November 28 election, which even the US Embassy has questioned:
Haiti’s Election Debacle
Expectations heading into Haiti’s elections on November 28 were modest at best. The country’s notoriously opaque Conseil Électoral Provisoire (CEP) once again excluded the country’s most influential political party, …
Direct Democracy in Chicago’s 49th Ward (VIDEO)
For more than twenty years, the people of Porto Alegre, Brazil have been directly determining how the city spends it's money. The process is called participatory budgeting and it …
Fighting the Black Anti-Abortion Campaign: Trusting Black Women
Sixty-five billboards were quickly erected in predominantly African American neighborhoods in Atlanta on February 5, 2010. Each showed a sorrowful picture of a black male child proclaiming, "Black Children …
Haiti: Earthquake Victims Lose Out in Election
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti — Michelle Altima spent all of election day trying to vote, trekking to three polling stations. Henry Emalack lined up at 6 a.m. only to find his …