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Arizona Cracks Down on Immigration, But Congress Unlikely to Act
With a divisive new law in Arizona providing the kindling, the national debate over immigration has reignited, as Democrats and Republicans in Congress appeal to their political bases ahead …
Transgender Community in New Orleans Claims Police Harassment
New Orleans' black and transgender community members and advocates complain of rampant and systemic harassment and discrimination from the city's police force, including sexual violence and arrest without cause. …
Broadcasting Women’s Voices in Haiti’s Reconstruction
Haitian women have been increasingly vocal and active in social, political and economic issues since the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986. Though it has not come easily, …
Four Brothers Find Success Amid the Rubble of War
Gaza—With the never-ending stream of news about Israeli incursions, crushing poverty, skyrocketing unemployment and scarce health care, success stories coming out of Gaza may seem an oxymoron. But they …
SEC Watching Porn Instead of Financial Industry
Just when it was beginning to repair its reputation with its high-profile case against Goldman Sachs, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suffers another major blow: Senior staffers there …
The Self-Importance of Being Robert M. Gates
The leak of a sensitive policy memorandum from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to the president's national security adviser points to both a serious lack of discipline within the …
US Nuclear Option on Iran Linked to Israeli Attack Threat
Washington - The Barack Obama administration's declaration in its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) that it is reserving the right to use nuclear weapons against Iran represents a new element …
Marijuana, Boom and Bust
Marijuana was by no means the first boom crop to delight my home county of Humboldt, here in Northern California, five-hours' drive from San Francisco up Route 101. Leaving …
The Pill 50 Years Later
An article published today in TIME magazine explores that little medication with which so many of us are intimately familiar: the pill. The piece is TIME’s cover story, commemorating …
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Obama calls Arizona immigration bill “misguided.” The Washington Post reports that President Obama urged Congress today to overhaul the nation's immigration laws, saying that inaction would lead to "misguided …