Funding Roma Autonomy
Between 1990 and 2010, according to the World Bank, the number of people living in extreme poverty worldwide was cut in half. This dramatic achievement, which was actually a major Millennium...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Defends Her State Department Record Amid Criticism
By Gabriel Debenedetti WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton, a likely U.S. presidential candidate in 2016, on Wednesday defended her time as secretary of state as Republican criticism of her...
View ArticleCongress Eyes End To Endless War, Repeal Of 9/11 Authorization To Use...
WASHINGTON -- When Congress granted President George W. Bush authority to go to war against the perpetrators of 9/11 and their supporters shortly after the 2001 attacks, most lawmakers probably didn't...
View ArticleWake Up, America: Here's Why Soccer Is The World's Best Sport
I know, I know. You're probably either cringing at the use of "soccer" instead of football, or wondering how a sport that sometimes ends in 0-0 ties and isn't regularly broken up by beer commercials...
View ArticleTop Chinese Strategist: Will U.S.-China Relations Turn Into 'True Rivalry...
Restoring China’s national pride is a primary concern for President Xi Jinping as he seeks to establish a "new type of great power relationship" with the United States, according to a scholar who...
View ArticleReporter Matthieu Aikins Crafts Powerful Twitter Essay On U.S. Complicity In...
Few words are necessary when the facts speak for themselves. So when Afghanistan reporter Matthieu Aikins saw the recent New York Times report of a 23-year-old plumber allegedly tortured to death by...
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Anatomy Of 'Godzilla' Infographic Shows What's Inside The Beast
"Godzilla" hits theaters Friday, May 16, and artist Rachel Ignotofsky has finally figured out exactly what's inside this monstrous beast. Made for Fandango, Ignotofsky's infographic deconstructs...
View ArticleMemo to Netanyahu: Read ADL Survey, and Stop Equating Israel Criticism With...
The ADL's Anti-Semitism Survey explodes the Myth that Criticism of Israel is motivated by anti-Semitism, particularly in Western Europe. Israel's right-wing politicians would do well to let these facts...
View ArticleJackie Kennedy's Letters To Irish Priest Reveal Struggle With Faith After...
Jackie Kennedy lived through her husband's gruesome assassination before her eyes -- a horrifying experience that later caused her to question her faith, as expressed in private letters she sent to a...
View ArticleSaudis Kiss Their Camels In Defiance Of MERS Warning
Saudi Arabians are brazenly engaging in public displays of affection in defiance of the authorities. But this proud show of love is not between people, but man and his camel. Saudi Arabia's government...
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19th-Century General Teaches 21st-Century Economists and Politicians: Arthur...
Last week, the Prime Minister of Portugal announced the end of the third intervention of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the country since 1978. Roughly every decade, Portugal "hands over" its...
View ArticlePeace or Righteousness in the Ukraine?
President Theodore Roosevelt famously stated that, "If given the choice between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness." The United States faces this same choice now in the Ukraine - Peace,...
View ArticleThis Intense Video Shows Just How Bad The California Wildfires Are Right Now
WARNING: This video contains strong language. Footage has surfaced online providing an intense, up close and personal perspective on the wildfires currently raging through southern California. The...
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Male Soccer Players Share Kiss After Win -- And Apparently People Need...
After clinching a Europa League title on Wednesday, two European soccer players sealed the victory with a kiss. The gesture between Ivan Rakitic and Daniel Carrico, who play for Spain's Sevilla soccer...
View ArticleAn Unknown American Heroine
70 years ago the Allies were preparing to invade France on D-Day. And 70 years ago, an American heroine was being born on the streets of Paris. Her name was Virginia d'Albert-Lake. She was a...
View ArticleDarrell Issa Issues New Subpoena For Secretary Of State John Kerry In...
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives may have created a special select committee to further investigate Benghazi, but that doesn't seem to have dissuaded Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) from...
View ArticleIrina Shayk Slammed For Posing Topless For #BringBackOurGirls Campaign
Plenty of celebrities have already contributed to an online campaign and shared photos of themselves holding "#BringBackOurGirls" signs, in support of the safe return of the 276 Nigerian schoolgirls...
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Tropical Cyclones Shifting Away From Tropics And Towards The Poles; Won't...
This story originally appeared on Climate Central. Just what impact climate change will have on hurricanes has been a major area of study in recent decades, with the majority of the focus on what...
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This 9-Year-Old Built A Nonprofit, No-Kill Animal Shelter Out Of His Garage...
Ken, 9, has grown up dreaming about someday having a shelter to help the stray animals that live near his home, but he never dreamed he could reach his goal so soon. Ken did his best to help the local...
View ArticleCondoleezza Rice On Benghazi: 'There Are Still Unanswered Questions'
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave her stamp of approval in an interview posted Thursday for House Republicans' new select committee on Benghazi. "I think there are still unanswered...
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