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Pollard and Dreyfus: An American Jew Reflects
With the near-certainty that the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are headed south, the last-minute gambit to sweeten the pot and free convicted spy Jonathan Pollard seems to have only created more...
View ArticleRand Paul May Have Been Right That Congress Was 'Complicit' In Torture
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) applauded Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) last month after she spoke out against the CIA for allegedly spying on congressional staffers investigating the agency's...
View ArticleRussia Warns Of Civil War If Ukraine Uses Force To Quell Eastern Revolts
Kiev (CNN) -- Russia warned Tuesday that any use of force in Ukraine's eastern region could lead to civil war, as Kiev seeks to regain control after pro-Moscow uprisings in three cities.
View ArticleJoe Biden Discusses Ukraine With Milo Djukanovic, Robert Fico
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden has discussed the crisis in Ukraine with the leaders of Montenegro and Slovakia. Biden met at the White House on Tuesday with Montenegro's prime minister,...
View ArticleBrandeis University Decides Against Honoring Critic Who Called For Islam To...
BOSTON (AP) — After taking heat from some of its own over a decision to grant an honorary degree to an advocate for Muslim women who has made comments critical of Islam, Brandeis University withdrew...
View ArticlePakistan Bombing: Explosion Kills 20 At Vegetable Market On Outskirts Of...
ISLAMABAD, April 9 (Reuters) - A bomb exploded at a vegetable market on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital on Wednesday, killing 20 people and injuring about 70, police and hospital officials said....
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Crimea's Gay Community Fears For Life Under Russia
Yelena, an openly gay teacher in Crimea who is raising four children with her partner, fears she could lose her family and her job now that her home has been taken over by Russia.Since the Black Sea...
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Batkid Takes Break From Fighting Crime To Throw Out First Pitch At SF Giants'...
Last time we checked in with the 5-year-old cancer survivor, Miles Scott, aka Batkid, a mystery donor had bought him a billboard so that he could watch over San Francisco at all times. Now, he's back...
View ArticleA Plan Still on Paper: Three Years of the US-Colombia Labor Action Plan
Monday, April 7 marked the third anniversary of the failed U.S.-Colombia Labor Action Plan (LAP). Intended to address the concerns about labor rights that long stalled the U.S. Congress's approval of...
View ArticleRwandan Genocide: Remembering the 'Other' Casualties
This week marks the start of the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Twenty years ago this spring, between 800,000 and 1.2 million Tutsi and moderate Hutu Rwandans were murdered by extremist...
View ArticleSave the Economy: Bring U.S. Manufacturing Home
The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO is meeting up in Pittsburgh this week for it's biannual convention. The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a confederation of...
View ArticleThe Big Environmental Problem Highlighted By The Search For Flight 370
Officials leading the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane are now focused on deep-sea signals that could be coming from the passenger jet's black box. But five weeks into the search, there...
View ArticleEngaging Citizens to Rate the Performance of Politicians: 'I For India'
The political discourse in India has never been more exciting than it is right now. With the entry of Aam Aadmi Party, politics has undergone a complete makeover over the past 1.5 years. From...
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American Teachers Feel Really Stressed, And It's Probably Affecting Students
American teachers feel stressed out and insignificant, and it may be impacting students’ educations. Gallup’s State Of America’s Schools Report, released Wednesday, says nearly 70 percent of K – 12...
View ArticleMy Transgender Journey From The Phillipines To New York Runways
Click here to watch Geena's TEDTalk. This story begins on a beach in Tulum, Mexico, last October. It was my 30th birthday, and I was dancing on the beach with my then partner. As he spun me around, he...
View ArticleTop NATO Commander: U.S. Troops May Be Sent To Eastern Europe
PARIS (AP) — NATO's top military commander in Europe, drafting countermoves to the Russian military threat against Ukraine, said Wednesday they could include deployment of American troops to alliance...
View Article'Consequences' for Russia's Aggression
Pro-Russian demonstrators in Eastern Ukraine are sponsored by the Kremlin to create chaos and thereby serve as a pretext for Russia's military intervention. With at least 40,000 Russian troops massed...
View ArticleMiami Herald Protests New 'Culture Of Censorship' At Guantanamo
WASHINGTON -- The Miami Herald’s top editor called on the Department of Defense to withdraw new media restrictions at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba, and blasted the 13-year-old...
View ArticleThe Post-Deng China: The End of China's Soft Power?
In the last three decades the world came to witness one of history's most dramatic stories of economic transformation in the once-isolated, formerly frail China. It marked a decisive end to the...
View ArticleRussia Withheld Details On Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Boston Bombing Suspect, Report...
WASHINGTON — The Russian government declined to provide the F.B.I. with information about one of the Boston marathon bombing suspects two years before the attack that likely would have prompted more...
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