Glenn Beck Needs a History Lesson on the Civil-Rights Movement
Leonard Pitts Jr.
"This is a moment," said Glenn Beck three months ago on his radio program, "...that I think we reclaim the civil rights movement. It has been so distorted and so turned upside down. . . . We are on the right side of history. We are on ...
The truth about the 'end of combat operations'
Michael Prysner
Early in the month, on Aug. 7, Army Specialist Faith Hinkley dove for cover from a rocket propelled grenade while on her base in Iraq. She was hit with shrapnel from the explosion, and bled to death in Baghdad. She was 23 years old.
A week later, on ...
Drug War on the Poor
Laura Carlsen
A wounded man, blood-covered and frantic, approached a military checkpoint in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, 100 miles south of Brownsville, Texas, with a horrifying story. Reportedly shot in the neck himself, the Ecuadorian would-be migrant to the United ...
The Lowest Form Of Military Aggression
Luis Roberto Zamora Bolaños
On July 1, 2010, Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly authorized the U.S. military to undertake policing duties in Costa Rica, based on an expired “Cooperation Agreement.” Just one small problem: Costa Rica abolished its army in 1949 and ...
Global Youth Unemployment Reaches Record Levels
Jordan Shilton
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has issued a report documenting the severe impact of the global economic crisis on employment prospects for the world’s youth. The report, “Global Employment Trends for Youth”, presents detailed ...
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Tlaxcala's Manifesto
Tlaxcala, the international network for linguistic diversity, was founded on December 2005 by a small group of cyberactivists who knew one another through the Internet and discovered that they shared common interests, common dreams and common problems. The network quickly grew, has 74 members today, and translates into 13 languages. This Manifesto, approved by them all, expresses their common philosophy:
All languages of the world must, and do contribute to the brotherhood of mankind. ...
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