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The City and the City

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:32:59 -0400

Central Europe has become an Apartheid region where Roma and non-Roma inhabit increasingly separate and decidedly unequal worlds.

Take Syria Seriously--And Stay Out

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:14 -0400

Why start another body count in a Middle East conflict with no direct relationship to U.S. security?

Yugoslavia: When a Country Actually Is Wiped Off the Map

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:35:24 -0400

For many the decomposition of Yugoslavia into its constituent republics in the early 1990s was anything but smooth.

Syria: The Threats, the Claims, the Costs, the Lives

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:37:18 -0400

What the civil war in Syria and the Arab Spring have exposed is that the massive political and social transformation and real regime change underway is led by the people themselves, largely without military force and certainly with no role for the United States. U.S. military involvement serves only to escalate the destruction.

Video: Syria Crisis Becoming Increasingly Sectarian

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:52:46 -0400

Violent video showing Syrian rebels executing soldiers will make it harder for the U.S. to consider direct military engagement.

Right-Wing Think Tank: Hispanics Welfare Queens

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:48:55 -0400

A study by the Heritage Foundation maintained that Hispanic immigrants are deficient in I.Q. and thus disposed to rely on "government handouts."

This Week in OtherWords: May 15, 2013

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:22:56 -0400

Jill Richardson warns readers gearing up for their summer barbecues about the rise of superbugs.

Video: Drums Beat for U.S. Military Intervention in Syria, but Israel Finds a Weakened Assad "Convenient"

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:42:46 -0400

The humanitarian disaster in Syria is mostly ignored as external powers vie for position to control the outcome of civil war.

Video: Stephen Hawking Confirms Support of Israel Boycott

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:28:28 -0400

Hawking's boycott of Israel will shake Israeli public the way sports boycott affected South Africa.

Infantalizing North Korea

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:17:04 -0400

It's time for us to grow up in our assessments of North Korea.