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Blog Post Archive
Yoani Sanchez: Cuba's New Real Estate Market, Betting on the Future, Wary of the Past
Placing zeros to the right seems to be the preferred sport of those who put a price on the homes they sell in Cuba today....
News Genius: News Genius Quotes of the Week, 05/17/2013
The week of May 17th, 2013 pits IRS scandals with phone hacking, Kanye West, stem cells, and David Beckham, leaving shocking news for every type of person.
James Zogby: A Bad Week, But Not That Bad
I might suggest that we first take a deep breath and make an effort to put the events of the past week in some perspective, but I know it wouldn't do any good. There is blood in the water and in deeply partisan Washington, the struggle for advantage and power always trumps reality.
Michelle Chen: A More Democratic Foxconn? No One Told the Workers
With a workforce of more than one million, the electronics giant Foxconn has enough workers in its Chinese factories to fill a small country. So it's fitting...
Mark Fried: Why Are We Bullying The World's Poorest Countries?
We haven't heard much out of the World Trade Organization since 2005, when the US government decided to continue subsidizing corporate farms rather than forge a global trade deal. Yet the WTO machinery keeps grinding on -- and grinding poor countries down.
Kallol Mustafa: Fear, Force and Fabrication: RAB, Human Rights Activists and Media
This is not a mere film but a film action that challenges its audience by making them think about their indifferent attitude to the society and the importance of their being organized to stand against the system.
Yoani Sanchez: The Children of the Satellite Dish, Bypassing Ideology in Cuba
They are the children of the satellite dish, fed with the illicit and used to the other side of information or misinformation. They have grown up with the remote control in their hands and, with a simple click, they access the prohibited every day.
Tiina Intelmann: The United States and the ICC: Support From Outside of the Rome Statute System Matters
It is a court of last resort ready to step in if everything else fails, and over the past ten years it has gained wide recognition for its work. At the same time the Rome Statute system is lacking enforcement mechanisms in cases of a refusal to cooperate.
Saad Khan: Post-elections: A Ray of Hope for Pakistanis
Given the history of coups, Pakistanis need to be given the opportunity to elect their leaders democratically. Continued democratic process is the only way out of Pakistan, a country that is no longer capable of any experiments.
Azeem Ibrahim: The Rohingya of Burma -- Betrayed by Aung San Sui Kyi
The continuing silence of Aung San Sui Kyi on the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in Burma continues to confound and dismay all those who welcomed her return to the international scene as the moral voice of Burma.
Raghida Dergham: The Priorities of Russia's Stance on the Syrian Crisis
However high-ranking an individual might be, or however "full" the powers they might be entrusted within the process of political transition in Syria, Syrian President...
Yoani Sanchez: The Children of the Satellite Dish, Bypassing Ideology in Cuba
[ For World Telecommunication and Information Society Day They look the same as everyone else: small, restless, ready to play and joke, like any child....
Anthony Vance: Five Years Too Many -- The Renewed Assault on Baha'i Leaders in Iran
Since the inception of the Baha'i Faith in Iran in the middle of the 19th century, Baha'is had been subjected to continuous discrimination, and, at times, brutal persecution. Though I was familiar with this history, in early 1980 I considered it to be largely a thing of the past.
Joe Levenson: We Need to Talk More Openly About Dying
If we were all able to discuss our end of life wishes and make plans in a more confident and better-informed way it's likely we would see huge improvements in people's experiences at such an important time for them and those close to them and that we would be less scared of dying.
Hossein Alizadeh: 'The Other' and LGBT Rights in Turkey
Dr. Toprak and her colleagues in parliament are great allies of the LGBT movement in Turkey. Their political fight for equal treatment of all citizens is a source of inspiration for human rights activists in Turkey who have been advocating for equal rights and protection of LGBT individuals.
Jerry Nelson: Argentine Courts Work to Restore Sanity to Country's Failed Economic Policies
The official inflation data has been widely viewed as inaccurate, created by a corrupt government to hide the real cost of inflation and allowing it to underpay it's debts.
Tom Healy: Magpies and Wild Things
According to an old superstition, it matters how many magpies you see. Because they eat and chatter together and because they are monogamous and have one mate for life, it's bad luck to see just one.
Shireen Jeejeebhoy: Who's To Blame For the Rob Ford Video?
Near midnight last night, the Toronto Star detailed the video of Mayor Ford allegedly smoking crack cocaine. But while they're the ones questioning Ford's fitness to lead, they're also the ones who are primarily responsible for this mess -- them and our arcane electoral system.
Karin Kamp: Time's 100 Most Influential 2013: Afghani Entrepreneur Roya Mahboob
When Roya Mahboob found out she was on Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world she thought it was a mistake.
Human Rights Watch: Syria: Visit Reveals Torture Chambers
(New York) – Government security branches in Raqqa city hold documents and potential physical evidence indicating that detainees were arbitrarily detained and tortured there while...