by Catherine Cheney WASHINGTON, DC — The Farm Bill stands at the center of controversy over whether the current...
Mar 31, 2012
Four months and $2M US tax dollars later, Haiti’s new Parliament building sits unfinished
by Jacob Kushner and Jean Pharés Jérôme PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — One Friday last November, US Ambassador to Haiti...
Mar 19, 2012
Russia’s assault on ‘gay’ free speech
Khristina Narizhnaya MOSCOW, Russia — Tension hung thick in the air at a faux-Italian cafe at Sheremetyevo International Airport...
Mar 18, 2012
How Mexico’s pro-industry unions undermine workers’ rights
By John Otis MEXICO CITY – During a 5.6-magnitude earthquake, Eduardo Vargas rose from his cubicle at the...
Mar 12, 2012
LGBT rights window closing in Egypt
By Michael Luongo CAIRO — Long before Tahrir Square captured the imagination of the world as the stage...
Mar 08, 2012
Afghan women and the Rule of Law conundrum
By Jean MacKenzie In December 2001, the US-led offensive forced the Taliban to scatter over the mountains into...
Mar 07, 2012
In Afghanistan, these children are growing up behind bars
by Jean Mackenzie KABUL, Afghanistan — The happy blue arch proclaims that the institution is the “Open Rehabilitation Juvenile...
Mar 07, 2012
Life Sentence: Women and justice in Afghanistan
In the decade since the United States invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban government in Kabul, many positive...
Mar 07, 2012
Afghan women trapped in tribal court system
by Jean MacKenzie KABUL, Afghanistan — Sakina’s eyes are dark wells of despair that lighten only briefly when...
Mar 07, 2012
‘Meet the New Boss’
By John Otis PUENTE SOGAMOSO, Colombia — Sweating in the mid-morning heat, Eusebio Rodriguez leads an oxcart between...
Mar 01, 2012
