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March 2012

Americas

US food aid reformers seek place in Farm Bill debate

by Catherine Cheney WASHINGTON, DC — The Farm Bill stands at the center of controversy over whether the current...

Mar 31, 2012
Americas

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
World

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
Americas

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
World

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
Middle East

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
Middle East

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
Middle East

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
Middle East

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
Inequality

‘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

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