by Peter Certo | Dec 27, 2011 | Human Rights
The U.S. immigration debate has generated a lot of heat over the years, but not necessarily a lot of light. Americans have been talking about the topic for centuries without coming to any firm conclusions. Indeed, the United States has been debating immigration since...
by Kyi May Kaung, Melissa Tuckey | Dec 22, 2011 | Human Rights
Why some prefer fiction over factreform vs. so-called reformselection vs. sham electionMyanmar vs. BurmaPolitical prisoners vs. those who have committed crimesDemocracy vs. discipline flourishing democracy One anonymous commentator saysdo Suu Kyi and Hilary havethe...
by John Feffer | Dec 20, 2011 | Energy, Environment
More than a decade ago, I sat down with the head of the academy of architecture in Pyongyang. The school was housed in a large, drafty building in the center of North Korea’s capital. Students were building models out of cardboard and wood. A few were in front...
by Chris Bystedt | Dec 15, 2011 | War & Peace
In former West Berlin, an artificial hill known as Devil’s Mountain rises 375 feet above the Brandenburg plain. Constructed by the Allies after World War II, the hill contains an estimated 12 million cubic meters of debris gathered from the post-war Berlin...
by Wang Ping, Melissa Tuckey | Oct 27, 2011 | Environment
First of all, it’s not earth nor it’s rare, as they sayIt lies under our feet, sparkling the soil we farmRed, green, yellow, blue, purple, sky of grassAnd buffalos, patches of rice, bamboos, sweet yamsWe came here as guests—Hakka—fleeing from...
