Ciudad Juárez acquired the dubious reputation of wild border town during the Prohibition years, and has long been a major transshipment point for drugs entering the United States, but bloody struggles among rival cartels here are a relatively new phenomenon that stems from recent domestic and international developments.
While world leaders are focused on attempts to revive the global economy, they are neglecting deadly conflicts that are spawning massive human rights abuses.
Malcolm X grew up in a time of segregation, police brutality, lynchings, and Jim Crow laws. He knew it would take the ballot or the bullet to bring about true change.
"Young people are truly color blind," said Plouffe, "so we ran a non-race-based campaign." The campaign and constituents knew the country wanted change.
Conor and I had a conversation back before the election about his activism, politics, and, of course, the music.
It does not surprise me that the debate around President Obama includes the issue of how much to expect and what can change.
What gives some in the GOP the real jitters though is not the message as much as the messenger. Solis wears her working class roots on her blue collared shirt sleeve.
Obamaniacs should take to their crackberries to demand that something be done for homeowners before the last dollar of TARP evaporates.
Today, millions of our fellow Americans watched the Inauguration filled with feelings of goodwill, optimism and a sense of new direction for what we hope will come.
In a stunning late-hour development, President George W. Bush has granted Osama bin Laden a pardon for the murder of more than 2,700 Americans in the fall of 2001. "This kinda came out of nowhere," said a White House aide who requested anonymity.
Christmas and New Year are too close together. It's too much. You can pretty much sleepwalk through the rest of the year ("I can't believe it's alrea...
What is America? Growing up, I have been able to view the country from several perspectives: Black, female, first-generation American, and a former military child.
Being the director of an Israeli human rights organization, I'm excited by the possibility that this may indeed be a time for "opportunity and unyielding hope."
Palin is one-person reiteration of everything from "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" (early round dismissal?) up through and including "Survivor."
Odetta Holmes sang at the 1963 March on Washington, and it was reported that she wanted to sing at Obama's inauguration. But she didn't quite make it; she died on Tuesday, at age 77.
Ever since Obama's historic election as the first African-American President, the pundits have been trying to demystify the voter attitudes and behavior that led to this unprecedented outcome.
With the post-election analysis season almost over, it's worth taking one final look at some of the characters who ensured President-elect Obama would make it to the White House.
Barack Obama, whose hair is slightly grayer now, was elegant and majestic as he delivered his acceptance speech; the victory was and is ours.
Unmarried women's crucial role in electing Obama is underscored by the "marriage gap" between their political preferences and those of married women.
On both values and issues, moderates line up with liberals to form a strong majority that isolates conservatives. Conservatives have had their day. This is a center-left, not a center-right nation.
Barack Obama declared victory in Grant Park amid celebration and the wafting scent of an herb now available for medicinal purposes in Michigan and Fook caught the celebration on tape. Hear it on this edition of Keeping Score In Chicago.
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