As democracy and civil rights in Russia diminish every year, the country is becoming more of a police state. The voice of dissent is silenced by cynical and cruel country leadership.
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 08.27.2009 | World
There is an old saying in Persian, that every Iranian has written at least one line of poetry in their lifetime -- one can only imagine how many millions of lines have been written this summer alone.
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 08.09.2009 | World
Without the July 1999 protests, there could never have been June 2009. What the students courageously started then has led to a massive movement encompassing all Iranians.
Richard N. Haass | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics
I was about to follow up with other questions when Condi cut me off. "You can save your breath, Richard. The president has already made up his mind on Iraq." This was eight months before the March 2003 start of the conflict.
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.15.2009 | World
If the Cuban government doesn't grab the ball, there are thousands of hands ready to take our turn to launch it.
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.04.2009 | World
Young people filled with discontent and with desires to make things change, received us to hear about the Cuban blogosphere.
Brian Whitmore | Posted 02.07.2009 | World
Aleksandr Podrabinek knows a creeping police state when he sees one. As a Soviet-era dissident he was a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group human rig...
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics
During the vice presidential debate, Sarah Palin couldn't resist showing off her knowledge of a new term: "domestic terrorist."
AP | MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
NABLUS, West Bank — A West Bank professor is thrown into a police jeep and beaten with pipes. Detainees in Gaza are prevented from seeing lawyer...
Jamie Metzl | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
The average American Olympic viewer will be surprised at the magnificent story of China's rise, and the message will get through that America has a global competitor for the first time in twenty years.
Oleg Kozlovsky | Posted 11.03.2009 | World