We cannot let the trial of Tim DeChristopher stand. When he disrupted that auction last year, he did so in the fine tradition of non-violent civil disobedience that changed so many unjust laws in this country's past.
Two of my colleagues face up to 10 years in jail for exposing institutional corruption in the Japanese government's whaling programme. Meanwhile, the UN contends that Japan repeatedly violated the activists' human rights.
In the final part of this graphic history of the Honduran coup, I focus on piecing together the evidence of the repression that went mostly undocumented in the wake of the Nov 29th Honduran elections.
The contrasts between the two movies fighting for box office supremacy in China are obvious. Each is linked to the return to prominence of someone who, not long ago, seemed washed up.
America has become the Sick Man of the Western Hemisphere, an economic cripple like the defunct Ottoman Empire whose inept financial management was legendary.
The necessity for a radical change in Russia's economic development paradigm has become clear in recent years, with President Medvedev responding forcibly.
With the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution looming, the Islamic Republic, faced with an unprecedented scale of opposition, seems like a bleeding monster.
The 31th anniversary of the 1979 revolution will test the movement. The words of the student choosing death over silence are perhaps those of a generation determined to reclaim its society and freedom.
he remarkable story of the Golden Rule began in the late 1950s, as the world public grew increasingly concerned about preparations for nuclear war.
George Bush and Tony Blair take heed: The world is watching, and we're not forgetting. Your age of impunity is over. We are now entering the age of accountability.
Martin Macias, Jr., a credentialed journalist who works for Vocalo.org, the online and new media outlet for Chicago Public Radio, was turned back from the Canadian border late Saturday night.
We're still fighting the war in Afghanistan, and in Iraq. We're paying money we don't have for the local authorities to destroy a Judeo-Christian holy site. So, what would Eckhart Tolle advise us to do?
Why was media coverage of the trial of Aafia Siddiqui -- who a New York jury found guilty of attempting to murder US officers in Afghanistan -- not nearly as intense as the 9/11 trial?
