the Obama administration formally cut more than $30 million in aid to Honduras and suggested it will not recognize the Honduran elections scheduled for November … One hand takes away; the other one givesRead more
The Pacific island nation of Fiji is in the news this week. On Tuesday, Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations because its military … Spin the Bottle – Questions About Fiji WaterRead more
There’s a familiar dance being performed on the world stage. It’s called the Climate Shuffle. It has been going on for decades, but more people … Climate ShuffleRead more
At the G20 Economic Forum in Pittsburg last September, President Obama said his administration would combat climate change by phasing out the government’s grandiose subsidies … Pushing fossil fuel subsidesRead more
High up in the Andean valley, 8,000 feet above sea level, lies Cochabamba, Bolivia. The name, Khocha Pampa, from the indigenous Quechua, means swampy plain. … Water warsRead more
Senator John Ensign of Nevada, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and former Mississippi Congress member Chip Pickering—what do they all have in common? Yes, all … The most unusual religious community in USRead more
Undermining its own credibility in Copenhagen and the integrity of its pledge to phase out support for fossil fuels, an agency of the Obama Administration, … Obama Approves $3 Billion for ExxonRead more
New protests have erupted in China’s western Xinjiang region, two days after at least 156 people were killed and over 1,000 wounded in the country’s … Uyghur, who are they?Read more
Born December 7th, 1928, in Philadelphia, by the age of ten he was writing an extended essay against fascism and about the Spanish Civil War. … Crisis and Hope: Theirs and OursRead more
I.F. Stone was the premier investigative reporter of the twentieth century, a self-described radical journalist. Born Isidor Feinstein in Philadelphia in 1907, but known to … Remembering I.F. StoneRead more