By native on July 10, 2008
Very interesting read about Dictatorships in Africa and their relationship to the United States!
Wednesday, 09 July 2008
African Dictatorships and Double-Standards
Stephen Zunes
This article originally appeared in Foreign Policy In Focus
“U.S. credibility as a defender of human rights and free elections is seriously compromised.”
The Bush administration has justifiably criticized the Zimbabwean regime of liberator-turned-dictator Robert Mugabe. It [...]
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By native on May 28, 2008
This nation has always struggled with how it was going to deal with poor people and people of color. Every few years you will see some great change in the way that they approach this. We’ve had the war on poverty that never really got into waging a real war on poverty. – Maxine Waters
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By native on May 16, 2008
Today I was watching the video below of a young girl who is using youtube to rile people up to help her. The video is really sad and it reminds me of a piece I wrote about how the court systems treat women like prostitutes and are not helpful to rape victims. The piece is [...]
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