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President Obama was right to seek congressional approval to strike Syria—but a bipartisan coalition must turn him down.

And then there was one. 

Filmmaker John Greyson and physician Tarek Loubani were arrested on August 16 in Cairo. Prosecutors failed to show at a hearing scheduled for August 29.

After Mexico City liberalized its abortion law, a fierce backlash followed. Is its striking resemblance to the US “pro-life” movement a coincidence?  

President Rafael Correa tried to save the world’s most biodiverse forest, the Yasuni National Park—but rich nations ignored his offer.

There are both practical and humanitarian reasons to oppose US airstrikes in response to the horrific chemical weapons attack.

Algerian Chronicles shows that Camus still has something to say to us—not about terrorism but economic justice.

Now that the Arab Spring has been turned into a totally owned subsidiary of the Saudi royal family, it is time to take note of Prince Bandar bin Sultan.

Dr. King’s words in a world awash with surveillance. 

A target that Republicans and Democrats can unite in vindictive harmony against.