1. Where Is Frederick Douglass When You Need Him?
(Editor/Editorial)

...he confronts the inevitable vote he must make at the United Nations Security Council when it acts on the UNCHR Goldstone Report? How does this man, whose wife is a descendent of slaves, whose father c...

2. President Barack Hussein Obama, Nobel laureate
(Editor/Editorial)

...r reality: how much Obama is hated by many in the US business community, and a very strong contingent of unchristian Christians who have joined forces with Corporate America to form a new political fo...

3. For religious right wingers, where is the love?
(Opinions/Society)

I was not raised religiously, and, for many years, did not know very much about various religious beliefs.  I was interested in politics, and much of what I thought I knew about Christianity came

4. Pakistanis flee Swat fighting
(Archived/News/Global)

A humanitarian crisis is looming in Pakistan as hundreds of thousands of civilians flee fighting between the Taliban and government troops in the country's northwest.

5. UN requests $60m for Iraqi refugees
(Archived/News/Arab)

The UN refugee agency has made an emergency appeal for $60m to help tens of thousands of Iraqis fleeing their homes every month.

6. Somali refugees protest perceived injustices
(Archived/News/Global)

Somali refugees protest perceived injustices