One of the amusing things about liberals and conservatives is how they sometimes lock themselves in their own little conservative-liberal paradigm and carry on a silly debate over the causes of America’s economic woes.
Author Douglas Blackmon on the Re-Enslavement of Black People in America
A new book by award-winning journalist Douglas Blackmon uncovers the forgotten history of neo-slavery imposed on hundreds and thousands of African Americans that continued well after the Civil War and persisted right up to the 1940s. Using extensive archival sources,
Any remaining pretense that the Republican Party is the party of free markets has been blown to smithereens in the election season. Even the lip service to free enterprise has become scarce, as the major candidates threw their arms around flagrantly statist economic proposals.
Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, has said that Israel and the Palestinians have "never been this close" to a peace deal, at a press event before the launch of a revamped Euro-Mediterranean union.
The African Union has warned against any move to prosecute Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, saying that a trial could jeopardise peace efforts in the Darfur region.
Thousands of protesters have marched to Venezuela's supreme court to protest against the disqualification of 272 people hoping to stand in upcoming regional elections.
Pakistan's foreign minister has ruled out allowing military personnel from the United States, or any other foreign country, in Pakistan to hunt for Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda.
Shares in the two biggest mortgage lenders in the United States have tumbled, creating fears that they may not have enough funds to cover mortgage-related losses.
Lebanon has announced a new 30-member national unity government, seven weeks after an agreement brokered by Qatar brought the country back from the brink of civil war.
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Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, has said that Israel and the Palestinians have "never been this close" to a peace deal, at a press event before the launch of a revamped Euro-Mediterranean union.
Shares in the two biggest mortgage lenders in the United States have tumbled, creating fears that they may not have enough funds to cover mortgage-related losses.
