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With the international press having detailed Hillary Clinton and her now failed bid as presumptive Democratic nominee, other women in power have vanished from media coverage, lost in the shuffle of other news. Women such as Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina, Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines, and our very own House Leader Nancy Pelosi [...]

You are a child of 12—a boy, black. You wake up early. You are hungry; you are always hungry. You work hard, labor-intensive work on a sugarcane farm in Alagoas, a state of Nordeste, the Northeast Region of Brazil. Your “employer” spends less than a dollar a day on your food.
Your situation is not uncommon.
As [...]

Acid: in the west, its mention usually conjures up images of laboratories and research scientists hard at work.  In Asia, however, the term has recently taken on much more grisly connotations.   The commonplace industrial substance has turned into a deadly and debilitating weapon, being thrown at, poured on, and, in extreme cases, force-fed to victims.   [...]

With the international press having detailed Hillary Clinton and her now failed bid as presumptive Democratic nominee, other women in power have vanished from media coverage, lost in the shuffle of other news. Women such as Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina, Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines, and our very own House Leader Nancy Pelosi [...]

You are a child of 12—a boy, black. You wake up early. You are hungry; you are always hungry. You work hard, labor-intensive work on a sugarcane farm in Alagoas, a state of Nordeste, the Northeast Region of Brazil. Your “employer” spends less than a dollar a day on your food.
Your situation is not uncommon.
As [...]

Acid: in the west, its mention usually conjures up images of laboratories and research scientists hard at work.  In Asia, however, the term has recently taken on much more grisly connotations.   The commonplace industrial substance has turned into a deadly and debilitating weapon, being thrown at, poured on, and, in extreme cases, force-fed to victims.   [...]

The United Nations is the successor to the failed League of Nations, the international organization proposed by US President Woodrow Wilson in the aftermath of World War I.  Established in an attempt to avoid further conflicts of its ilk and to foster world peace among the nations, it is probably the best known international organization [...]

In recent months, Congress has revisited the Bush Administration’s 2001 introduction of warrantless wiretapping on those residing inside the borders of the United States. A call for a further critique of executive rights and powers hopes to ensure the balance of measures necessary to guarantee national security while not crossing the line of personal privacy.
The [...]

Gray, razor-sharp stones jut toward a bleak sky. Wind blows in all directions; there are no people, signs, or clues directing the traffic of life. It’s just you—in the mighty depths of despair and destitution. The pit of your stomach turns and churns; no food can be inhaled because of exhaustion.  Life is an illusion [...]