Call Centers Still Taking Toll on Employees
Posted: February 15, 2008“Are you Indian?” When I affirmed that I was, she sounded jubilant. “Actually, sir,” she said, “I’m an Indian calling from Bombay.” “Anna is not your real name, is it?” I...
View ArticleSix months after earthquake, Haiti ill-served by aid
Posted: July 28, 2010The rains are coming in Haiti, but there are more homeless people in Haiti today than the day after the earthquake hit in January. More than 1.5 million Haitians are living under...
View ArticleHaitian music star Wyclef Jean’s presidential candidacy a distraction
Posted: August 24, 2010The on-again-off-again presidential candidacy of music star Wyclef Jean is a distraction for Haiti.Topics: DemocracyElectionsRegions
View ArticleThe Japanese are handling their calamities in an admirable manner
Posted: March 17, 2011I admire the way the Japanese people are dealing with their unfathomable disasters. Their grace, dignity and discipline serve as examples to us all.Topics: Nuclear...
View ArticleCricket Match Gives Boost to Better Relations
Posted: April 1, 2011A recent sporting event had two countries playing cricket with each other, a game that is incomprehensibly boring for most Americans. So why should anyone care?Topics: RegionsSports
View ArticleMiddle East Nonviolent Uprisings Need a Bit More Time
Posted: April 7, 2011In Bahrain, the demonstrators have been overwhelmed by a Saudi-led invasion force. In Libya, the protests morphed into an armed rebellion, which was failing, and as a result the...
View ArticleEnd the Afghan War
Posted: October 6, 2011Obama is pulling a lethal switcheroo, preparing to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014.Topics: ActivismRegionsAfghanistanForeign PolicyWar and Peace
View ArticleQaddafi’s Death: Barbarism and Hypocrisy
Posted: October 20, 2011On Lybian dictator Muammar Qaddafi's death: The answer to barbarism is not more barbarism.Topics: RegionsHuman RightsWar and Peace
View ArticleMurders in Libya are Unconscionable
Posted: September 12, 2012The killing of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya is unconscionable.Topics: National SecurityRegionsWar and Peace
View ArticleJapan to Join No Nuke Club
Posted: September 17, 2012Japan said Friday that it would seek to phase out nuclear power by 2040.Topics: Nuclear EnergyRegions
View ArticleAlexis Tsipras Goes to Washington
Posted: January 31, 2013With unemployment at almost 30% for the general population, 50% for those under 30, with suicides surpassing depression-era levels, with a rising neo-Nazi movement that preys on...
View ArticleDeciphering North Korea’s Bellicose Rhetoric
Posted: March 15, 2013"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."-- Joseph HellerTopics: RegionsWar and Peace
View ArticleA Plea for Help from Turkey
Posted: June 17, 2013Dear brothers and sisters, dear friends of the democratic people's movement in Turkey!Istanbulites are under brutal attack.The violence of the police and security forces since the...
View ArticleAmnesty International Slams Latest Evictions in Haiti
Posted: December 27, 2013Earlier this month, police and other armed men destroyed many makeshift homes in a village on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, displacing 200 families.Topics: Human RightsRegions
View ArticleAn Indian Student Leader Fighting Intolerance, Charged With Sedition
Barbara MinerKanhaiya Kumar is facing a possible life sentence for speaking out for justice.Topics: ActivismDemocracyInterviewsRegions
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