From Arizona to Amsterdam, immigration remains one of the most contentious and divisive debates for Americans and Europeans alike.
How We See Immigration — and Why We’re Wrong
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Upgrading the Disaster
It’s the latest evidence that the health and environmental effects of the Fukushima nuclear-power-plant accident will be devastating and long-lasting. After a review of data on the amount of radiation leaked by the damaged plant following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Japanese nuclear-safety officials raised their assessment of the crisis to Level 7, the highest ranking on an international scale of nuclear-incident severity–which puts the Fukushima disaster on par with the Chernobyl explosion in 1986
Why Even Anti-Royalists Have Reason to Celebrate Will and Kate
Technically, it was an act of treason. Britain’s Treason Felony Act of 1848 forbids subjects of the queen from calling for the abolition of the monarchy.
No More Room for Refugees
Only Indochinese with special ties will be admitted Since Saigon fell to the Communists in 1975, more than 1.2 million people have fled Indochina, most of them risking perilous journeys overseas in rickety fishing craft. Horrified by the plight of the boat people, a number of countries in Asia and the West liberalized their immigration policies to accommodate the flood of refugees
Europe’s Family Feud
The arrogant superpower demands fealty from the lesser states, and quashes any back talk.
Four E.U. Nations Stoke Fears of an Immigrant Flood
Immigration has always been a contentious issue in Europe. But these days, with enduring economic turmoil further fueling concerns over rising unemployment, European nations are especially sensitive about the prospect of foreigners taking jobs away from their citizens.
London Lacking in Clean Air? Blame Europe
Call it the Air Wars. For the past 18 months, the city of London has failed to meet air-quality limits set by the European Commission .
UNITED NATIONS: The Third World and Its Wants
The struggle has been defined variously as rich v. poor, Southern Hemisphere v
Are US Nukes in Europe Secure?
European air force bases that store U.S.
The Women of Islam
For his day, the Prophet Muhammad was a feminist. The doctrine he laid out as the revealed word of God considerably improved the status of women in 7th century Arabia