The execution of 13 men in Iran on Tuesday highlights a central theme of the regime’s response to the protests that followed the disputed result of the June 12 election.
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The State of Homelessness in the U.S.
The 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Community Planning and Development 168 pages The Gist: There are few economic indicators as grim as homelessness. In its fourth annual report on the state of homelessness in the U.S., the Department of Housing and Urban Development found that some 1.6 million people stayed at homeless shelters from October 2007 to September 2008
The Man Who Tamed the Tamil Tigers
Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war between the government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam came to a dramatic end in May with a decisive military victory and the killing of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the Tigers’ fearsome leader. President Mahinda Rajapaksa is the man who tamed the Tigers
The Five Pillars of Obama’s Foreign Policy
The introductory phase of Barack Obama’s foreign policy ambitions concluded Saturday before the Ghanaian parliament, when a solo trombonist sounded a few ceremonial notes.
How Olympic TV Might Kill Chicago’s 2016 Bid
On October 2, members of the International Olympic Committee will meet in Copenhagen to decide the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Storm Fallout: A Florida Exodus?
After the 2000 presidential election debacle, a friend of mine in New York voiced a snide but widely shared sentiment: “The best thing about Florida,” he told me, “is that it’s a place to keep Floridians.” I’ve often said the same thing about Manhattan. But I’m recalling my friend’s remark now as I look east and see hurricanes lining up in the Atlantic like bombers on an aircraft carrier, threatening to blow mango trees into my Miami living room from now until Halloween.
Obama in Ghana Preaches Unity and Action
American leaders usually speak of Africa in the abstract, as a problem in need of solution: a place of epidemic, hunger, genocide or coup d’etat. On Saturday, Barack Obama, the first U.S
Swim club president denies racism in pool controversy
The president of The Valley Swim Club on Friday strongly denied charges of racism after his club canceled the swimming privileges of a nearby day care center whose children are predominantly African-American.
Can Community Colleges Save the U.S. Economy?
Community colleges are deeply unsexy. This fact tends to make even the biggest advocates of these two-year schools — which educate nearly half of U.S.
Cemetery with missing grave sites declared crime scene
A Cook County cemetery where hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold has been declared a crime scene, meaning that relatives of people believed buried there will not be allowed to visit for several days, an official said Friday. “It would be the height of irresponsibility for me to invite people in, to raise expectations and then crash them,” Cook County Sheriff Thomas J