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… average citizens with no connection to crime have become victims of this policy —especially poor and young … nature of this policing, those arrested may be imprisoned for up to six months before appearing in court.  … rate. At the same time, this safety comes through what one community leader calls “ poniendo el dedo ” (falsely …

… other hand, speak piously of keeping politics out of sports competition. I am frequently asked, "Must politics be a part … Games obviously constituted political action, no matter how one cares to justify it. Student riots compromised the … governments to boycott at least the opening ceremonies. At one level, this marks a considerable retreat from past calls …

… campaign has begun to sharpen debate about at least one critical issue of American foreign policy: whether the … The United Nations is at the center of the problem. One of that organization’s principal roles is peacemaking. … through the veto or some other device, such a force could become the rogue force the U.N. founders feared. But our …

… been lifted, and negotiations for a new constitution had commenced. While political violence between the ANC and … In 1990, the government freed Nelson Mandela, the imprisoned leader of the ANC, and began negotiations to create a … settlements to an extent because of the need for workers (one of apartheid’s internal contradictions was always the …

… in the beginning of 2025, still working in the name of the commitment that President John F. Kennedy had made in 1961 … Belief in the transforming power of “development” was one of the defining characteristics of the 20th century. It … growth. A poorer economy could be turned into a richer one via the right mix of foreign capital and expertise. An …

… political culture: a strong suspicion of government, an accompanying spirit of liberal capitalism, a sweeping ideology … election of 1800 was also notable for other reasons. It was one of the few presidential elections, like the one just past, that failed to produce a certain and clear …

… The 5,280-pound monument of the Ten Commandments installed by the Alabama Supreme Court Chief … thereof.” It’s no coincidence that “The Ten Commandments,” one is watched by millions of Americans every Easter.   … symbols, or excluding them and keeping the existing ones intact (ones, such as the Sabbath, which, in today’s …

… Some pundits have compared the recent uprisings in the Middle East to the … 2011 and 1848 are many. The sclerotic monarchies and one-party "republics" of the modern Middle East had … the Atlantic at the United States, an isolated country but one that presented a powerful image of government by the …

… gift. Before scrapping that wish as hopeless, consider one area where the two sides do have a history of working … support and sent much-needed food and supplies to Europe.  One report called the food "ammunition for peace."   If the … enemies of peace."   Democrats and Republicans could surely come together to realize that children overseas dying or …

… at Lincoln Center over the years. His philanthropy was, at one level, an act of generosity toward the arts that he … taxes. The Hamilton Tariff, named because it was championed by Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the … merely create a postal system, the most important means of communication at the turn of the 19 th century. It …

… it remains a part of the United Kingdom or separates to become an independent state.  As the prospect of an … monarchy.       3. The Union of the Crowns: Two Crowns, One Head     In 1603, Elizabeth I of England and Ireland … George I of the Hanoverian dynasty succeeded to the throne in 1714.   4. The Darien Scheme: A Colonial Disaster     …

… Although few know it, the anniversary of one of the world great human rights milestones occurs today. On March 1, 1780, the government of … until seven years later, are usually credited with this accomplishment, having banished slavery in their remaining …

… on the lecture circuit talking about Martin Luther King, one of the questions most commonly asked is: “What would Dr. King say about…?” The … on it and its possible answers. “Jesus drove a Honda,” one pundit assured us, “‘For I did not speak of my own …

… of the Second World War began. More than four million combatants fought in the gargantuan struggle at Stalingrad … been underestimated by us…. At the start of the war we reckoned with about 200 enemy divisions. Now we have already … Stalingrad Flour Mill: the mill, near the waterfront, was one of the few buildings to remain relatively intact …

… In June 2011, the non-governmental organization Global Commission on Drug Policy published a report detailing the … few battles won and has come at such a great cost both in money and human lives. The trafficking of illicit drugs is a … the ways in which efforts to suppress the drug trade in one state have tended only to shift its location to another …

… claiming 56 million votes—fully 12 million more than her opponent. The general election also included contests for all … District. It was thus a big election, and an historic one. Brazilians elected not only their first female … and Russia, and with nearly two times the per-capita income of China, Brazil is on track to become a major force in …

… squashed by the ascension of dictators and the onset of one-party rule and political repression. Dreams of wealth … State , the preceding volume to this work, Young adopts a comparative approach. As he outlines in his introduction, a … in many corners of the continent, leaving room only for one-party and/or military-backed regimes. Further, as he …

… After all, American society is now among the world's most complex. In a nation of such diverse origins, practices and views, one should expect sharp clashes over published ideas and … to muzzle the expression of those that offend the values of one group or another should not be surprising. But that, of …

… it mildly. Socialism, at least in the United States, has become a byword among Republicans for fiscally irresponsible … France and Europe. And while the answers vary, almost everyone agrees on two points. First, while Hollande ran a … assaulting the Sofitel chambermaid Nafissatou Diallo, no one imagined that François Hollande could emerge as the …

… during the Cold War. But those things never happened, and one can reasonably doubt that they ever would have. But the … buildings and a section of the Pentagon, on Sept. 11. Commentators have noted that the terrorists picked their … a repetition impossible and unthinkable. But when that is done, the people who influence and shape U.S. policy should …

… "was somehow the cause of the war." Today, as the nation commemorates the war's sesquicentennial, the war's … memory. It's time we get it right. Only by facing the past honestly can we as a nation progress toward a more perfect … was the foundation of the South's economy? No matter how one cuts it, the unequivocal answer to each question is …