After a long, enduring struggle in Afghanistan, President Obama is considering an accelerated troop withdraw from the tempestuous state. Whereas the current exit strategy includes the steady removal of troops before January 2015, recent...
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22 July 2013
President Barack Obama eloquently described the agony experienced among African-Americans from the slaying of Trayvon Martin. He called for a more thoughtful “conversation” on race, convened not by politicians, but among families, in...
22 July 2013
U.S. whistleblower and international hero Bradley Manning has just been awarded the 2013 Sean MacBride Peace Award by the International Peace Bureau, itself a former recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, for which Manning is a nominee this...
17 July 2013
If Trayvon Martin were not a young black male, he would be alive today. Despite the verdict, it's clear that George Zimmerman would never have confronted a young white man wearing a hoodie. He would, at the very least, have listened to the...
17 July 2013
Did the ghosts of our slave-holding and Jim Crow past high-five each other in the Florida courtroom on Saturday? George Zimmerman was acquitted, but does that mean that American history was, too?
The experts who weighed in...
The experts who weighed in...
17 July 2013
There are four types of ways to categorize murder: first degree, second degree, felony murder and manslaughter. First degree murders are crimes that are exceptional and premeditated. Second degree murder is the killing with malice and no...
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