News & Current Events
I spent 10 weeks in Venezuela in early 2012, two months with a group of 30 students from the Evergreen State College and then two weeks continuing my travels with a good
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June 6, 2012 // 0 Comments
A while back Bill O’Reilly, the most watched TV personality on Fox News, ran a series of stories on what he suggests is a “racially motivated” attack on two white
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June 6, 2012 // 0 Comments
Maya history–and the civilization’s “collapse”–continue to occupy the minds of archeologists. Some research points to a series of droughts as
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June 5, 2012 // 0 Comments
Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient rectangular altar and an unfinished stela monument at the Chalcatzingo archaeological site in the central state of Mexico. According
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June 5, 2012 // 0 Comments
The Patuca River is like a highway for over 25 Miskitu, Tawaka and Pech communities that live on its shores; there are no roads in this part of the Gracias a Dios department.
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June 5, 2012 // 0 Comments
When North Carolina announced earlier this year that it intends to be the first state to compensate victims of decades-ago sterilization programs, it renewed a nationwide
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June 5, 2012 // 0 Comments
As a Native American woman and recovering alcoholic I am grateful for Whiteclay, Nebraska for the simple reason that it keeps the disease of alcoholism and addiction right
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June 5, 2012 // 0 Comments
In his penetrating study “Ideal Illusions: How the U.S. Government Co-Opted Human Rights,” international affairs scholar James Peck observes, “In the history of human
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June 5, 2012 // 0 Comments
It will be an astronomical spectacle for the ages. On June 5 and 6, Venus will undergo a solar transit—for the last time in our lives. A transit occurs when a planet passes
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June 4, 2012 // 0 Comments
The old saying goes, “If you think you can trust the government, ask an Indian.” Last week marked the 88th anniversary when the United States of America declared Native
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June 4, 2012 // 0 Comments