WASHINGTON, Mar 5 2014 (IPS) – U.S. President Barack Obama released a 3.9-trillion-dollar budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, shaping an ideological battle over the role of government in reducing poverty that will likely define the coming election year.
Hugo Chavez Frias: In Memory, Solidarity, Commitment to Participatory Democracy and Justice in Peace
On March 5, 2014, the government of Venezuela and millions of Venezuelan citizens, joined by many thousands around the world, including heads of state, commemorated the first anniversary of the death of Hugo Chávez Frías.
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A nurse helps an old man up from his chair. Holding onto her arms, he steps blindly forward, trusting her to lead him to his spot at the lunch table.
“Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are” — ancient proverb.
Geopolitically speaking, when it comes to war and the imperial principle, we may be in uncharted territory.
United Kingdom-born Steve McQueen’s film, “Twelve Years a Slave,” took home the Academy Award for Best Picture on Sunday evening.
The highlight of the night so far was Lupita Nyong’o winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Not only was her win well deserved and well received — Chiwetel Efiofor had tears in his eyes.
Often, particularly in urban schools and districts, someone asks: “Where are the black male teachers?”
One day in 1999, a manager at Burger King went to deposit the day’s cash at a nearby bank in St. Charles, Missouri, when two men, one holding a BB gun, approached him and told him to drop the money.