By: Casey Harper Article Reprint After nearly $8 billion spent on the drug war in Afghanistan, opium-poppy growth is worse than ever, according to a recent government oversight report.
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Prosecutor Moves To Calm Nerves, Stop Rumors In Ferguson
By: Derek Hunter Article Reprint Ferguson, Missouri, is a city on edge. Hordes of protesters, community organizers, and anarchists are awaiting a decision from the grand jury on whether or not officer Darren Wilson will
Read moreThe US Ruined Libya
By: Stephen Kinzer Article Reprint AFRICANGLOBE – Just three years have passed since an American-led bombing campaign destroyed the government of Moammar Gaddafi in Libya. At first that operation felt like a victory for peace
Read moreRev. Pinkney Convicted, Threatened With Life In Prison
By: Glen Ford Article Reprint AFRICANGLOBE – Rev. Edward Pinkney, the 66-year-old community activist who has battled for decades on behalf of the mostly Black population of Benton Harbor, Michigan, was this week convicted on
Read moreHow college ed programs try, fail to recruit teachers of color
Only radical new engagement strategies can end racial disparity By Andre Perry Article Submission Nationally, black males account for 2 percent of the teacher population. Blacks in total represent 8 percent of all teachers; Latinos,
Read moreMexico Student Murders Protest: Demonstrators Set Fire To Door Of President’s Palace
By Reuters Article Reprint (Reuters) – A group of protesters set fire to the wooden door of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s ceremonial palace in Mexico City’s historic city center late on Saturday, denouncing the apparent
Read moreU.N., U.S. Ask for More Resources to Fight Ebola
By Lucy Westcott Article Reprint President Barack Obama requested more than $6 billion in emergency funding from Congress Wednesday in order to expand the U.S. response to the Ebola virus in West Africa and at
Read moreRussia Seeking to Absorb East Ukrainian Rebels Into Armed Forces, Says Kiev
By Damien Sharkov Article Reprint More than 30,000 militants in eastern Ukraine’s pro-Russian Donetsk and Luhansk regions have received conscription summons to join the Russian armed forces a day after their self-styled elections, according to
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