Today in history: U.S. Marines invade and occupy Haiti 100 years ago
The story of Haiti is a case study in the injustice of the international finance and monetary system.
Today in history: Centennial of the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego
The Exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, an immense engineering feat, built at enormous material and human cost.
Militarizing Latin America: Obama has a choice
This past December marked the 190th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, the 1823 policy declaration by President James Monroe that essentially made Latin America the exclusive reserve of the United States.
Today in black history: Du Bois organized Pan African Congress
W.E.B. Du Bois was an early proponent of Pan-Africanism and helped organize several Pan-African Congresses to free African colonies from European powers. The first of those was on Feb. 19,1919.
In Florida, support for freedom for Puerto Rican political prisoner
The Orlando chapter of the National Boricua Human Rights Network will focus on building support for freedom for political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera, who has spent 31 years in federal institutions.
George Clooney, Ben Jealous: Action need to avoid humanitarian crisis in Sudan
Actor George Clooney, along with NAACP head Benjamin Jealous, Martin Luther King III and several members of Congress were arrested in a protest outside of the Sudanese embassy recently.
