Greek nation to vote on austerity
An event of great importance is scheduled for Sunday, July 5, in Greece.
Colombian Army killed innocent civilians to boost rebel body count
The U.S-backed Colombian government has presided over what may be one of the worst cases of mass atrocities perpetrated against innocent populations.
Greece on the brink as default passes
Since 2010, Greece has accepted harsh austerity requirements imposed by the Troika, in exchange for further loans to keep the government and economy afloat.
The Bushes, dirty tricks and regime change in nuclear-free Palau
On June 30, 1985, 30 years ago today, Haruo Remeliik, the president of anti-nuclear Palau, had his brains blown out.
Robert Redford demands global action on climate change
Robert Redford said moderate climate is going extinct.
Today in history: A day of tragic resonance for South Africa
June 29 marks the 90th anniversary since the South African parliament passed a bill excluding black, mixed race and Indian people from all skilled or semi-skilled jobs.
Today in history: The United Nations Charter is signed in 1945
UN has served as a widely respected moral voice for refugees, the environment, women's rights, labor, agricultural development, disaster relief, and cultural preservation.
Today in history: Mozambique achieves independence in 1975
The decade 1964-74 marks the wars of independence for Portuguese colonies of Guinea-Bissau, Angola, and Mozambique, and islands of Cape Verde and São Tomé e Príncipe.
Today in Pride Month history: Homosexuals in Holocaust first publicly recognized
In 1976, speakers at a public program in Hartford, Conn., told the history and paid homage to the homosexuals exterminated in the Nazi concentration and labor camps.
Ingeborg Rapoport: A doctor's degree at 102
Few of the media reports told the full story, not only about the anti-Semitism of the Nazis at its beginning but about the anti-Communism which later followed.
