Hundreds of thousands march against austerity in Britain
A quarter of a million angry voices challenged the government's "dangerous and unjust" spending cuts at the weekend.
Turkey's election earthquake shakes things up
Behind the storm that staggered Turkey's ruling party: a grassroots revolt against rising poverty, growing inequality and the AKP's war on trade unions.
Today in history: 200 years since the Battle of Waterloo
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the defeat of Napoleon by the British Duke of Wellington and Prussian field marshal Gebhard Blücher.
Ecuador proposes moderate tax increase on rich, right wing runs amok
In most Latin American countries, including those with relatively progressive governments, huge wealth disparities are an obstacle to the pursuit of social justice and greater democracy.
UN agency praises Cuba’s food security program
Under-nutrition afflicts fewer than five percent of Cubans. And Cuba has helped reduce the number of the world's hungry by half as of 2015.
Today in history: 800th birthday of the Magna Carta
On this date in 1215, humanity took one of its greatest steps in the long march toward democracy.
Changing captains in Germany’s Left Party
The Left Party is the only opposition force with any real clout in Germany, so a gathering with representatives of its 60,000 members was important enough.
Dark plots in the Middle East?
A quiet meeting this past March in Saudi Arabia, and a recent anonymous leak from the Israeli military, set the stage for what may be a new and wider war in the Middle East.
A hot weekend and a chilly G7 summit
Top leaders of seven nations at the G7 Summit discuss "the global economy as well as... foreign, security and development policy."
Enforcement not the answer to Europe’s immigration problems
International law guarantees the right to seek asylum; seizing boats and mass detentions are violations of this right.
