Press freedom is a special characteristic of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Article 19 of the UDHR states, "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of […]
New Opportunities For Guinea-Bissau
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the managing director of the World Bank, delivered a message of hope to the people of Guinea Bissau at the end of her two-day visit to the West African country recently. ” I heard a lot about challenges in this fragile state, including a debt equivalent to 400 per cent of the gross domestic […]
House Hearing: Income Inequality Threatens Middle Class, Our Democracy
by James Parks, Jul 31, 2008 By almost all measures, economic inequality is growing. But strengthening workers’ ability to join unions can play a key role in shrinking the gap and rebuilding the nation’s middle class, experts told a House panel today. Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, opened […]
Zimbabwe Talks: Compromise but no Solution?
By Mike Nyoni in Harare (ZCR No. 157, 29-Jul-08) After the euphoria which accompanied last week’s agreement by Zimbabwe’s parties to discuss a peaceful end to the political crisis, some analysts are warning that the negotiating process may be less productive than is hoped. Some fear that President Robert Mugabe – re-elected on June 27 […]
Making Our Laws
Ever since the Prime Minister moved the motion of confidence in the Lok Sabha the usually very staid and dowdy Lok Sabha Channel on television has become very watch able. The Lok Sabha is packed and the house is full. Members are jostling to get to speak and the speaker has actually got to intervene […]
The Great Leveling, Phase 1
The guy interviewed on NPR this day said that once our “credit crunch” is resolved in America, people will race out and buy homes. He’s wrong, as are economists who believe this. Rapidly increasing numbers of consumers are finding themselves irreparably strapped financially — and market profits dominoes have already begun to fall. But this […]
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