Monthly Archive: February 2015
Outrage over last week’s killing of a college student in southern Turkey is spotlighting rising violence against women in the country. Both women and men continued to take to the streets Friday demanding an...
Tens of thousands of public sector workers in Gaza, both civil servants and members of the armed forces, are struggling to get by. They haven’t been paid since Hamas relinquished control over the Gaza...
The Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, will soon vote on a proposal by Chairman Tom Wheeler to classify the internet as a utility. Many net neutrality advocates seen this as as a victory, but...
A Texas judge has temporarily blocked the implementation of executive actions by President Barack Obama that would have shielded millions undocumented immigrants from deportation. The injunction backs the state of Texas and 25 other...
At least twenty-five people died in suicide attacks on both sides of the Pak-Afghan border today. In Afghanistan, attackers donned police uniforms and breached the local police compound, 20 people are confirmed dead. And...
Homelessness exposes those who experience it not only to the elements of severe weather but also to the risk of violent attacks. Some states are considering legislation to prevent crimes targeting homeless people by...
Deadline looming on the future of austerity measures in Greece Overflow crowd packs Federal Election Commission hearing on campaign finance limits 300 people assumed dead in mass drowning while trying to reach Europe from...
Greece’s newly elected left-wing government is facing a Monday deadline to find agreement with its creditors or face default and possible exit from Europe’s common currency. Talks between Greek leaders and European finance ministers...
The Federal Election Commission held a rare public hearing this week. The all-day, standing-room-only event came after the FEC received 32,000 comments about potential changes to federal campaign finance laws following the Supreme Court’s...
Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled legislature is discussing two bills that would alter the state’s public school system. For many, these changes open the door to for-profit education. Zoe Sullivan reports from Madison. Download Audio On a...