Monthly Archive: June 2014
A Egyptian court convicted three journalists today from the Al Jazeera Network on charges they conspired with the Muslim Brotherhood to produce false news reports of political unrest in the country. The three were...
Pressure mounts on Iraq’s al-Maliki to step aside as ISIS-led insurgency continues Palestinian hunger strikes continue amid increased Israeli military action after three settler youth go missing Local police test public reaction to aerial...
Of the 2.5 million Americans in prison, only a small percentage are women, yet females convicted of crimes are jailed at a higher rate than men are and most are charged for non-violent offenses...
Pressure is on Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step aside as Iraq’s government faces an insurgency that has captured key territory within the country. The militant group known as ISIS launched a surprise...
The alleged kidnapping of three teen-aged Israeli settlers sparked a increase in Israeli military actions in the Palestinian territories. Israeli authorities also clamped down Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, where for nearly two months...
Latino and African-American high school students from Baltimore have been in the news over the past few weeks over growing racial tensions between the two groups. The population of Latino immigrants in Baltimore has...
A large increase in the number of unaccompanied minors apprehended by Border Patrol agents over the past few months has prompted federal authorities to improvise shelters to hold the children while their legal status...
Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones as they’re more commonly known, have been patrolling U.S. borders for years. But their potential use by local law enforcement has raised questions about the trade-off between cost-effective...
By Robin Dianoux 6,604: This statistic, according to the Argentine Bureau for the Rescue and Accompaniment of Trafficking Victims, represents the number of people that the six-year-old government agency has “saved” as of April...