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Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy

Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy

By Daniel Nardini It is unimaginable that anyone can be sentenced in this day of age for saying something that would be considered religious “blasphemy.” But this is exactly what… Read more »

Deconstructing Great Presidents

Deconstructing Great Presidents

By Daniel Nardini One of the most disturbing things I am seeing is how some right wing groups and publishers are trying to “re-write” American history and the legacy of… Read more »

Foreign Intervention In Venezuela

Foreign Intervention In Venezuela

By Daniel Nardini I find it ironic that current Venezuelan President (read dictator) Nicolas Maduro has accused the United States and other countries like Panama of “interfering” in the internal… Read more »

Weighing Uruguay’s Asylum Policy

Weighing Uruguay’s Asylum Policy

By Daniel Nardini Current Uruguayan President Jose Mujica has stated that his country will take in some of those inmates who have been incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay by the U.S…. Read more »

The Right to Defend One’s Inner Heart

The Right to Defend One’s Inner Heart

By Daniel Nardini When the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rejected her application for becoming a U.S. citizen because she checked “no” in the box that said if she was… Read more »

Reuniting Mother and Baby

Reuniting Mother and Baby

By Daniel Nardini In a very important case for the rights of the undocumented, a U.S. district judge ruled that the State of Mississippi had violated the rights of an… Read more »

The Friendly Leftists

The Friendly Leftists

By Daniel Nardini In a twist of fate, a former leader of the Salvadoran leftist guerrilla organization FMLN (Faradundo Marti National Liberation Front) was elected president of El Salvador. The… Read more »

A Possible Somalia Scenario for Venezuela

A Possible Somalia Scenario for Venezuela

By Daniel Nardini Venezuela is increasingly turning into an authoritarian dictatorship. Everyday there are protests against the government, and everyday these are crushed and the government is taking over all… Read more »

The Fatal Urban Life

The Fatal Urban Life

By Daniel Nardini In 2010, for the first time in human history, more people around the world lived in cities than in rural areas. This change is important for a… Read more »

Allowed to Live but Not Work Here

Allowed to Live but Not Work Here

By Daniel Nardini Because of U.S. President Barack Obama’s executive order, those young people who were brought to the United States illegally by their parents when these young people were… Read more »