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Video: On Israel-Palestinian peace, a look at one vs. two-state solution

August 7, 2014 By Teresa Albano

Here is a six-minute clip from a Google Hangout with co-editor Susan Webb and special guest Uri Weltmann, peace activist and leader of the Communist Party of Israel.

Africa conference pushes corporate interests

August 7, 2014 By Emile Schepers

Although we read that Africa is making great strides, most of its countries, particularly those South of the Sahara, are still at the bottom of any measures of human wellbeing.

Message from Hiroshima: Abolish nuclear weapons

August 7, 2014 By Joelle Fishman

Matsui Kazumi, Mayor of the City of Hiroshima, Japan, witnessed all of his school mates die when the atom bomb was dropped on his populous city 69 years ago.

Despite parent protest, Simeon closes electricity-training class

August 7, 2014 By Shelby Richardson

On a near perfect summer evening here, July 31, about 75 parents along with a number of students filled the Simeon Career and Technical Education auditorium.

Today in labor history: Voting Rights Act signed

August 7, 2014 By Mike Hall

It has been a cornerstone of the civil rights movement, by ensuring that every American citizen, regardless of race or language, has equal access to the vote.