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Jack Straw was last night looking increasingly isolated over his disclosure that he would prefer Muslim women not to wear the veil, as Cabinet colleagues publicly distanced themselves from his remarks....

Lennar BVHP LLC has the worst record in the Nation when it comes to building inferior homes on Toxic Fields or Brown Fields. Now, Lennar is all poised to build over 1600 homes in the Middle of Chernobyl on Parcel A - at Hunter Point Shipyard. In the last several months Lennar has been crushing SERPENTINE ROCK when crushed is ASBESTOS. Much of these friables have invaded the homes of near by residents and our School Children that have NOT been informed of the dangerous particles - and the adve...

Monday is known as Columbus Day, which is supposed to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the so-called "new world" in 1492. But the holiday has long caused anger amongst people of color, especially Native Americans, who object to honoring a man who opened the door to European colonization, the exploitation of native peoples and the slave trade. We talk to Glenn Morris of the American Indian Movement of Colorado and Glenn Spagnuolo of Progressive Italians Transforming the Colum...

As Afghanistan enters its fifth year under foreign occupation, we take a look at the state of the US-led reconstruction of the country. We speak with Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa, author of a new report from Corpwatch, "Afghanistan Inc."...

Germany now has its own debate over terror and security. Leading forces in German politics and the media are seeking to create an atmosphere of hysteria and fear in political and cultural life and thereby provide a justification for the increasingly aggressive stance taken by the government at home and abroad. As is already the case in the US and Great Britain, the threat of Islamic fundamentalism is being used as the pretext....

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WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Likening his predicament to that of Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Minister Louis Farrakhan says he is facing some serious health challenges, causing him to turn over administration of the Nation of Islam to its executive board and cancel all appointments and personal appearances until further notice....

A writer looks back on the day she and her family walked out of a synagogue in rejection of simplicity and fear and into a more complex world where Jews and Muslims are closer than they think. Jill Hamburg Coplan is a freelance writer based in Montclair, N.J. She teaches journalism at New York University....

at Buchanan's latest screed asks white Americans to lock and load against the invasion of nonwhite immigrants. It's a call to arms, yet mainstream pundits treat it as legitimate debate, writes Cecilia Munoz, vice president for policy of the National Council of La Raza. Immigration Matters regularly features the views of the nation's leading immigrant rights advocates....