Turkey’s presidential election produced no winner, forcing a May 28 runoff. It’s the most pivotal Turkish election in decades. Turkish journalist Aydogan Vatandas joins CN Live! to discuss the main issues at stake. 12pm EDT Thursday.
The author of a study on the people killed indirectly by the War on Terror calls on the U.S. to step up reconstruction and assistance efforts in post-9/11 war zones.
Two words — democracy and autocracy — have received a new birth in the West as the U.S. embraces the idea of a Cold War sequel, says Michael Brenner. The implications are profound.
We are in for 19 months of relentless, insultingly transparent spin by way of which a patently incompetent man will be purveyed as commander in chief for another four years.
What American kids know – or don’t – about the nation’s history and civics is a reflection of the political and economic circumstances affecting their schools, writes Diana D’Amico Pawlewicz.
Amnesty lamented that governments have turned to “repression and unnecessary and excessive use of force” against struggling demonstrators instead of addressing their core concerns, such as high food prices and paltry wages.
Orthodox economics is the ideology of the rich and powerful, writes Dian Maria Blandina. Poor countries such as Sudan, that are trying to develop, cannot afford a regime of free trade.