By Greg Myre, NPR.org (National Public Radio, USA) September 27, 2016 Fidel Castro and his rag-tag band of fighters assembled on the shores of Mexico, stealthily navigated their overcrowded boat to southeastern Cuba, and unleashed a 1956 insurgency that rocked all of Latin America. That temblor lasted 60 years and…
by Angus Hervey at Tech_Crunch You’re probably reading that and thinking, “You can’t be serious!?” I mean come on. 2016 feels like a half-watched Game of Thrones episode. You pop out to get s0me pizza, and when you get back… All the good people are dead, and the shits are…
By STEVEN PINKER and JUAN MANUEL SANTOS The peace treaty announced this week between the government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, marks more than the end of one war. It is a milestone for peace in the Americas and the world. The 52-year war…
from TreeHugger.com It is the time of year we think of Tiny Tim, the poor child looking through the window at the things he can never have, doomed to die young due to the lack of good health care, terrible housing, high child mortality and terrible poverty. According to Max…
