The weapons are supposed to be helping combat drug cartels. But in the last decade, they've helped kill more civilians in Mexico than have died in Afghanistan or Iraq.
The movement my mother established has mobilized communities for years to plant trees for food, for fuel and to bring barren land back to productive life.
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Commentary
A simple and low-cost annual test can lead to an HIV-free world
GlobalPost
March 12, 2015
Commentary: 19 million people in Africa and the United States don’t know they are HIV-infected and eligible for treatment.
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Commentary
Darfur is sick of fighting. This community refuses to wait any longer for peace
GlobalPost
February 25, 2016
Violence still rages in Darfur 13 years after the conflict shocked the world. But not in this village.
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Commentary
HIV cure: a game changer or just a lucky little girl?
GlobalPost
March 10, 2013
Commentary: Many obstacles remain for those who need interventions and care.
Politics
Opinion: Justice is missing from Afghanistan
GlobalPost
July 13, 2010
Updated
What Afghans need is a transformation that ends a long pattern of human rights violations.
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Commentary
How Petraeus will change the Afghan war
GlobalPost
June 23, 2010
Updated
Opinion: It's all about the troops in the field.
Commentary
Opinion: Story not over in Iran
GlobalPost
June 08, 2010
Updated
One year after Tehran erupted in protest, "nothing has changed, but everything has changed."
Commentary
Opinion: Gloom and doom in US news
GlobalPost
June 03, 2010
Updated
Bad news, especially about America, sells papers. But author Joseph Nye says America is not in decline — at least not yet.
Commentary
Analysis: "It's over" in Iran
GlobalPost
May 17, 2010
Updated
One year after the street protests that shook Iran, residents whisper that the regime has won.
Commentary
Opinion: New UN human rights council, not improved
GlobalPost
May 07, 2010
Updated
Old commission vilified Israel; new council wrongly places Iran on commission to promote gender equality.
Lifestyle & Belief
Health: Men join fight against domestic violence
GlobalPost
June 22, 2010
Updated
Though short of funds, governments are enacting new anti-domestic violence laws and more men are jumping on the bandwagon.