The tragic and senseless killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida recently once more confirms that racism remains an ever-present corrosive in US society in spite of the election of the nation's first black president in 2008, writes John Wight.
The Afghans are a proud people with a long and formidable history of resistance to foreign occupation. The fact that they have always prevailed, however, should not distract from the horror they still routinely experience, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Gay marriage: 'oh dear, oh lor', how did this become the issue of the hour? The world appears to have divided itself into two camps and I find myself in neither'- journalist and writer W Steven Gilbert shares his thoughts
David Eade contemplates the chances of the Left parties winning the AndalucÃan Parliamentary Elections on 25th March
Uri Avnery comments on the rationale behind Israel's latest bombing of the Gaza strip
Miles Caston challenges propaganda alleging Britain is a nation of boozers
Eugene Puryear describes some of the hidden motivations to bringing Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, to justice
In 1864, Abraham Lincoln wrote a letter that predicted where the US was heading - the world he warned about is the world we now have as bankers control the money supply having the power to make or break nations. Colin Todhunter explains
The first Israel missile sped down to its target, scorching the Gaza earth and everything in between. Palestinians collected the body parts of two new martyrs, while Israeli media celebrated the demise of two terrorists, writes Ramzy Baroud.
The Republicans have no one to blame but themselves if they appear to be careering to electoral defeat, writes W Stephen Gilbert.