The latest news on D.C. Poverty, Senate Gridlock, Immigration, Campaigns, Corporate Rights, Gender Gap, Afghanistan Policy, Europe Terror Plot, Attacks in Pakistan, Pakistan Politics, Afghanistan, Israel-Palestine, British Labor Party, North Korea, Plant | Sojourners

The latest news on D.C. Poverty, Senate Gridlock, Immigration, Campaigns, Corporate Rights, Gender Gap, Afghanistan Policy, Europe Terror Plot, Attacks in Pakistan, Pakistan Politics, Afghanistan, Israel-Palestine, British Labor Party, North Korea, Plant

Quote of the day. "I do believe that we were wrong. Wrong to take Britain to war and we need to be honest about that. Wrong because that war was not a last resort, because we did not build sufficient alliances and because we undermined the United Nations.” Ed Miliband, new leader of the British Labor Party. (Guardian)

Census details. Americans will be barraged in the coming weeks with different statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau, an ongoing data dump likely to confuse some waiting for decennial population numbers that help redraw Congressional districts.

Haiti. Nearly nine months after the earthquake, more than a million Haitians still live on the streets between piles of rubble. One reason: Not a cent of the $1.15 billion the United States promised for rebuilding has arrived.

Europe austerity protests. Thousands of protesters from across Europe are taking part in a mass demonstration in Brussels against spending cuts by some EU governments. Other protests against austerity measures are being held in Greece, Italy, Ireland and Latvia.

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