Ninety-eight people were executed in the United States last year—30 more than in 1998 and the most since 1951.
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The Editors 1-01-2000
What's good for General Motors---and other megacorporations---isn't necessarily good for the rest of us.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 1-01-2000
While the U.S. military has spent more than $30 million on its fortress-like base in Kosovo—complete with a Burger King—Kosovars themselves are left with a war-ravaged homeland...
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 1-01-2000
The U.S. State Department this fall cited Sudan as potentially subject to economic sanctions under the International Religious Freedom Act for its persecution of Christians and other religious groups.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 1-01-2000
An estimated 10 million Colombians—a quarter of the country’s population—took to the streets this fall in protests demanding an end to 40 years of armed conflict.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 1-01-2000
Celvin Galindo, the prosecutor investigating the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Jose Gerardi, has fled to the United States for fear of his life.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 1-01-2000
On September 29 President Clinton announced that the administration would erase 100 percent of the debt owed to the United States by 30 heavily indebted poor countries.
Ray Shiffer 11-01-1999
ED SPIVEY’S "H’RUMPHS" column (September-October 1999) continues to be one of the most timely in the magazine.
The Editors 11-01-1999
Assistant editor Rose Marie Berger traveled to Bosnia and Kosovo in July as part of a pilgrimage led by Don McClanen, founder of an organization called Ministry of Money.
Rachel Thomas, Elizabeth Newberry 11-01-1999
Covenant House Faith Community, a Christian community committed to prayer, community, and service, seeks full-time volunteers to work with homeless youth for a 13-month commitment.