Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

I was motivated to join in large part because my family needed the money. I would like to say how patriotic we were, but really what motivated me was the excitement my mother would get in receiving a check for my older brother.

Immigrants have faced huge obstacles to achieving the American Dream, yet have persevered to overcome them.

There were no weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was not involved in the September 11th attack.