On Sunday, August 10, Bolivia held a national referendum to measure the people’s confidence in President Evo Morales as well as the political viability of eight of the county’s nine prefects (departmental governors).

The Georgian military invasion of South Ossetia, a de facto autonomous region with its own government since the early 1990s, followed by the swift Russian counter-attack which drove out the Georgian forces, has provoked a lot of talk in the media but little clarity.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted July 29, 2008, to approve a non-binding resolution that represents a formal government apology to African Americans for the practice of slavery and the Jim Crow laws that fostered defacto segregation.

A former top leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has been saved from expulsion and possible disgrace and Germany’s oldest party, founded in 1863, has huffed and puffed its way out of one more pothole.

One of the most remarkable television series released, in the British tradition, in five numbered series had its last episodes broadcast last month on PBS stations. Little has been written about this series, Foyle’s War, a well-acted powerfully written and directed, and beautifully photographed historical series.

The Venezuelan government congratulated Bolivian President Evo Morales for a successful national referendum Sunday in which Morales’s presidency was ratified by a record 63.1 percent of the vote.

More than 90 percent of the voters in the seven Mexican states that participated on Sunday in the second stage of the referendum on oil in Mexico, rejected privatization of PEMEX, the country's publicly-owned oil company.

As you may have noticed, PoliticalAffairs.net has a new “culture and values” page for the purpose of dealing with just what the title suggests. We’re dedicating ourselves to searching far and wide, dredging the nether-reaches of the internet and other strange realms for artistic media so you don’t have to.

Community based tourism refers to situations in which local people—usually those that are poor or economically marginalized in very rural parts of the world—open up their homes and communities to visitors seeking sustainably achieved cultural, educational or recreational travel experiences.

A new flyer posted at GutCheck reminds us of the various points of view on the Iraq war John McCain has held over the past few years.

I recently showed parts of Eugene Jarecki’s brilliant documentary, Why We Fight, in my summer class on the history of imperialism. The documentary is a critique of US foreign policy and the Military Industrial Complex it serves.

An aid worker in Mogadishu has received death threats a day after the head of an orphanage was killed by unidentified gunmen. At the same time, the UN expressed concern over continuing attacks on humanitarian workers in the war-torn country.

The American nation has an excellent opportunity to change the nature of politics in our country this year. We have a real chance to build lasting alliances that will re-define the political landscape at every level of government and permit us to take back our government by the average citizen.

Ahmed Moussa was a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from the West Bank village of Nilin, near Ramallah. Mohamed Bahloul is a 12-year-old Palestinian boy from Gaza City. The former was shot and killed 29 July by Israeli forces following a peaceful protest against the Israeli apartheid wall.

There is much debate in the automotive world over how often drivers of typical passenger cars or light trucks should change their oil. The quick-lube chains usually recommend it be done every three months or 3,000 miles, but many mechanics would tell you that such frequent changes are overkill.

A 7/31/08 report by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) shows even the most token coverage of the impeachment hearings as receiving no respect: “CNN's Election Center program devoted a July 25 report to mocking a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee investigating White House abuses of power....

Daily blogs at the AFL-CIO's site that expose McCain's plan to continue George W. Bush's policies on outsourcing jobs, an unending occupation of Iraq, privatizing Social Security, taxing health care benefits, and more oil drilling combine with the McCain Revealed campaign and the Meet Barack Obama to help educate union members and their families on the issues.

If you have been watching TV recently, it is very likely that you will have seen the new TV ad from the Pfizer drug company for their erectile dysfunction drug, “Viagra” – an ad campaign produced in conjunction with a print ad in Golf Magazine.

Energy policy and high gas prices has dominated the public debate over the past few weeks as both presidential candidates have tussled back and forth on the issue.

Barbara Lee, a congresswoman from Oakland, California, noted that PEPFAR has brought a sense of urgency to HIV programs in other countries that is lacking in the US. "Where is our PEPFAR?" she asked.