Portside

At his best, Ireland brought a philosophical and critical mind to the daily news.

"... [H]uman rights abuses under the existing government continue to threaten basic civil liberties, opposition candidates do not enjoy a level playing field, and state security forces are taking on an increasingly central, and ominous role in context of the election."

“We have a revenue crisis, and we know where the money is, it’s on Wall Street.”

A growing number of city workers, teachers, and other union workers can’t live here anymore.

Belafonte looked out at the crowded room of pacifists, many of whom are no longer young and said, “Keep on singing.”

It's not unheard of for surgery residents to work for more than a day and a half straight.

Tens of thousands of workers at industrial estates across Indonesia walked off their jobs on Oct 28 at the start of week-long protests to demand average wage increases of 50 per cent next year, citing rising living costs.

One year on, it's painfully clear that society's choices mean the hurricane hit our poorest communities harder than the well-to-do.

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The fact that the first round of talks on Oct.15 was hailed by Iran and the P5+1 as “positive” has energized opponents of the negotiations, who are moving to block any attempts at softening international sanctions against Teheran, while at the same time pressing for a military solution to the conflict.