A look At US-Iran Ties Leading Up To Nuclear Pact

A brief history of the long-strained relations between the United States and Iran is broken down, up to the final point of a nuclear deal.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

GENEVA (AP) — Iran's agreement with six world powers over its nuclear program comes after decades of difficult ties between Washington and Tehran. Relations have been up, but mostly down since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and subsequent hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in the Iranian capital. The nuclear agreement, designed as a first step in

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How To Catch A Dictator

Guatemala’s U.S.-backed former ruler Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty of genocide and war crimes against indigenous villagers.

Mike McDonald
By Mike McDonald

Elena Caba waited more than 30 years for justice after she was raped and left for dead in a river alongside her neighbors during Guatemala’s bloody civil war. She was nine when soldiers stormed her Indigenous Ixil Maya village near Chajul in Guatemala’s western highlands and pulled her and her father out of their home before torching the town to

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Rodman to Kim: ‘Do Me A Solid’ And Free American

  Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the North. “I’m calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him ‘Kim’, to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose,” […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

  Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the North. "I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him 'Kim', to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose," Rodman said on Twitter.

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Bush Library Opens, Glosses Over Brutal U.S. Wars In Iraq, Afghanistan

After the opening of the $250 million George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, Texas last month, Americans will have access to new exhibits extolling the Iraq War, an invasion opposed by the majority of U.N. members states and one that experts believe took the lives of at least 123,000 Iraqi civilians and […]

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

After the opening of the $250 million George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, Texas last month, Americans will have access to new exhibits extolling the Iraq War, an invasion opposed by the majority of U.N. members states and one that experts believe took the lives of at least 123,000 Iraqi civilians and 4,448 U.S. troops. “I

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Survivors Gather As US Holocaust Memorial Museum Marks 20th Anniversary

WASHINGTON — Elderly survivors of the Holocaust and the veterans who helped liberate them are gathering for what could be their last big reunion at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Some 1,000 survivors and World War II vets are coming together with President Bill Clinton and Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust activist and writer, on Monday […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Elderly survivors of the Holocaust and the veterans who helped liberate them are gathering for what could be their last big reunion at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Some 1,000 survivors and World War II vets are coming together with President Bill Clinton and Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust activist and writer, on Monday when the

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Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, Rand Paul: Procreation, Power, Politics

Frederick Reese When America looks for future leaders, it typically starts with the families of current leaders. Among the top names floated for the presidency in 2016 — Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul — all of these are direct-line relatives to former national leaders. For at least one woman, this is all a bit too much. […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

Frederick ReeseWhen America looks for future leaders, it typically starts with the families of current leaders. Among the top names floated for the presidency in 2016 — Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul — all of these are direct-line relatives to former national leaders.For at least one woman, this is all a bit too much.“He’s by far the

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