China’s leaders are beginning the complex process of transferring power to a new generation – the first such handover in a decade. All this week, Al Jazeera has been looking at the role of the Communist Party in modern China. In Melissa Chan’s final report, she heads to Sichuan province to see how far...
It is increasingly understood that poverty, inadequate access to land and food, and unfair trade policies are the major causes of hunger in the world, rather than absolute shortage of food. Additional factors contributing to food insecurity include declining investments in infrastructure (storage facilities,...
New York Daily News columnist and Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez reports the Treasury Department has approved payouts exceeding $5 million for 49 executives at firms that most benefited from the Wall Street bailout. The executives’ pay came despite the $500,000 salary cap established...
As controversy increases over the Harper government’s attacks on environmental groups, Greenpeace Canada today released internal government documents obtained under Access to Information legislation showing that the Harper government...
It is hard to blame the Iraqis for not believing the US is actually gone, particularly with tens of thousands of armed contractors working for the State Department on...
Sweeping protests around the world made it an extremely difficult year for the media, and tested journalists as never before, the annual report into press freedom reveals. The annual...
