A new economy blooms in Afghanistan
If you remember when we first invaded Afghanistan, there was a lot talk from the Bush administration about how this was going to be an invasion done right. There would be security, freedom, new infrastructure, and the economy would blossom. Then, after we invaded Iraq, Afghanistan ended up with little [...]

Cocalero kicks off Cal State Long Beach’s Latin American Studies Film Series “Dreams and Realities”
America’s war on drugs hasn’t been going a whole lot better than any of the other wars we’ve fought lately. When our government pressured Bolivia to destroy their coca crops, it still failed to remove the scourge of cocaine from our [...]