Where Greuel went wrong

Wendy Greuel has been a high-profile public servant who believes in Los Angeles and has devoted much of her career to improving it. But boy, did she run a lousy campaign for ...

Austerity IMF 1 Osborne 0 | Editorial

George Osborne that the UK remains a "long way from recovery"; that "persistent slow growth could permanently damage medium-term growth prospects"; that, six years on from the collapse of Northern Rock, British banks are still not back to "healthy functionality"; and that the centrepiece of the chancellor's last budget - the help-to-buy scheme aimed at ...

Mali Prospects for Improved Human Rights

Whether it concerns training the Malian Army in the laws of war (an aspect included in the European Union's training program to be extended to four battalions of the Army), or the fight against corruption (which played a significant role in giving rise to the current crisis and deprives the country of resources required for respecting social rights), or the setting up of a "truth, ...

Despite reforms Myanmars ethnic violence continues

-- When the European Union recently lifted economic sanctions on Myanmar, it closed a decades-long chapter designed to encourage democratic reform in the country. Although an arms embargo remains in place, the action will send an unequivocal message of "mission accomplished." But while the EU is celebrating the "new Myanmar," Rohingya Muslims in the western part of the ...

St. Paul More LGA is a license to save not to spend Pioneer Press editorial

After more than a decade of less than it expected, an increase in "local government aid" to St. Paul from the Minnesota Legislature is "a welcome change of pace," according to Mayor Chris Coleman. LGA is disbursed according to a complicated formula, based on need, to help provide for basic city services. Next year St. Paul expects an additional $10.1 million -- the largest ...