COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. universities charge too much, deliver too little and channel too many students into a lifetime of debt. Genuine reform must be brought to bear to curb those abuses.
BRICK, N.J., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The word from Libyan journalists in Benghazi is that the attack on the U.S. consulate was carried out, not by terrorists, but by remaining elements of Moammar Gadhafi supporters. Libyan Deputy Interior Minister Wanis al-Sharif has publically claimed that the attack was carried out by pro-Gadhafi elements.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- The day still haunts me--from 25 years ago--when my junior high school went into lockdown after a mass shooting at the nearby grade school. Now, after Newtown, women with children are taking responsibility for getting something done.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- Before immigrating to the U.S. in hopes of a better life, Oksana Marafioti recalls the racism she faced in the Soviet Union for being a Roma in this excerpt from her book "American Gypsy."
NEW DELHI {WOMENSENEWS}-- Veterans of women's safety activism say they have never, in decades of work, seen their society mobilize like this to confront the dangers and hostilities that women face. "It means violence against women is no longer just a woman's issue."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Karzai reached a rough understanding on how to wind down the longest war in U.S. history, the agreement didn't include the key ingredient -- Pakistan.
PARIS, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- In medical terms, an acute illness is short, sharp and nasty. A chronic illness is one that lasts a long term and the patient has to learn to live with it. The euro crisis has just gone from its acute to its chronic phase.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- Here's a cheat sheet for the roster of female directors who are likely to make the list of Oscar nominations announced today. One of them is Kathryn Bigelow, whose latest military film is clouded by controversy over its depiction of torture.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- The payroll tax holiday provided a middle-class tax break yet Social Security advocates worried that it represented a hidden threat to the bedrock of older women's retirements and are glad to see it go.
HERNDON, Va., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Has political correctness encroached on the trial of U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, who is accused of the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings?
{WOMENSENEWS}-- The screams of Damini--as this particular victim is being called-- are breaking the silence of women across castes and class. In demonstrations, India's young people are expressing their pain. The global community needs to hear them.
PARIS, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Europe's course this year will be defined by two elections in major countries: Italy goes to the polls in the last weekend in February and Germany has general election in September.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The vicious campaign to smear Chuck Hagel with an anti-Israel brush and deter U.S. President Barack Obama from nominating him to become the next defense secretary got rolling over year-end holidays.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- What does it mean when Bashar Assad's regime bombs the Yarmouk -- Syria's largest Palestinian refugee neighborhood? Driving dozens of formerly pro-government Palestinian fighters to defect and join the rebels. All of this begs a closer look at the Palestinians in Syria.
{WOMENSENEWS}-- The suspects face the death penalty in a case that has stirred international outrage and calls for stronger rape laws as more crimes are reported in the new year.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Forecasters expect the U.S. Labor Department on Friday to report the economy added 155,000 jobs in December -- substantially less than is needed to pull unemployment down to acceptable levels.
HERNDON, Va., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Usually tight-lipped about targeted assassinations, Israel recently has gone public. Why the sudden openness? The answer may -- or may not -- lie buried in a tomb in the West Bank.
Rihanna signs an autograph when the Chicago Bulls play the Brooklyn Nets in game seven of the First Round of the NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs at Barclays Center in New York City on May 4, 2013. The Bulls defeated the Nets 99-93 and advance to the second round of the playoffs. UPI/John Angelillo
