Crimson staff writer

Charles A. Lacalle

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Southern Justice

Senator Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) recently sparked an uproar over her brokering of $300 million dollars for Louisiana in exchange for her vote to bring the health-care bill to the floor of the Senate.


Racism and the Romani

The West cannot ignore the blatant racism and violence directed toward what is the largest minority group in Europe.


Drugs Without Borders

A recent law to legalize possession of small amounts of drugs in Mexico is a step in the right direction, but much more remains to be done.


Bye, Bye Burka

PARIS, France — France, a country with nearly four million Muslims, is now considering a ban on the traditional Muslim


Students Criticize, Laud California Gay Marriage Ban

Students and faculty voiced mixed reactions to the passage of California Proposition 8, reflecting on the implications of the gay


Finance in the Third World

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Maddox Jolie-Pitt and landmines. That was pretty much the extent of my knowledge about this exotic