A special U.N. human rights investigator will visit the United States this month to probe racism, an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. The United Nations said Doudou Diene would meet federal and local officials, as well as lawmakers and judicial authorities during the May 19-June 6 visit. “The special rapporteur will…gather... 

For overseas students, a U.S. college education has suddenly gotten much cheaper and many more are applying to study here. University of Washington officials say the number of foreigners applying to be freshmen this fall is up a whopping 40 percent.And the UW is not alone: Foreign applications are up 32 percent at Washington State University. Across the 10-campus University of California system, foreign... 

In another blow to the Motor City’s tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation’s most dangerous city, according to a private research group’s controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics. The study drew harsh criticism even before it came out. The American Society of Criminology launched a pre-emptive strike Friday, issuing a statement attacking... 

President Bush is pursuing a globalist agenda to create a North American Union, effectively erasing the borders with both Mexico and Canada. This was the hidden agenda behind the Bush administration’s true open borders policy. A union between the US and Canada would be a good thing since both nations are Anglo-Saxonic and English speaking. Together they could achieve things beyond imagination...