180 degrees

Matthew Hall presents a first-hand look at world events from a different angle.

Hate Crime Murder on a busy New York Street.

22 May 2013 | 11:14

Visitors to New York usually know Greenwich Village as a cute part of the city with crooked streets, tiny restaurants, quirky bars, expensive boutiques, and celebrity sightings. Yet, for those who live and frequent there, all of that is true but Greenwich Village has always cultivated a dark underbelly.

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Benghazi questions just won't go away

14 May 2013 | 8:25

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron met in Washington DC this week to talk about what - or what not - to do with Syria as that country continues to implode and hastens its trajectory toward being a non-country.

Meanwhile, rather than Syria, some politicians in America want to talk about Benghazi, the city in Libya.  Read more

New York's controversial Stop and Frisk laws under the spotlight

07 May 2013 | 10:00

Mike Bloomberg may go down in history as one of New York City’s great mayors when he finally leaves office in November. After 12 years on the job, most people would want to have some kind of favourable place in history. The trouble is that one policy Bloomberg feverishly supports is likely to blight his record.

Meet what’s known as “Stop and Frisk”, a highly controversial police strategy that, depending on where you sit (and maybe depending on what you look like), is described as a crucial tool in combating crime or a terrible contravention of civil liberties.  Read more

Identity a theme of Boston aftermath

30 April 2013 | 8:42

On April 22, Judge Marianne Bowler convened a hearing of the United States District Court at Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center in Boston.

Weird week in American news ends with geography fail

23 April 2013 | 10:12

You know it’s an odd news week in the United States when the story about an Elvis Presley impersonator from Mississippi plotting to kill the President by mailing letters stuffed with ricin is pretty much ignored.

Paul Kevin Curtis is also an aspiring novelist and was arrested by the FBI last week after envelopes containing ricin were sent to President Obama, a U.S. senator, and a judge.  Read more

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