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UK Is Privatizing Aid to the Developing World as Corporations Seek Their Cut
Several cases have come to light questioning whether aid is helping the people or big business.
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New Convention Will Help Protect Latin America’s Elderly
Latin America's population is ageing, which poses social and economic challenges, for which there is a new Convention.
New Mexico Field and Dairy Laborers Win Right to Workers’ Comp
The second victory for New Mexico's farmworkers in less than a year is big news in a low wage sector.
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ALEC Admits School Vouchers Are for Kids in Suburbia
School vouchers were never about helping poor, at-risk or minority students.
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Red Cross Itself May Not Know How Millions Donated for Haiti Were Spent
Documents raise questions about the accuracy of the Red Cross' count of how many Haitians it helped.
UK High Court Rules Surveillance Law Unconstitutional in Groundbreaking Case
Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Collins criticized the terms under which communications data can be intercepted.
How China and Russia Are Running Rings Around Washington
Washington will certainly reflect a fear of the increasing strategic depth Russia and China are developing economically.
Industrial Pollution Is Threatening Our Drinking Water: A Dispatch From Los Angeles County
While a drought-striken LA county scrambles to clean up chemicals, a report finds illegal wells have tainted aquifers.
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An Enduring (and False) Welfare Narrative
Where are these welfare programs that people are supposedly living off of?
Why New Jobs Are Not Worth the Price of Prisoners’ Lives
The torturous practice of solitary confinement must end, in Illinois and nationwide.