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How Human Rights Can Build Haiti
“How Human Rights Can Build Haiti” is a must-read for all those concerned about human rights, both in Haiti and elsewhere.
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Why We Keep Schools Open When It Snows
When schools close for the day, poor families are thrown into chaos.
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No Hope in Sight for Latin America’s Prison Crisis
High levels of violence, numerous murders and other crimes inside the prison walls, and serious human rights abuses are some of the problems in penitentiaries in the region.
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President Obama’s 2016 Budget Is Relatively Good on Social Security
But, over the long term, the president's budget proposal leaves some cause for concern.
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US Deports Professor Sami Al-Arian for Criticizing Israel and Backing Palestinian Rights
Sami Al-Arian was targeted because he emerged as one of the most prominent and effective advocates for Palestinian rights that US officials had ever faced.
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William Rivers Pitt | Suffer the Children: The Vaccination “Debate” Gets the Measles
This is quite probably the most brightly-lit example of cognitive dissonance we have seen in years.
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Oil Crash Powers Fossil Fuel Holdings Divestment Push
The oil market's crash a golden opportunity for campaigners to push for institutions to immediately cut their losses and divest from fossil fuel.
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Five Reasons Congress Should Oppose the TPP
The TPP, being negotiated secretly, would likely harm, not benefit, US workers.
The Boehner-Netanyahu Cabal
The fact that a man like John Boehner is in a position of power reflects the fact that the United States is a deeply divided land where, at least …
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Horror and Compromises From PEGIDA to Poe
Are we again facing the horror of Edgar Allen Poe, destruction by the sharp, bloody pendulum of expanding war or another fatal fall into a dark, abysmal pit?