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Advancing Backwards: Bolivia’s Child Labor Law
In the midst of a global fight against child labor and poverty, Bolivia stands alone on an empty street.
Government Surveillance Undermines Attorney-Client Privilege
The government's practice of monitoring attorney-client communications over prison email systems was on display in two New York cases this summer when prosecutors argued that inmates wanting to speak …
How One US Group is Using Family Values to Promote Global Anti-Gay Hate
The Human Rights Campaign released a new report this week detailing how one US group, the World Congress of Families, is pushing an anti-gay agenda that has ties to …
Building Public Trust is a Key Factor in Fighting West Africa’s Worst Ebola Outbreak
While the attention on the Ebola epidemic that has now been declared “out-of-control” is focused on the West African countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria, unaffected countries …
Students Step Up Efforts to Protect Youth Vote
Access to the vote is now in jeopardy for many students and youth due to a slew of changes to state election laws passed in North Carolina, Texas and …
Fast-Food Workers Challenge Stereotypes, Globalize Question of Fairness
In what's become an international movement, fast-food workers are challenging customers to ‘think outside of the self,’ rather than ‘think outside the bun,’ at their pay and working conditions.
Secret $700,000 Donation Has Scott Walker Scrambling to Address “Appearance of Corruption“
The Nature Conservancy argued that the proposed changes to Wisconsin mining regulations would “pose serious risks to the rivers, lakes, wetlands, groundwater and other natural resources.”
Obama’s No-Win War on ISIS
Obama's constant Middle East flip-flops have made it difficult to keep allies.
Greasing the Path to Military Intervention
As the Kurds have learned, oil can instantly heal longstanding rifts.
From Freedom Summer to Black August
At the dawn of mass incarceration, the creators of Black August saw that racism itself was being reinvented or at least being updated through the criminal justice system.