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Indigenous Peoples Seek Presence in Post-2015 Development Agenda
Indigenous people have lived in a sustainable way for centuries and passed their knowledge from generation to generation, feeding their people without damaging the natural environment.
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Missouri Legislature Overrides Governor, Brings Back 72 Hour Wait Prior to Abortion
“Today's vote is just another example of our elected officials playing politics with the lives of women and their families.”
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Investors Haul in Nearly Half the Tobacco Settlement Cash
Tobacco bondholders are due $2.6 billion of the $6 billion in this year's payouts to state and local governments from Big Tobacco.
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James O’Keefe Cronies Unveiled in Attempted Sting on CMD
O'Keefe's long-time ally Ryan Sorba turned up at a conference, asking CMD's executive director for political advice in an effort to get her to discuss strategy on tape.
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New Study: Proposition 47 Would Help California Address Overcrowded Prisons
A measure on the November ballot would reclassify six non-violent felonies to misdemeanors.
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Local and State Police Involved in Sensitive Hemisphere Program
Federal, state and local police are utilizing an unclassified but “law enforcement sensitive” program, known as Hemisphere, which provides nearly unfettered access to an enormous database.
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The Big Winners From Sweden’s For-Profit “Free” Schools Are Companies, Not Pupils
Since their inception, free schools have been subject to research, primarily concerned with two issues: student attainment and educational inequality.
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Mexico’s Cocopah People Refuse to Disappear
The Mexican constitution defines indigenous people as the descendants of the populations that inhabited the area before the state was formed and who preserve their ancestral cultural or economic …
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New Email Release Shows Peter King Demanded an Investigation to Find Journalists’ Sources Like Peter King
The investigation King demanded ended up needlessly compromising the reporting of a slew of journalists.
The Climate Change Defense? Citing Global Warming, DA Drops Charges Against Anti-Coal Activists
In a surprise move, District Attorney Sam Sutter of Bristol, Massachusetts, has dropped criminal charges against two climate activists who were set to go on trial Monday for blocking …