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Millions Sindhi Hold Freedom March in Karachi To Demand Independence
People in the Punjab province celebrated Republic Day in Pakistan on March 23, with CNN claiming there were at least “5 million Sindhis” in attendance.
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Dahr Jamail | The Vanishing Arctic Ice Cap
Arctic sea ice researchers are predicting that sea ice will no longer last through summers in the next couple of years, and even US Navy researchers have predicted an …
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A Honduran Paradise That Doesn’t Want to Anger the Sea Again
At the mouth of the Aguan river on the Caribbean coast of Honduras, a Garifuna community living in a natural paradise that was devastated 15 years ago by Hurricane …
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Drugmakers Agree to US Ban on Livestock Antibiotics
Pharmaceutical companies have overwhelmingly agreed to new US government guidelines aimed at decreasing the use of antibiotics in the raising of livestock, new data shows.
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Chile Derails “Monsanto Law” That Would Privatize Seeds
This month, rural women, indigenous communities, and farmers in Chile found themselves on the winning end of a long-fought battle against a bill that had come to be known …
Meet the Plush GMO Mascot, Frank N. Foode
Frank N. Foode is “your friendly neighborhood genetically modified organism,” who helps “make the science of biotechnology fun and approachable.”
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Executions on the Upswing Globally
Anti-terrorism measures in Iraq and hardline drug polices in Iran accounted for more than half of all reported government-sanctioned killings in 2013.
Retaliation Measures Taken at Texas Migrant Jail Over Hunger Strike
Immigrant detainees at migrant jails in Conroe, Texas, and Tacoma, Washington, are hunger striking.
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Teachers’ Strikes, Catching Fire
From Oregon to Minnesota, school is out unless teachers and communities are heard.
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California Report: Don’t Spend New Education Money on Campus Police
Big money from tax increases is supposed to help poor, English learners and foster kids.