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Human Rights Day
The International Federation of University Women (IFUW) affirms and emphasises the right to education as a standalone international human right and an enabler of numerous other human rights, which …
“Corporate Conquistadors”: New Report Exposes How Multinationals Drive, Profit From Climate Change
Democracy Now! broadcasts from the United Nations Climate Summit in Lima, Peru, and interviews Pascoe Sabido of the Corporate Europe Observatory.
The Laundering Machine: How US Corporations Threaten Peru’s Forests Through Illegal Logging
A new report reveals more than 20 US companies have imported millions of dollars in illegal wood from the Peruvian Amazon since 2008.
PROOF We Live in a Racist Society or #CrimingWhileWhite
Lee Camp tears apart the United States' inherently racist system.
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Benzene and Worker Cancers: “An American Tragedy“
Documents lay bare petrochemical industry's $36 million ‘research strategy’ on carcinogen.
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While No One Noticed, Did Vermont Just Win a Big Case Against the Republican Governors Association?
When Vermont sued the RGA for violating the $2,000 limit, the RGA responded that it would be unconstitutional to apply the limit to them because of the major purpose …
The Job Opportunity Cost of War
Net job creation would have been 1 to 2 million jobs greater if the US had not been at war.
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The Logic of Short Hospital Strikes
In any industry these days, turning a strike to workers' advantage takes creativity, since bosses hold so many of the cards legally and financially.
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Lessons Learned
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On International Human Rights Day, the Fight for Indigenous Land and Autonomy in Honduras
Honduras has the highest level of homicide of any nation not at war.