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Population Control or Population Justice?
Shrinking the worldu2019s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need to be in control of their own fertility. …
US Drone Strikes Setting Dangerous Global Precedent
U.S. counterterrorism measures are under intense scrutiny from United Nations (U.N.) experts and civil rights groups declaring drone strikes illegal under current frameworks.
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Resilient Response: NYC Youth Join Stop-and-Frisk Debate
In the winning photomontage of the Resilience Advocacy Projectu2019s (RAP) u201cYouth Experiences of Stop-and-Frisk Told Through Artu201d contest, a young man is shown at the edge of the frame: …
Occupy is Not Dead, Occupy Continues to Work for Justice
The U.S. media has been writing an obituary for Occupy, but in fact Occupy is active all over the country and is just being ignored by the corporate media. …
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Farm Bill Passes US Senate
The farm bill S. 3240, passed the U.S. Senate on June 21. The bill, which is renewed approximately every five years, dictates congressional spending on not only farm issues …
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Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic at Risk
It was only recently that Dr. Willie Parker began flying down here from Washington, heading to work at a vaultlike building that sits unassumingly on a busy thoroughfare. On …
Barrio Defense: How Arizona’s Immigrants are Standing Up to SB 1070
Shortly after the 2010 passage of SB 1070, Arizonau2019s notorious immigration bill, 20,000 people gathered in Phoenix for a May Day march to protest the new law. Instead of …
Life on Refinery Row
Jeannine Foster, the family matriarch, worries about the pitfalls of this seemingly symbiotic relationship. Her father and brother were badly injured during the Coastal States explosion in the early …
When a Woman Goes Out to Struggle: Solutions to Gender and Economic Violence
The coalition also challenges structural violence, the result of economic and political systems which systematically harm rural and landless peoples. One way is through aggressively promoting food sovereignty, which …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Evidence Shows That Austerity Is Hurting the US Economy, and More
In today's On the News Segment:Â Evidence shows that austerity is hurting the US economy, the Roberts Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Chamber of Commerce in every …