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Combating Slavery in Coffee and Chocolate Production
Mainstream media outlets and consumers have been understandably quick to take note of the benefits chocolate and coffee offer. Yet most American consumers are ignorant to the mounting evidence …
Do You Have a Sign?
3CDC's signs are popping up everywhere in Over-the-Rhine. (Photos: John Blake) Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati's oldest and poorest neighborhood, predominately of color and listed on the National Register of …
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Fire Hose of Your Tax Money Gushes to Libya
Passersby look at the home of Ali Mukhar Al-Gharari, which was struck by one large piece of aircraft-delivered ordnance, in Tripoli, November 13, 2011. According to on-the-ground examinations of …
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White House Airs Objections to SOPA, PIPA Anti-Piracy Bills
Score one for Google. The White House raised concerns Saturday about aspects of pending anti-piracy legislation that has been strongly backed by the Motion Picture Assn. of America, Hollywood's …
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The Dream That Came True
Washington - He would be an elder statesman now, a lion in winter, an American hero perhaps impatient with the fuss being made over his birthday. At 83, he'd …
Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Students take a break between class at Locke High School, in Los Angeles, May 14, 2010. (Photo: Michal Czerwonka / The New York Times) “Every …
How Did 15-Year-Old Jakadrien Turner, a US Citizen, Get Deported?
The troubling case of a 15-year-old U.S. citizen’s wrongful deportation has raised alarm about what immigration agents have long known is a serious problem: increased enforcement has led to …
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Big Shoulders in Chicago and Kabul: Get Ready for NATO in May
NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Eric Wilson / Flickr) Kabul - NATO/G8 meetings are scheduled to take place from May 19-21 this year in …
Mining Ban: Good for the Grand Canyon, but Not for El Salvador?
With patriotic fanfare, the Obama administration announced this week that it would ban new uranium mining projects around the Grand Canyon. At a ceremony at the National Geographic Society …
Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
A foreclosed home in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo: Monica Almeida / The New York Times) An electronic database called MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has created …