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As UN Backs Fossil Fuel Divestment, Bill McKibben on Vanuatu, Oxford Vote, California Water Crisis
McKibben links the storm to global warming.
Women’s Coalition Launches “Vision Statement” for Feminist Alternative Approaches to Sustainable Development at UN
The Post 2015 Women's Coalition will launch their Vision Statement for feminist alternative approaches to sustainable development.
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Everyone Benefits From More Women in Power
In terms of women's access to decision-making, representation remains low.
Uruguay in Haiti: The Poorest President of a Mercenary Army?
Will Uruguay continue to act as a praetorian guard of a dictatorship in Haiti?
Black Haitian Lives Matter: Haiti on the Fifth Anniversary of the Earthquake
On the fifth anniversary, Jesse Hagopian describes his experience surviving Haiti's earthquake and urges solidarity between the uprising there and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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UN-Recommended Prosecution of Lawyers Who Cleared US Torture Program Good First Step
A UN panel's call to prosecute lawyers who cleared US torture program is a good start.
Little Progress in Lima Climate Talks
It is hard to see how developing countries will be satisfied with what is likely to happen in Paris.
Western Media Turn Blind Eye to Shameful Vote at UN on Nazism by US, Canada and Europe
The US, Canada and Ukraine voted against a UN resolution committing to combatting racism.
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United Nations Panel Slams US Record on Police Brutality, Torture, Child Migrants and Guantánamo
The US is facing pressure internationally over its failure to put a halt to police brutality.
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United Nations Calls for an End to Industrialized Farming
To save the planet, the United Nations calls for us to get rid of modern agriculture as we know it and adopt organic farms and a localized food system.