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Inoculating Our Children Against Fear and Hatred	19.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
Frida Berrigan “Ewww. Don’t do it, Patrick. Don’t do it. Dogs pee here.” read more
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New York Man Killed In Alleged Anti-Gay Hate Crime	19.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
In what may be the latest in a disturbing series of crimes allegedly targeting New York's gay community, a man was fatally shot in the...
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What Your Family Can Do To Help The Environment	18.5.2013	Green on HuffingtonPost.com
This week's Family Dinner Table Talk, from HuffPost and The Family Dinner book: Last week, the earth hit an environmental milestone that has climate scientists...
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You Won't Believe How Little Lawmakers Pay In Health Care	14.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Monday Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford said lawmakers will wait until next year to "address" House members' drastically low cost health care costs, which are...
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Tax Havens Are Entrenching Poverty in Developing Countries	14.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
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Russian Man 'Raped With Beer Bottles,' Tortured To Death For Being Gay	13.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
A 23-year-old man has been tortured to death in Russia in an apparent homophobic attack, investigators said Sunday, amid growing fears by rights groups that...
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Ronald Reagan: Accessory to Genocide	12.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
Robert Parry The conviction of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide against Mayan villagers in the 1980s has a special meaning for Americans who idolize Ronald Reagan. It means that their hero was an accessory to one of the most grievous crimes that can be committed against humanity. read more
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Haitian sweatshop workers speak: Sub-poverty wages and sexual coercion	10.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Guest post by Beverly Bell, first published on Truthout, May 9, 2013 Below, Haitian women workers tell of their experiences in sweatshops. These interviews, gathered over the past two years, are among many dozens that this writer has collected from Haitian sweatshop workers since the early 1980s. Not one has ever diverged from the narrative of miserable working conditions and the inability to feed, shelter, and educate their children on insufficient wages. Below, women tell of their experiences as sweatshop workers and offer their analysis on better types of jobs for Haiti. read ...
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Duo Accused In Terror Witness-Beheading Plot To Be Sentenced	10.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Two defendants who pleaded guilty to plotting to hire a hit man to behead federal informants from a domestic terrorism trial are...
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Twelve Things You Can Do To Fight Poverty Now	10.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
Greg Kaufmann Farmworkers pick tomatoes in Immokalee, Florida. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)This is a tough moment in the fight against poverty. read more
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No Burqas Behind Bars: Documentary looks at women in Afghanistan's prisons	10.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Friday, May 10, 2013 With unprecedented access inside Takhar Prison in Afghanistan, filmmaker Nima Sarvestani takes us on a compelling journey in his documentary No Burqas Behind Bars. With unprecedented access inside Takhar Prison in Afghanistan, filmmaker Nima Sarvestani takes us on a compelling journey in his documentary No Burqas Behind Bars . "I was most impressed by the women prisoners who risked their lives for their rights. It is a most dangerous act to flee from home as woman in Afghanistan," says Sarvestani. The film centers around the lives of 40 women serving time for moral crimes, which can include sentences of up to 15 years for leaving an abusive husband or refusing to consent to arranged marriages. read ...
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Trial Begins In Former GOP Rep's Corruption Case	10.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
By Brad Poole TUCSON, Ariz., May 7 (Reuters) - The trial of former Arizona congressman Richard Renzi, who faces public corruption charges stemming from his...
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Son Of State Lawmaker Pleads Guilty To Raping A Child	10.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
The teenage son of Washington state Sen. Brian Hatfield (D) pleaded guilty this week to raping and molesting a younger boy at the lawmaker's homes,...
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Israel's 'Segregation Policies' Drive Soaring Poverty in East Jerusalem	9.5.2013	CommonDreams.org Headlines
Israel's discriminatory "segregation policies" in occupied East Jerusalem have forced the isolation of Palestinians living in the city, driving households to extreme poverty compared to both Israelis and Palestinians living elsewhere, according to a new United Nations report published Thursday. read more
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Did Police Negligence & Suspect Ariel Castro's Unpunished Domestic Abuse Prolong Victims' Captivity?	9.5.2013	Democracy Now!
Ariel Castro was arraigned in a Cleveland court today on charges of kidnapping three young women and holding them captive in his house for 10 years. All three women -- Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight -- had vanished in seemingly separate cases when they were between the ages of 14 and 21. Berry's six-year-old daughter, who was born in captivity, was also rescued. Officials said the three women were at times bound in chains or rope, and endured starvation, beatings and sexual assaults. Eric Sandy, a reporter at the weekly newspaper Cleveland Scene, joins us to discuss Castro's background, including the brutal abuse of his ex-wife for which he was never jailed.
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Child poverty rampant in Canadian cities	9.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
The story of child poverty in Canada is very much an urban story. One out of every 10 children living in urban areas was poor in 2010, compared to one in 20 children living in non-urban areas. Three-quarters (or 76 per cent) of all poor children in Canada lived in one of the urban centres shown in the chart above.* read more
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The call for a B.C. poverty reduction plan: Where have the parties landed	9.5.2013	rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
The CCPA is a founding member of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition (PRC), which for over four years now has been advancing the call for a comprehensive BC poverty reduction plan. Its Open Letter calling on the B.C. government to adopt a legislated plan has been signed by hundreds of organizations. The PRC has now published its analysis of where the parties have landed. You can find a summary table here. And below is an opinion piece on the subject co-authored by PRC organizer Trish Garner, Ted Bruce and myself. A Poverty Reduction Plan for B.C.: Government spending saves money in the long-term read more
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Haitian Sweatshop Workers Speak: Sub-Poverty Wages and Sexual Coercion	8.5.2013	Commondreams.org Views
Beverly Bell Below, Haitian women workerstell of their experiences in sweatshops. These interviews, gathered over the past two years, are among many dozens that this writer has collected from Haitian sweatshop workers since the early 1980s. Not one has ever diverged from the narrative of miserable working conditions and the inability to feed, shelter, and educate their children on insufficient wages. read more
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Worsening Youth Unemployment Likely To Wipe Out Recovery's Gains	8.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
GENEVA — Youth unemployment is likely to rise globally to 12.8 percent by 2018, wiping out gains made in the recent economic recovery, the U.N.'s...
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Mississippi Prepares New Push On Education	7.5.2013	Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
CLARKSDALE, Miss. -- It's early on a Friday morning, and high school chemistry students in Victoria Dawson's class are working equations at the board. Dawson...
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