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Rallying Cry: Dongria Stand Firm Against Vedanta Mine 13 June 2013
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, culture, environment, family, government, rights, society, destruction, habitatdestruction, nature, endangered, health, prevention )

Marjolein
- 5 days ago - survivalinternational.org
Dongria leader Lodu Sikaka said, 'We are not going to let go of Niyamgiri. We are not going to leave Niyamgiri, our Mother Earth.Members of the Dongria Kondh tribe, for example, collect over 200 foods from their forests, as well as other products for meds
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Video: I'd Like To Think I'M An Informed Straight Ally, But I'M Embarrassed I Didn't Know This
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, culture, dishonesty, ethics, gayrights, freedoms, government, law, society, safety, sadness, rights, politics, usa, world )

JL
- 5 days ago - upworthy.com
It's just one of the over 1,000 rights that gays are denied here in the U.S. No, that isn't a typo.
20 comments
Basic Income Can Save Capitalism! This Will END All Poverty!
World  (tags: basic income, BIG, economics, jobs, capitalism, elf, equal life foundation, minimum wage, politics, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', blog, ethics, freedoms, government, society, UnitedNations, world, GoodNews, children, news )

Bernard
- 5 days ago - creationsjourneytolife.blogspot.com
Now you'll say "But if everybody gets a Basic Income, Who's going to Do the work?" Very simple, the Minimum Wage should be Double the Basic Income so that the person is Motivated to Not Use the Basic Income Grant but to Go out and Work Share Please!
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Revisiting the Restored Sisquoc River
Environment  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, environment, GoodNews, government, habitat, nature, wildlife, water, Sustainabililty, protection )

JL
- 6 days ago - americanrivers.org
With the dam gone, steelhead swam past the old barrier site and repopulated the upper-stretches of Horse Creek. -
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Battle Against Hunger Lost Without Gender Empowerment -
World  (tags: women's rights, freedoms, labor, equal pay for equal work, society, politics, culture, americans, government, rights, women, hunger, news, world )

Cal
- 6 days ago - ipsnews.net
When the United Nations launched its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) back in 2001, two of its primary objectives were to halve extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 and promote gender empowerment worldwide. -
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Indiana Town Shames Rape Victim, Speculates About Her 'Promiscuous Behavior'
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, government, police, politics, religion, rights, society, violence )

Kit
- 6 days ago - thinkprogress.org
"I can't walk out the door without someone calling me a whore or slut," the girl said. "I used to have a lot of friends, or people I thought were my friends, but as soon as this happened I just isolated myself."
37 comments
San Antonio Sprawl Threatens Famed Bat Cave
Environment  (tags: world, environment, destruction, development, green, government, politics, habitat, habitatdestruction )

Cal
- 6 days ago - mnn.com
A San Antonio developer plans to build a nearly 4,000-home subdivision adjacent to a protected reserve that's the seasonal residence of the world's largest bat colony.
39 comments
Video:Update on Police Violence in Turkey (Take Action)
World  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, ethics, freedoms, government, HumanRights, humanrights, politics, middle-east, society, violence, world )

JL
- 6 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
As international condemnation of Turkish police repression against peaceful protestors continues, the Turkish government doubled down early this morning, with an early morning raid on Taksim Square.
26 comments
Take Action: Keep Abortion Safe and Legal
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, culture, dishonesty, ethics, family, freedoms, government, politics, religion, society, women )

Kit
- 6 days ago - secure.ppaction.org
Abortion is a deeply personal and often complex decision for a woman.
61 comments
America's Most Anti-Democratic Institution: How the Imperial Presidency Threatens U.S. National Security
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, constitution, executive branch, ethics, freedoms, government, lies, usa, secrecy, surveillance, drones, NDAA, foreign policy, domestic policy, POTUS, agencies, NSA, CIA, FBI )

Lynn
- 6 days ago - alternet.org
It's evil, lawless and authoritarian. And as NSA leaker Snowden has shown us, its aims are to be all-powerful. ... The Executive Branch is also America's most undemocratic and thus unamerican institution.
18 comments
Map the Meal Gap, Food Insecurity in Your County
Health & Wellness  (tags: children, death, diet, government, food, family, ethics, health, humans, illness, nutrition, prevention, protection, study, society, warning, safety, risks, investigation )

JL
- 6 days ago - feedingamerica.org
The report finds that food insecurity exists in virtually every county and Congressional district in the nation.
28 comments
Let It Be Live and Let Die
Health & Wellness  (tags: activists, americans, culture, ethics, family, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', asia, humanrights, humans, government )

Michael
- 6 days ago - opednews.com
I wish we could see more people minding their own business, rather than telling others to not do this or that. But we must speak truth to power about the trash "it" is doing. I just want to get done to the swingtown, where things are basically fixed.
24 comments
PRSERVING THE GREEN: Forest Fighters
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, conservation, government, green, protection, politics, forests, animals, humans, nature, world )

Cal
- 7 days ago - www2.macleans.ca
Celebrated partnerships like the Boreal Forest Agreement are crumbling. Can corporations and NGOs really work together to save the environment?
17 comments
TAKE ACTION: KEEP THE PAWNEE FRACK FREE
Environment  (tags: protection, environment, destruction, conservation, government, Sustainabililty )

Beverly
- 7 days ago - secure3.convio.net
Weigh in and support better management direction that spares the Pawnee from fracking.
32 comments
Taxpayers to Make $1 Billion From GM Stock Sale
Business  (tags: GM, stock, bail out, Treasury Department, business, economy, government, investing )

Nancy
- 7 days ago - money.cnn.com
Taxpayers will take in $1.03 billion in proceeds from Thursday's planned Treasury Department sale of General Motors stock. The sale of 30 million shares was planned to coincide with GM's return to the S&P 500 on Thursday. Treasury said that it would
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