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Climate Change Threatens Water and Food Security in Antigua -
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, world, water, protection, humans, healthconditions, ecosystems )

Cal
- 6 days ago - ipsnews.net
With their islands devoid of rivers or streams, farmers in Antigua and Barbuda have been building dams and ponds for centuries, harvesting rainwater to irrigate their crops and provide drinking water for their livestock. -
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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
- 6 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.
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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
- 6 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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Edward Snowden Claims US Hacks Chinese Targets
World  (tags: Ed Snowden, world, politics, usa, russia, NSA, domestic secrets, surveillance programs, whistleblowing, conflict, ethics, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', humanrights, Ed Snowden )

Cal
- 6 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The US has perpetrated hacking attacks on "hundreds" of targets in Hong Kong and mainland China since 2009, the former CIA analyst Edward Snowden has claimed.
10 comments
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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Are GE Potatoes Coming to a Store Near You?: Tell the USDA No!
Green Lifestyle  (tags: food, genetic engineering, GMOs, family, health, humans, protection, world )

Kathy
- 6 days ago - act.foodandwaterwatch.org
Meet the genetically engineered (GE) potato: it's virtually indistinguishable from normal potatoes, except that it bruises less easily... and that its long-term health effects are completely unknown.
16 comments
11,000 Barrels of Oil Spill Into the Coca River in the Amazon
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, water, pollution, nature, humans, habitatdestruction, habitat, world, forests, destruction, conservation )

Cal
- 6 days ago - news.mongabay.com
On May 31st, a landslide ruptured an oil pipeline in Ecuadorean Amazon, sending around 11,000 barrels of oil ( 420,000 gallons) into the Coca River.In addition to possible environmental damage, the oil spill temporarily contaminated drinking water for the
16 comments
Firsthand Account of Violence in Istanbul
World  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, ethics, freedoms, HumanRights, humanrights, middle-east, society, violence, world )

JL
- 6 days ago - globalfundforwomen.org
Police unleashed tear gas and water cannons on a crowd of almost 5,000 people in Taksim Square Tuesday night
10 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
Stand With Afghan Women Fighting for a Better Future
World  (tags: world, HumanRights, women, Afghanistan )

Teresa
- 6 days ago - amnesty.org.au
Amnesty International is calling for the Australian government, the international community and the Afghan Government to protect girls' and women's human rights and ensure women are central to the reconciliation and peace talks.
56 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:Sign the Petition Before Coming Out Faces Trial Starting Tomorrow:
World  (tags: gayrights, freedoms, death, ethics, culture, law, society, sadness, sports, safety, rights, humanrights, HumanRights, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', europe, world )

JL
- 6 days ago - allout.org
Crisis in Russia: two brutal murders for being gay within weeks as the Russian government bans Pride marches and pushes a new anti-gay law. And this Tuesday, a major Russian gay rights organisation will go on trial to fight closure.
32 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Say No to Hunger
Society & Culture  (tags: hunger, Canada, activissm, activists, world, news, rights, humans, culture, society, children, activists )

Cal
- 6 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The face of hunger could be as close as your child's classmate, or the neighbour you pass going to work every day.
54 comments
Sixth Maine Town Passes Resolution Opposing Transport of Tar Sands Through Existing Pipeline
Environment  (tags: politics, environment, tar sands, ecosystems, Keystone Xl Pipeline, usa, nature, healthconditions, pollution, world )

Cal
- 6 days ago - ecowatch.com
Harrison residents voted 156-59 yesterday to pass a municipal resolution stating opposition to sending tar sands oil through ExxonMobil's Portland-Montreal Pipeline, making it the sixth Maine town to publicly and officially oppose the proposal.
19 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
 
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