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My Vision Of the World in the Near Future !
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, children, culture, education, environment, ethics, family, freedoms, GoodNews, government, health, humans, interesting, internet, media, news, society, travel, world, women, goodnews, tv )

Parsifal
- 13 hours ago - project.nsearch.com
'When the critical mass of people have reached the consciousness level by their free decision as to where and what to buy, they could also regulate the types of market that are provided, these 'chains' (strange word, is it not?) would no longer exist...'
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Don't Let Her Go. Suitable Housing For Shauna - The Petition Site. SIGN NOW!
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, children, child, family, ethics, health, disease, women, housing, healthcare, media, caring )

Jim
- 7 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The family of an eight-year-old girl with a rare chromosome disorder that sees her with no mobility has this week appealed to Athlone Town Council to provide them with a house that is appropriately adapted to meet the child's needs.
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Nurses Initiate the Most Interesting Street Action Leading Up to the NATO Summit!
Society & Culture  (tags: Nurses, Occupy, Chicago, NATO Summit, uninsured, health )

Green
- 10 days ago - suntimes.com
Of all the street actions leading up to the NATO summit, the one that might seem most perplexing is a nurses' rally for a tax on securities trades. Financial markets are pretty remote from hospital bedsides, you might think.
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Human Rights---Video Song   video
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, child, children, culture, education, ethics, family, freedoms, GoodNews, goodnews, government, health, humans, interesting, law, media, news, police, politics, religion, rights, sadness, society, usa, violence, women, world )

Kenneth
- 18 days ago - youtube.com
Human Rights are simply the rights you have because you're human. There are 30 of them and they are in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Too few people know they even exist. They're for you and ALL people.
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Coal Dependent: Pacific Northwest Activists Fight New Export Terminals
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, coal, environment, ethics, government, health, humans, rights, transportation, world )

Kathy
- 19 days ago - grist.org
In Oregon and Washington, proposals to construct several coal export terminals are on the table. If they move forward, about 150 million tons of coal each year would travel by train from Montana and Wyoming's Powder River Basin to ports in Oregon and Wash
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Please Sign: Tell FBI to Investigate Vern's KKK Marks as Possible Hate Crime
Society & Culture  (tags: hate crime, KKK marks, Lakota Sioux, Vern Traversie, justice, FBI investigation, abuse, americans, ethics, safety, rights, humans, news, violence, health, Native American, American Indian )

S
- 20 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Vern Traversie went to SD's Rapid City Regional for heart surgery and left with what appears to be deep cuts marks spelling out "KKK." This and other reports of abuse warrant investigation into a possible hate crime against this Lakota Sioux elder.
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Peru - Not For Sale: End Human Trafficking and Slavery
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, children, corruption, crime, culture, environment, ethics, family, health, rights, sadness, safety, slavery, society, trafficking, violence, women )

Rosemary
- 37 days ago - notforsalecampaign.org
In Peru, our Not For Sale representative and local abolitionist, Lucy, operates a safe house for women living on the streets of Lima. Named after a victim of sex trafficking who was found strangled in a hotel room, Veronica's House provides immediate....
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Recycled Hotel Soap: A Lifesaver for Children in the Developing World
Society & Culture  (tags: children, culture, ethics, environment, goodnews, health, humans, interesting, safety, society, world )

Rosemary
- 37 days ago - sustainablog.org
I was on the road for several days earlier this month, and used bars of soap in the hotels in which I stayed. Of course, I didn't use the whole bars... and left the remainder for the housekeeping staff. I assume that soap ended up in the trash. Cont...
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The Drug Policy Forum of Texas
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, corruption, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, family, freedoms, government, humans, health, law, police, politics, religion, rights, safety, society, violence )

Kit
- 45 days ago - dpft.org
Marijuana is much less dangerous than alcohol. [2] Marijuana is not a "gateway" that causes the use of any other drug. Making marijuana illegal may lead to the use of other drugs, the reverse of our intentions. [3]
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The Shocking Facts About Our Food System
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, children, corruption, culture, death, dishonesty, education, government, Farm Workers, health, law, media, politics, safety, society )

Kit
- 55 days ago - alternet.org
We hear of the sweatshops behind our computers, sneakers and other attire--yet the exploitation of farmworkers has become normalized.
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Tell AARP: Don't Sell Out on Cuts to Social Security Benefits! Petition!!!
Society & Culture  (tags: socialsecurity, politics, government, ethics, dishonesty, culture, freedoms, health, humans, safety )

Robert
- 67 days ago - credoaction.com
"the list of invitees to the salon event includes a gallery of powerful Washington establishment figures who are on record favoring cuts to Social Security and Medicare" and only one person known to oppose benefit cuts.
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Free My Mother From Nursing Home
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, Human Rights, ethics, fashion, health, humans, law, media, news, rights, sadness, safety, society, women )

Dusty
- 87 days ago - facebook.com
Dusty needs someone in Columbia MO to help her find a lawyer to do a 'pro bono' free investigation regarding the placement of her parents against their will into the Candlelight Lodge nursing facility. Details following in comments. Please respond.Thanks
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The GOP's Long War Against Women and Sex
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, children, corruption, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, gayrights, government, health, law, media, police, politics, religion, rights, society, women )

Kit
- 92 days ago - thenation.com
Aspirins and short skirts and contraception, oh my! The last few weeks have seen a slew of Republican gaffes concerning women's sexuality. From Rick Santorum's billionaire supporter Foster Friess's waxing nostalgic about the good old days-->
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Knocked Up: Republican Presidential Candidates' Plan for American Women
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, children, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, health, politics, religion, rights, society, women )

Kit
- 102 days ago - alternet.org
Back in the good old days, a kinder, gentler Republican Party, seeking to punish women who dared to have sex for the pleasure of it, targeted only those who accidentally got pregnant -- by forcing them to bring their fetuses to term. Today, it seems,-->
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TAKE ACTION: UCSF: Don't Let Jesus Navarro Die, Approve His Kidney Transplant
Society & Culture  (tags: society, petition, health, kidney transplant, immigrant )

Robert
- 109 days ago - change.org
Jesus has been in the US for 16 years. He had a good union job working for Pacific Steel for 14 years. He has had health insurance for 14 years. He waited 6 arduous years, doing dialysis daily, to get to the top of the donor list.
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