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Authorities Pose No Obstacle to Shady AIDS Charity's Fundraising
Society & Culture  (tags: government, corruption, culture, news, health, society, politics )

Cal
- 8 days ago - motherjones.com
An investigation raised red flags about the Center for AIDS Prevention's fundraising. Three months later, the group is still at it--even though authorities are aware of its activities.
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Patrick Swayze 'Says Goodbye as Cancer Spreads'
Society & Culture  (tags: celebrity, humans, society, health )

Cal
- 8 days ago - news.com.au
ACTOR Patrick Swayze has reportedly started saying goodbye to family and friends after learning his cancer has spread to his liver.
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California's Water Woes Threaten the Entire Country's Food Supply
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, americans, children, culture, dishonesty, education, environment, government, health, humans, internet, news, politics, religion, rights, society, violence )

Kit
- 20 days ago - alternet.org
Nearly a third of the country's food supply comes from California, but drought there may be a catastrophe for farmers -- and the rest of us. "We're looking at a scenario where there's no more agriculture in California. I don't actually see how they can--
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Young South African Woman's AIDS Diary Touched Millions of Radio Listeners
Society & Culture  (tags: South Africa, Society, health, disease, illness, AIDS/HIV, stigma, death )

Dee
- 21 days ago - online.wsj.com
Rising from a shack in a South African shantytown, Thembi Ngubane mined a personal tragedy to become an international advocate for people with HIV and AIDS.
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From Wall Street to Wisconsin to Health Care For All
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, corruption, crime, culture, death, dishonesty, education, government, health, humans, news, politics, safety, society )

Kit
- 22 days ago - ourfuture.org
What's the point of an exchange? Well, it would set some ground rules for how insurance is bought and sold, just as there are rules for how stocks are traded in the market. For example, insurers wouldn't be allowed to sell policies that exclude....
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Sex Without Intimacy: No Dating, No Relationships - "Dating Is Obsolete... a Joke"
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, ethics, family, health, society, sociology )

Jillyanne
- 26 days ago - npr.org
The hookup -- that meeting and mating ritual that started among high school and college students -- is becoming a trend among young people who have entered the workaday world. For the many who are delaying the
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Change.Org - Food For Thought
Society & Culture  (tags: children, schools, politics, education, food, culture, society, safety, americans, health, prevention, protection, research, safety, nutrition, diet, Sustainabililty, environment, conservation, animals, farms, vegetarians, meat, beef, pork, obesity )

Tom
- 27 days ago - change.org
Teach children how to save our natural resources, feed our hungry brothers and sisters in the world, respect and protect animals, and take better care of ourselves. We can be more compassionate, healthier, and smarter by simply changing our eating habits.
13 comments
Broken Windows Into Abortion Doctor's Life
Society & Culture  (tags: interesting, rights, health, abortion doctors, news, society, violence )

Cal
- 29 days ago - latimes.com
Decades of threats have taught Colorado clinic founder Warren Hern to live and work under tight security. But they didn't prepare him for the slaying of his friend and fellow doctor George Tiller.
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Abortion Doc Tiller Gunned Down at Church
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, crime, culture, death, dishonesty, education, family, health, humans, internet, law, media, news, police, politics, religion, rights, sadness, safety, society, violence, women )

Kit
- 33 days ago - news.yahoo.com
- Late-term abortion doctor George Tiller, a prominent advocate for abortion rights wounded by a protester more than a decade ago, was shot and killed Sunday at his church in Wichita, a city official said.
17 comments
Sign Petition: Listen to Zach!
Society & Culture  (tags: society, culture, children, homeless, sadness, family, americans, law, rights, women, health, food, medicine, protection, safety, government, obama )

Tom
- 40 days ago - change.org
11-year-old Zach is walking to the White House--FROM FLORIDA! Part 1 was Tampa-Atlanta. Now he's finishing his journey, a mere 625 miles. He's raising awareness about homeless children in this country. He wants to meet with President Obama.
15 comments
Sign Petition: Pass the Military Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Response Act
Society & Culture  (tags: government, military, domestic, violence, society, culture, abuse, crime, children, family, education, law, safety, rights, women, health, politics )

Tom
- 40 days ago - change.org
The Military Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Response Act (H.R. 840) would reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members of the Armed Forces and their family members and partners through enhanced programs of prevention and deterrence.
16 comments
Sign Petition: Help The Disabled People of America
Society & Culture  (tags: usa, obama, government, disabled, ssi, social security, poverty, americans, health, food, children, family, rights, society, culture, economy, money )

Tom
- 43 days ago - change.org
There are a lot of disabled people out here who are tired of living on a shoestring. We want to be heard. While you sit there, waiting to receive your lifelong pension of over $100,000 a year, with full medical benefits, etc., we are starving.
33 comments
Effort Under Way to Help Student With Deadly Disease
Society & Culture  (tags: children, child, fatal neurological disease, Fund Raiser, disease, healthcare, health, Batten )

Kelli
- 46 days ago - abclocal.go.com
School children across Chicago are banding together to help a fellow student who is battling a rare and fatal neurological disease.
4 comments
17 Percent of US Children Under 5 May Face Hunger
Society & Culture  (tags: society, US, children, hunger, health, food, nutrition, illness, risks, diet )

Dee
- 58 days ago - news.yahoo.com
An estimated 3.5 million children under the age of 5 are at risk of hunger in the United States, according to a look at government numbers by an anti-hunger group. That's more than 17 percent of children who could suffer cognitive and developmental damage
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'I Was Raped' Should Horrify -- But Our Culture Has Stripped the Word of Its Power
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, americans, abuse, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, government, health, humans, media, news, police, politics, religion, rights, sadness, society, safety, violence, women )

Kit
- 60 days ago - alternet.org
Increasingly, rape is used to describe experiences such as a sports loss, a poor score on a video game, or being on the losing end of a business deal. Again, these are all unpleasant experiences, but none rise to the level of what rape truly means...
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