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TAKE ACTION: TELL YOUR CONGRESSMAN: PROTECT CHILDREN, NOT GUNS
Society & Culture  (tags: ethics, government, gun control, violence )

Beverly
- 21 hours ago - secure.childrensdefense.org
Urge them to support legislation that requires common sense gun safety requirements.
Chiefs Declare Keystone XL Consultation Meeting Invalid, Walk Out on State Department Officials
Society & Culture  (tags: Keystone XL, Native Americans, Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Associati, Rapid City, South Dakota, Treaty Rights, DOS, environment, culture )

Angelika
- 1 day ago - indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com
"On this historic day of May 16, 2013, ten sovereign Indigenous nations maintain that the proposed TransCanada/Keystone XL pipeline does not serve the national interest and in fact would be detrimental not only to the collected sovereigns but all future
Stop The Maldives From Flogging Rape Survivors!
Society & Culture  (tags: petitions, women's rights )

Freya
- 13 hours ago - act.watchdog.net
Her stepfather raped her for years and murdered her baby when she became pregnant. So the Maldives government stepped in with a punishment -- for the 15-year-old rape survivor.
Sovereign Nations Walk Out of Meeting With U.S. State Department Unanimously Rejecting Keystone XL Pipeline
Society & Culture  (tags: First Nations, society, safety, environment, crime, culture, activists, family, freedoms, humans, politics, religion, rights, violence, world, sadness, government, corruption, abuse, news, murder, health, ethics, media, law, internet, usa, police, interes )

Roxie
- 1 day ago - earthfirstnews.wordpress.com
To sanctify their solidarity with The Lubicon Lake First Nation of Canada, who are the traditional stewards of the land that 70% of the tar sands oil sit on, along with tribes across Canada and The United States, Chief Arvol Lookinghorse has called for a
'Nuns on the Bus' Will Hit the Road for Immigration Reform
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, culture, children, ethics, freedoms, government, humans, interesting, law, media, politics, religion, rights, sadness, safety, society, usa )

JL
- 3 hours ago - sojo.net
The "Nuns on the Bus" are revving up their engines for another national campaign, only this time the Catholic sisters are taking their mobile platform for social justice along the country's Southern border to push Congress to pass immigration reform.
Free the Press, Buy the Tribune Company ! The Biggest Fundraiser Ever
Society & Culture  (tags: Tribune, press, newspapers, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Koch Brothers, Rupert Murdoch, The Other 98%, Indiegogo, fundraiser, democracy, free press )

Angelika
- 5 hours ago - indiegogo.com
Your ONE chance to buy democracy back, help make the Tribune community owned! See the details at site and in comments.
Leonard Pitts: On Death Penalty, Wrongly Accused Are Victims, Too
Society & Culture  (tags: republicans, politics, americans, death, culture, crime, ethics, family, freedoms, government, interesting, law, news, politics, rights, safety, sadness, violence )

Robert
- 16 hours ago - miamiherald.com
Since the death penalty was reinstated in the mid-70s, Florida has executed 75 people. But it has exonerated 24, many of whom spent more than a decade on death row. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, Florida has the highest error rate in
8-Yr-Old Afghan Bride Who Was Brutally Killed By Her Mullah Husband On The First Night Of Her Wedding
Society & Culture  (tags: Child bride, Afghanistan, rape, murder, human righs, Mullah )

Beth
- 5 hours ago - patdollard.com
This is so very sad.... The 8-years-old girl whose story you'll read in coming lines did not make it to the 2nd night of her wedding nor did she make it to her 9th or 10th birthday.
Two Saudi Men Kill Wolf After 4-Hour Chase
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, ethics, murder, sports, abuse, death, environment, society, world )

Michael
- 12 hours ago - emirates247.com
AS you see desert wolves are tiny, short-haired, and persecuted: Two Saudi men killed a wolf by sticks and rocks after chasing it in their car through rugged areas. (That's between Mecca and Medina). The 2were then given a hero's welcome in their village
Haunting Relic of History, Slave Cabin Gets a Museum Home in Washington
Society & Culture  (tags: a Tuskegee Airmen fighter plane, African-American history, civil war, Edisto Island, Harriet Tubman’s shawl, history, Nat Turner’s Bible, Slave Cabin, Smithsonian )

Joseph
- 17 hours ago - worldwidehippies.com
Edisto Island is home to two of the nation's oldest slave cabins, dating to the 1850s -- vestiges of what was once an entire village for field workers at the Point of Pines Plantation. Black families lived in the wood-sided, two-room houses, without
ESTABLISH An Alert For Missing Children With Autism - PLEASE SIGN!
Society & Culture  (tags: alert missing autism children petition )

Jeanie
- 9 hours ago - theautismsite.greatergood.com
It is terrifying for any child to go missing. The diff of a missing Autistic child is they are often: non-verbal and can't ask for help, attracted to water but can't swim, do not sense danger in that they might step into oncoming traffic. Please help.
Shelter to Veteran Women in Transition
Society & Culture  (tags: military, troops, war, government, ethics, economy, activists, culture, family, women, safety )

James
- 16 hours ago - vato21stcentury.blogspot.com
New York home gives shelter to veteran women in transition 05.18.2013 - When people hear the word "homeless shelter," it's easy to imagine a sterile building with long, narrow hallways and rooms filled with creaky, metal beds.
Prominent Canadians Back Petition to Rename Victoria Day to Honour Aboriginals
Society & Culture  (tags: Canada, First Nations, Victoria Day, culture, politics, rights )

Lynn
- 3 hours ago - home.mytelus.com
A group of certain Canadian actors, writers and politicians is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Victoria Day. The group ... has signed an online petition to rename this Monday's public holiday "Victoria and First Peoples Day."
Parents Bully Youth Over Fracking Presentation at Colorado Middle School
Society & Culture  (tags: Bullying, children, Colorado, environment, fracking, health, social media )

Julie
- 4 hours ago - naturalnews.com
"The threats, insults, and harassment of these youth and their friends on The Earth Guardians Facebook Fanpage have been so inappropriate that some of the kids mothers have spent the days reporting and deleting hateful comments.
The United Nations Wants Us All to Start Eating Bugs
Society & Culture  (tags: environment, health, economic, food supplies, protein, sustainable, obesity, bugs )

Lynn
- 3 hours ago - takepart.com
The world is expected to be populated by a whopping 9 billion people by 2050, and between overfishing and climate change, it's ... hard to come up with enough food for all those hungry mouths. So ... We all need to learn to love the taste of bugs.
Trent Franks Expands His DC Abortion Ban Nationwide
Society & Culture  (tags: congress, government, ethics, republicans, rights, freedoms, women, health, law )

Kevin
- 6 hours ago - huffingtonpost.com
"Emboldened by the murder conviction of former abortion provider Kermit Gosnell, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) announced on Friday that he intends to expand his proposed ban on abortions after 20 weeks of gestation in the District of Columbia to apply to...
Care Packages?! To Help Senior Military Veterans?
Society & Culture  (tags: military, troops, war, government, ethics, healthcare, healthcare, culture, dishonesty, humans, society, usa, americans )

James
- 17 hours ago - vato21stcentury.blogspot.com
HEMET: Care packages to help senior veterans May 18, 2013 - While sending care packages to troops overseas is a time-honored tradition, Emeritus at Hemet will be delivering them to local senior veterans or their surviving spouses during Memorial Day
Change the Home Leasing Law In Virginia By Stacey Mills.....PLEASE, SIGN!!!!!!
Society & Culture  (tags: child, women, abuse, police, corruption, ethics, family, safety, humans, rights )

Isa
- 9 hours ago - thepetitionsite.com
Mother of two autistic children suffers still harassment and is stalked by her ex-husband. Law enforcement sits on its hands and do nothing but say she is provoking him. The lease of the apartment is in his name, so he "has the rights" and she has none.
45% of Belgian Prison Inmates Are Muslim
Society & Culture  (tags: Belgium, Muslims, Prison population )

Beth
- 4 hours ago - sudinfo.be
As of 2010, according to a Pew Research project, Muslims comprised 10% of the population in Belgium. Yet, 45% of prison inmates in Belgium are Muslim. This is already a substantial and growing trend in crime and prisons in European countries.
The Oxford Sex Ring and the Preachers Who Teach Young Muslim Men That White Girls Are Cheap
Society & Culture  (tags: child abuse, Muslim, Oxford sex ring, Religious beliefs, white girls )

Joseph
- 8 hours ago - worldwidehippies.com
The fact is that the vicious activities of the Oxford ring are bound up with religion and race: religion, because all the perpetrators, though they had different nationalities, were Muslim; and race, because they deliberately targeted vulnerable white
Religion, Morality and Bad Behavior | Washington Times Communities
Society & Culture  (tags: religion )

Glenn
- 4 hours ago - communities.washingtontimes.com
You don't need spirituality for ethics.
The New Science of Giving - Yahoo! Finance
Society & Culture  (tags: good news, philanthropy )

Ellen
- 15 hours ago - finance.yahoo.com
John & Laura Arnold are a different kind of philanthropist; it is fascinating to read how they made money and how they plans to donate most of their $4 BILLION. John Arnold said they began with the mission of "how can we do the most good."
Prominent American Muslim, Umar Lee, Leaves Islam: "We Were Lied to"   video
Society & Culture  (tags: Umar Lee, Islam, convert to Christianity, expose )

Beth
- 3 hours ago - youtube.com
Umar Lee, a convert to Islam from St. Louis, was once enough of an Islamic supremacist to write to a rival: "i could cut your neck with the sword of islam and watch you squeal like a bitch like daniel pearl." But now he has left Islam and returned to
Light a Candle for Lakota Children
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, child, children, education, freedoms, health, humans, Lakota (Sioux) children, hope, school, candle, abuse, usa )

Diane
- 2 hours ago - stjosephsindianschool.org
The support of caring and capable adults is something every child needs, but too few receive. Light a candle today to let a Lakota child, who may be struggling
Abercrombie Just Got Served: Ellen Is Like a Decency Ninja
Society & Culture  (tags: abercrombie & fitch, funny, americans, culture, fashion, humans, society, celebrity, ethics, family, tv )

Tamara
- 1 hour ago - upworthy.com
Watch Ellen Degeneres as she takes on the ridiculous comments made by Abercrombie's CEO and masters her ninja skills. You gotta love her delivery!
   

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