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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Why Patient Harm Is One Of The Leading Causes Of Death In America

A surgical team performs surgery on a patient on Oct. 19, 2011. (Photo by Army Medicine via Flikr) Medical care has its own code and culture, which often does not put patients first, according to Dr. Marty Makary, a cancer surgeon and researcher at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the School of Public Health. […]

Marshall Allen
بواسطة Marshall Allen
A surgical team performs surgery on a patient on Oct. 19, 2011. (Photo by Army Medicine via Flikr)

Medical care has its own code and culture, which often does not put patients first, according to Dr. Marty Makary, a cancer surgeon and researcher at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the School of Public Health. And providers who speak against that code can pay a heavy price. Makary’s new book, “Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You

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Actress In Anti-Muslim Film To Ask For Injunction

Indonesian muslims shout slogans as they hold a banner reads “Innocence of Muslims is the result of secular democracy” during a protest against the low-budget film that ridicules Islam and depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, outside the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) An actress who appears […]

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Indonesian muslims shout slogans as they hold a banner reads "Innocence of Muslims is the result of secular democracy" during a protest against the low-budget film that ridicules Islam and depicts the Prophet Muhammad as a fraud, outside the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

An actress who appears in the anti-Muslim film trailer that has been blamed for causing riots in the Middle East wants a judge to order YouTube to take down the clip. Attorneys for Cindy Lee Garcia plan to seek the injunction Thursday against the 14-minute YouTube trailer for "Innocence of Muslims" in a Los Angeles court. On Wednesday Garcia

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With More Women In Jail, What Happens To Babies Behind Bars?

The number of female prisoners is rising, raising the question of what happens to the children they leave behind. (Photo by Thomas Lillis IV via Flikr) Morrison McConnell has spent the first three months of his life behind razor wire and metal bars. His mother, Sandra, is serving a prison sentence and gave birth to […]

Maeve McClenaghan
بواسطة Maeve McClenaghan
The number of female prisoners is rising, raising the question of what happens to the children they leave behind. (Photo by Thomas Lillis IV via Flikr)

Morrison McConnell has spent the first three months of his life behind razor wire and metal bars. His mother, Sandra, is serving a prison sentence and gave birth to her son while incarcerated. Morrison is one of around 80 babies currently housed with their mothers in prison, according to a new investigation by the Independent. Over 17,000 more

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Government-Owned Corn Destroyed In One Of Africa’s Poorest Countries

In a government warehouse in the centre of one of Zambia’s farming districts, 300 miles from the capital, thousands of bags of corn are stacked up high. All are rotten. All are set to be destroyed. This destruction of food is a calamity for a country where the UN estimates 64% of its people are still incapable […]

Anthony Mukwita
بواسطة Anthony Mukwita
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In a government warehouse in the centre of one of Zambia’s farming districts, 300 miles from the capital, thousands of bags of corn are stacked up high. All are rotten. All are set to be destroyed. This destruction of food is a calamity for a country where the UN estimates 64% of its people are still incapable of placing two meals on the table.

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Can Romney Come Back From Insensitive Latino Comments?

In this June 21, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (Mint Press) – What exactly was Mitt Romney getting at when he claimed that he’d have a better shot of winning the presidency if he was Latino? He’s not exactly up for […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak
In this June 21, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

(Mint Press) – What exactly was Mitt Romney getting at when he claimed that he’d have a better shot of winning the presidency if he was Latino? He’s not exactly up for clarifying his remarks caught on hidden camera, leaving the issue up for debate and speculation. During a $50,000-a-plate Florida campaign fundraiser in May, a hidden camera

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Terrorism Allegations Against Journalists Block Freedom Of Speech Worldwide

Ethiopia’s Minister of Justice Berhan Hailu, unseen, reads aloud from a document appearing to be a petition for mercy by two Swedish journalists who were imprisoned in Ethiopia for 14 months. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare) (NAMIBIA) MintPress — The Ethiopian government pardoned two Swedish journalists of terrorism convictions last week while dozens of journalists worldwide remain […]

Janessa Schilmoeller
بواسطة Janessa Schilmoeller
Ethiopia's Minister of Justice Berhan Hailu, unseen, reads aloud from a document appearing to be a petition for mercy by two Swedish journalists who were imprisoned in Ethiopia for 14 months. (AP Photo/Elias Asmare)

(NAMIBIA) MintPress — The Ethiopian government pardoned two Swedish journalists of terrorism convictions last week while dozens of journalists worldwide remain in jail on politicized terrorism-related charges, seen internationally as a clear attack on freedom of speech. Reporter Martin Schibbye and photographer Johan Persson, who were convicted

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