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World Refugee Day Marked By Global Crisis: 45 Million Displaced

The UN released a report showing that refugee and internally displaced populations reached a 20-year high in 2012,

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

Ahead of World Refugee Day Thursday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a report showing that global refugee and internally displaced populations reached a 20-year high in 2012, with 45.2 million people who have fled their homes due to war, persecution and political conflict. "War is the main reason for this very high

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Politics Gets In The Way Of Effective HPV Vaccinations

The prevalence of HPV infections in teenaged girls has dropped 56 percent since the introduction of a vaccine in 2006.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese
A public health nurse demonstrates drawing flu vaccine from a bottle at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

The prevalence of human papillomavirus, or HPV, infections in teenaged girls between 14 and 19 years of age has dropped 56 percent since the introduction of a vaccine in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. Despite the controversy surrounding the vaccine, HPV vaccination has been found to be overwhelmingly

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Wisconsin Supreme Court To Review Constitutionality Of Walker’s Union-Busting Law

Since it was passed in 2011, the hotly contested law has led to mass demonstrations and even a failed recall election.

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

Wisconsin’s Act 10, a piece of legislation that effectively nullifies collective bargaining rights for 200,000 municipal employees, could be facing its final challenge after the Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of the case last week. Since it was passed in 2011, the hotly contested law has led to a failed recall election, mass

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GOP Eyes Its Toughest Opponent On Immigration Reform: Itself

Senate Republicans are realizing that their largest opposition is not the Senate Democrats; it’s the House GOP.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese

In the arduous and complicated back-and-forth negotiations on the first comprehensive immigration reform bill in recent memory, Senate Republicans are realizing that their largest opposition is not the Senate Democrats; it’s the House GOP. On Tuesday, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) indicated that he sees no way to bring the immigration

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Chicago Community Members Stage Sit-In Against School Shutdown

Lafayette Elementary was just one of 28 Chicago public schools that held its final day of classes on Wednesday before being shuttered.

Sarah Lazare
بواسطة Sarah Lazare

Parents and students occupied a Chicago school Wednesday, refusing to budge from a Lafayette Elementary classroom on the final day of education before the school is permanently shut down by the city. Lafayette was just one of 28 Chicago public schools that held its final day of classes Wednesday after the city's board of education drove through

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Fact-Checking The Feds: Could The NSA’s Metadata Dragnet Have Prevented 9/11?

Those making the argument have ignored a key aspect of historical record.

Justin Elliot
بواسطة Justin Elliot

In defending the NSA’s sweeping collection of Americans’ phone call records, Obama administration officials have repeatedly pointed out how it could have helped thwart the 9/11 attacks: If only the surveillance program been in place before Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. authorities would have been able to identify one of the future hijackers who was living

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