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American Peace Group Joins Hundreds Rallying In Yemen To Close Gitmo

Protesters were joined by a small American delegation from Code Pink, a women-led grassroots peace movement that has been in Yemen for a week.

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, calling on President Barack Obama to release detainees who have been held for years at Guantanamo Bay prison without charge or trial, Russia Today reports. Of the 166 people still detained at Guantanamo, 84 are from Yemen. Fifty-six of the Yemeni detainees have

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Faith And Fracking: A Religious Case For The Environment

A Catholic diocese in England is urging parishioners to think twice before supporting fracking.

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

The hydraulic fracking debate has already gotten political. Now it’s getting religious. A Catholic diocese in England is stepping up to the front lines of the fracking debate, urging parishioners to think twice before supporting a drilling practice that injects chemicals and silica sand into the earth to break up rock formations where oil is

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And The ‘World Food Prize’ Goes To… 3 GMO Scientists

The move was an unbridled endorsement of GMOs; one of the recipients is a developer at biotech giant Monsanto.

Sarah Lazare
بواسطة Sarah Lazare

This year's World Food Prize was handed to leading GMO scientists, including a developer at biotech giant Monsanto. The move was an unbridled endorsement of GMOs amidst growing controversy as rising numbers question the technology's safety for people and the environment. The body responsible for handing out the prestigious award—the private

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4 Ways The Government Subsidizes Coastal Rebuilding And Ignores Rising Sea Levels

Critics say paying to restore beaches year after year is one of a number of ways the government subsidizes less-than-smart development.

Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica
بواسطة Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica

Contractors with the Army Corps of Engineers last month finished pumping more than 1.8 million cubic yards of sand onto the beach in Ocean City, N.J., which had been damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Using a combination of Sandy aid and funds already earmarked for adding sand to beaches, the federal government picked up $14 million of the roughly $18

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Demography, Democracy, Destiny: ‘Majority-Minority’ America Is Just Around The Corner

Politics, however, will be slow to catch up with the new American reality.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
بواسطة Jeffrey Cavanaugh
Jackelin Alfaro

Jackelin Alfaro, 4, in a t-shirt that reads "Don't Depart my Dad" sits in the hall with family members outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The committee hearing will discuss the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its

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Brazil’s Protests Are The Largest Seen In Decades — But Why Now?

Demonstrators cite wealth disparity, police violence and issues surrounding the upcoming World Cup as just some of their grievances.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese

It began with an off-screen speaker addressing the viewers in Portuguese. “Hi Brazil. Hi World,” the speaker said, according to the translation from on-screen captioning. “I come to show you what television will not show. Just look and draw your own conclusions. And consider that Brazil is raped to 500 years on account of corruption and justice

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