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Too Many Humanitarian Crises, Not Enough Global Resources

The White House rejected a confidential proposal to accelerate work getting rid of nuclear security dangers, choosing to spend more money on weapons, instead.

Global Post
بواسطة Global Post

WASHINGTON — Humanitarian crises in the world today — Syria, Iraq, Central African Republic, South Sudan and now Gaza — all demand immediate and massive humanitarian response. The crises are not only large-scale, affecting millions, but the conflicts also are complex, each with unique political realities and on-the-ground difficulties. They

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Federal Government Accused Of Withholding Evidence In Blackwater Trial

U.S. Attorney says “a series of innocent oversights” resulted in the loss of evidence that would support assertions that the defendants were returning fire in Baghdad in 2007.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese
Blackwater Grand Jury

On Monday, attorneys for the four former Blackwater guards currently on trial for the 2007 killings of 14 Iraqi civilians, police officers and army personnel in Baghdad argued that the federal government knowingly suppressed evidence for the case. The evidence in question -- photographs of eight spent shell casings fired at the scene of the

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“Pay-To-Play” Threatens To Create An Attainment Gap In Youth Sports

Athletic participation is becoming too expensive for America’s poor — a group already grappling with obesity and other health issues at higher rates than their wealthy peers.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese
Elijah Earnheart

The pursuit of sports and recreation has been described as a basic human right. Article 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay,” while Article 27(1) says “Everyone has the right freely to participate in

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Elizabeth Warren’s 11 Commandments

Everybody’s eyes are on Hillary Clinton, but Elizabeth Warren might be the one Democrats should be watching if a golden calf is what they hope to avoid.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
بواسطة Jeffrey Cavanaugh
Elizabeth Warren

In one scene from the 1956 Bible epic “The Ten Commandments,” a photogenic, pre-NRA Charlton Heston, playing the role of Moses, appears to his people after hearing the Lord up on Mt. Sinai. Depressingly, he finds his people worshipping a golden calf in an orgy of decadent self-indulgence, wherein, in their fear, they abandon Yahweh for a new god

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Court Upholds Florida Law That Punishes Doctors For Talking About Guns

The ruling could have major implications as policymakers examine gun violence as a public health issue

Several years ago, the American Medical Association advised doctors to ask their patients about firearms and “educate patients to the dangers of firearms to children” in the name of public health. But doctors in Florida may be suppressed from giving this medical advice, now that a federal appeals court upheld a Florida law that became known as the

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Immigration Debate Roils Politics In … Maine?

LePage, the governor of Maine, the state with the largest percentage of white people, placed thousands of miles from the southern border, has thrust the issue of immigration to the forefront with his criticism over the federal government’s placement of eight immigrants in the state.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
Paul LePage

LEWISTON, Maine  — In the whitest U.S. state, thousands of miles from the Mexican border, the debate over immigration is quickly becoming a central issue in one of the nation's most closely watched governor's races. With its close-knit communities and a practice of labeling non-natives as "from away," Mainers have a reputation for being insular.

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