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Gays More Deadly Than Tsunamis and Earthquakes

By Tom Porter | InternationalBusinessTimes The president of Gambia used his address to the United Nations General Assembly to accuse gays and lesbians of being one of the three “biggest threats to human existence. ” Naming the two others as greed … Continue reading →

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Silence Kills / Oaxaca, Mexico

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Captains Courageous: Greenpeace Squares Off against Russia over Arctic Oil Drilling

Written by RICK COHEN | NPQ Kumi Naidoo is the executive director of Greenpeace International. Under his leadership, Greenpeace is pursuing a “Save the Arctic” campaign against offshore oil drilling, a battle he calls “the defining environmental battle of our times.” In … Continue reading →

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Child Sex Trafficking on the Internet- “Selling the Girl Next Door” Documentary

CNN’s Amber Lyon Investigates Internet Child Sex Trafficking in America Selling the Girl Next Door takes viewers into the world of underage American girls caught up in the violent sex trade. Thousands of girls under the age of 18 are … Continue reading →

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Texas Board of Education Revises Textbooks: Slaves were ‘Unpaid Interns’

Written by Chris Partridge | Newslo DALLAS — The Texas Board of Education has drawn scrutiny in recent years for its efforts to revise its curriculum to favor more conservative-friendly versions of history and science. After revising textbooks last year to emphasize … Continue reading →

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Work After Baby

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7 Shocking Discoveries From Harvard Business School’s Attempt To Improve Gender Equality

JENNA GOUDREAU | BusinessInsider Harvard Business School, one of the world’s most elite institutions, is nothing but a microcosm of the larger business world, where students are judged by wealth, appearance, and social status; a testosterone-fueled environment quiets, objectifies, and holds … Continue reading →

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The Progressive Case Against the Face Veil

By LEJLA KURIC | LeftFootForward The burqa and niqab, face veils worn by a minority of Muslim women, are often misrepresented as something harmless, something we should be comfortable with. This narrative assumes that all women choose to wear the face veil … Continue reading →

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Some Clerics Allow Sexual Slavery in the Name of Religion

TheNational Accounts of “sex jihad” in Syria have been making ripples throughout the Arab world in recent months. In commenting on them, the Saudi journalist Abdel Rahman Al Rashed told the following story in the London-based daily Asharq Al Awsat. …

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Women power Bangladesh garment trade

Millions of Bangladeshi women work in its garment industry. Despite working for some of the lowest wages in the world, the country’s women have are being empowered economically and are helping the country’s development. The FT’s Ben Marino reports from … Continue reading →

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