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Turkey’s Prime Minister’s Visit to Washington
Comments (0) | Barack Obama, Bashar Assad, Erdogan, human rights, Humanitarian crisis, International, journalists, Kurdish issues, Kurdistan, Kurdistan Worker's Party, refugees, Syria, Turkey, Washington
Turkey's Erdogan's visit to Washington, missed opportunities?
Read more...Samoa Air's 'Pay-Per-Kilo' System Is Degrading
Comments (8) | airline, Airplane, arbitrary and capricious, baggage, charging-per-kilo, customer, fee, human rights, kilo, luggage, Mayor Bloomberg, morality, New York City, Obesity, Opinion, opinion, passenger, pay-by-kilo, paying-by-the-pound, plane, pound, price, regional airline, Samoa Air, South Pacific, sugary drinks, ticket, tickets, travel, weight
(Ad Meskens, Creative Commons)
If weight were the only issue, Samoa Air would not suggest charging a passenger more because of it. They are profiting at the cost of morality.
Read more...Rape Culture Exists In America, Too
Comments (0) | american political science review, Amherst, amherst sexual assault, college, college rape, culture, dating violence, domestic violence, feminism, France, Gang Rape, hijab, human rights, India, international women of courage award, Iraq, John Kerry, landen gambill, Media, Michelle Obama, military rape, murder, new delhi, new delhi gang rape, nirbhaya, Opinion, rape, rape culture, sexual assault, sexual violence, spivak, state deptartment, Taliban, the invisible war, UNC, unc sexual assault. afghanistan, United States, violence against women act, Western culture, women's rights
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When exactly will the U.S. recognize the victims of gender-based violence within its own borders?
Read more...Drone Strikes Shouldn't Discriminate Between Nationalities
Comments (3) | citizens, counterterrorism, declaration of human rights, Drone Strikes, drones, human rights, Opinion, targeted killing, terrorism, United Nations, United States, US foreign policy, us military
U.S. Pacific Air Forces, Creative Commons
Why should Americans be immune from attack?
Read more...Israeli War Crimes Cannot Be Ignored
Comments (6) | human rights, Human Rights Council, International Criminal Court, international law, Israel, Israeli Foreign Ministry, Israeli occupation, Israeli settlements, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Rome Statute, sovereignty, two-state solution, United Nations, war crimes, West Bank
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The UN has formally concluded that Israel’s settlements in the West Bank violate international law.
Read more...Russia Set To Ban American Adoptions
Comments (0) | adoptions, human rights, moscow, Nation and World, Nation and World, putin, russia, russian adoption ban, russian orphans, u.s. adoptions, u.s. russia, u.s. russia relations, vladimir putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin set to sign bill into law; Russia has been the largest source of American adoptions for the past 20 years.
Read more...Obama Signs Bill Detailing New Trade Relations With Russia
Comments (0) | Barack Obama, human rights, moscow, Nation and World, Obama, President Obama, putin, russia, trade, u.s. russia relations, vladimir putin
(Barack Obama, Creative Commons)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not happy with the bill.
Read more...Why Foxconn Should Serve As An Example
Comments (0) | China, Education, exports, factory conditions, factory workers, Foxconn Technology Group, human rights, injustice, International, manufacturing, robots, Technology
A Foxconn assembly line in 2005 (Prachatai, Creative Commons)
Why the Taiwanese technology giant could revolutionize more than just the manufacturing business.
Read more...Obama Visits Thailand, Burma And Cambodia
Comments (0) | Asia, Barack Obama, Burma, camboida, China, daily beast, democracy, east asia, human rights, International, Obama, President Obama, protest, reuters, Thailand, u.s. president, us president
When Obama visits Burma Monday, he will become the first U.S. president to do so.
Read more...California Ballot Measures: A Suggested Voting Guide
Comments (0) | 2012 election, auto insurance, ballot measures, California, california propositions, campaign contributions, campaign finance, capital crime, car insurance, Citizens United, clean energy, death penalty, death row, early childhood education, Education, Election 2012, funding, genetically engineered foods, GMO, gmo labeling, Government Spending, human rights, human trafficking, Innocence Project, labor unions, Law, multistate corporations, Opinion, police, prop 30, prop 31, prop 32, Prop 33, prop 34, Prop 35, Prop 36, Prop 37, prop 38, prop 39, prop 40, props, public safety, Supreme Court, taxes, three strikes law, voting
(Nuclear Winter, Creative Commons)
Support the ballot measures conferring the most benefits on the most people.
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