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Month: October 2018

Public Policy / Social

Reports of Voter Intimidation at Polling Places in Texas

October 29, 2018

Election official in Dallas County says it’s the worst she’s seen in decades. by Blake Paterson Oct. 26, 5:18 p.m. EDT Tempers are flaring during early voting in Dallas County, Texas, …

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Everything you need to know about Christmas cracker jokes
Legal / Social

Everything you need to know about Christmas cracker jokes

October 25, 2018

Susan Hunston, University of Birmingham DGLimages via Shutterstock The jokes found inside Christmas crackers are famous for making the family groan as well as laugh. Good Christmas cracker jokes are …

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Personal Diary of a remorseful Young Afghan

October 22, 2018November 21, 2018

By Hemant K. Batra | Freelance Writer Always in a pair of denim clad jeans, Abdul Malik an Afghani national was a fair complexioned and light brown eyed handsome young …

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Model shows pathway to feeding the world
Social / Thought

Model shows pathway to feeding the world

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018

By Barbara Axt Earth has the capacity to feed the world’s population on a healthy diet if countries make fundamental changes to their food production systems and consumption, a study …

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GOP Senator Pushed VA to Use Unproven
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GOP Senator Pushed VA to Use Unproven “Brainwave Frequency” Treatment

October 18, 2018

The Trump administration has welcomed experimental procedures for veterans’ mental health, even though doctors urge caution. by Isaac Arnsdorf Oct. 17, 12 p.m. EDT Sen. Dean Heller, a Nevada Republican, pushed …

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Community / Social

Is queer culture losing its radical roots?

October 15, 2018

Sky Gilbert, University of Guelph Has Pride been coopted? This year’s Pride parade spectators have been asked to wear black in honour of the victims of serial killers. A drag …

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Social / Thought

Poverty reduction may stall – report

October 11, 2018

By Anita Makri Extreme poverty is getting more and more concentrated in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, says the Gates Foundation in a report whose findings are backed up by estimates …

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Legal / Public Policy / Social

Another Court Ruling Against a West Virginia Pipeline, Then Another Effort to Change the Rules

October 8, 2018

by Ken Ward Jr. and Kate Mishkin, The Charleston Gazette-Mail  Oct. 4, 5 a.m. EDT A federal appeals court has revoked a key approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Now, state regulators are working …

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Ten photos that changed how we see human rights
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Ten photos that changed how we see human rights

October 4, 2018

Jane Lydon, University of Western Australia This 1904 photograph showing the massacre of villagers by Dutch KNIL forces in the Indonesian village of Koetö Réh was used by the Dutch …

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Rich Asia Pacific nations rank poorly on development policies
Social / Thought

Rich Asia Pacific nations rank poorly on development policies

October 1, 2018

By Neena Bhandari [SYDNEY] The richer Asia-Pacific countries and the US do poorly on the 2018 Commitment to Development Index (CDI), which ranks 27 wealthy countries according to how well …

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