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Month: December 2018

What’s It Like for an Immigrant Child to Have a Glimpse of the American Dream, Then Have It Taken Away?
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What’s It Like for an Immigrant Child to Have a Glimpse of the American Dream, Then Have It Taken Away?

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018

The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy separated kids and parents, putting the children in foster care, where many of them got a taste of a life much better than the one …

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Putting algae and seaweed on the menu could help save our seafood
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Putting algae and seaweed on the menu could help save our seafood

December 27, 2018December 27, 2018

Pallavi Anand, The Open University and Daniela Schmidt, University of Bristol Shutterstock If we have to feed 9.8 billion people by 2050, food from the ocean will have to play …

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Smallholders’ global food production underestimated
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Smallholders’ global food production underestimated

December 24, 2018December 24, 2018

By Munyaradzi Makoni [CAPE TOWN] The share of farmland cultivated by smallholder farms may be much larger than previously thought, suggesting that their contribution to global food production could be …

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6-Year-Old Separated From His Father Tells Judge He Wants to Go Home
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6-Year-Old Separated From His Father Tells Judge He Wants to Go Home

December 20, 2018December 20, 2018

The Salvadoran boy who appeared alone in immigration court last month returned this week with his father’s lawyer in tow. The law puts the decision to return to his family …

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Women need to understand power structures
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Women need to understand power structures

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018

By Inga Vesper Prejudices are everywhere—yet most of us think that we, of course, are not subject to them. We believe we are better than that, we can look beyond …

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Snowflakes and trigger warnings: Shakespearean violence has always upset people
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Snowflakes and trigger warnings: Shakespearean violence has always upset people

December 13, 2018December 13, 2018

Rebecca Yearling, Keele University Transversal Theater Company production of Titus Andronicus, 2012. David Backovsky, CC BY-NC We are repeatedly told that today’s young people are oversensitive, claiming to need “trigger …

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Judge Calls for Examination of Quality Controls in New York Supported Housing System

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018

by Joaquin Sapien  Dec. 7, 12 p.m. EST The day ProPublica and Frontline reported how people with mental illness are slipping through the cracks, federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis questioned state officials, …

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Leadership

Does the G20 summit really make a difference? World leaders reckon it does

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018

Adam Triggs, Australian National University Leaders pose for the official G20 family photo at their 2014 summit in Brisbane. Andrew Taylor/AAP “The secret to success is sincerity. Learn to fake …

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Conservation spending could boost Brazil’s prosperity
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Conservation spending could boost Brazil’s prosperity

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018

By Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade [SÃO PAULO] Protecting the plants and animals that are vital for Brazil’s ecosystem could reduce poverty and create thousands of jobs, a report has found. …

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