May
10
2013
A growing number of protesters in North Carolina, angered by a series of policy decisions by Gov. Pat McCrory, are being arrested and jailed for their roles in various acts of civil disobedience.
So far, the protests have led to the arrests of dozens of North Carolinians, from a group of college students and religious and labor leaders to an 83-year-old grandmother. They are part of a group of civil rights and advocacy groups in North …
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May
10
2013
An instrument near the summit of Mauna Loa in Hawaii recorded a long-awaited climate milestone today: the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere there has exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in 55 years of measurement—and probably more than 3 million years of Earth history.
The last time the concentration of Earth’s main greenhouse gas reached this mark, horses and camels lived in the high Arctic. Seas were at least …
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May
10
2013
The United States government is investing tens of millions of dollars each year on offensive hacking operations in order to exploit vulnerabilities in the computers of its adversaries, Reuters reports.
According to an in-depth article published Friday by journalist Joseph Menn, the US and its Department of Defense contractors are increasingly pursuing efforts to hack the computers of foreign competitors, in turn exposing a rarely discussed aspect of the nation’s clandestine cyber operations.
In a time when …
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May
10
2013
An international protest planned for later this month against biotechnology company Monsanto is slated to span six continents and include demonstrations in dozens of countries around the globe.
Amid growing concerns over St. Louis, Missouri-based Monsanto and the impact the company is having on agriculture, activists have planned rallies for later this month in 36 countries.
Monsanto, a titan of the emerging biotech industry, has come under attack from environmentalists, agriculturalists and average consumers over the company’s …
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May
10
2013
Thousands of teachers and students have taken to streets across Spain to protest spending cuts they say are destroying the country’s public education system.
In Madrid, the protesters – many of them wearing green T-shirts that have become a symbol of their movement against the budget cuts – marched to the education ministry on Thursday. The demonstrators called on Jose Ignacio Wert, education minister, to resign.
“We have a small budget and they are reducing it more …
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May
10
2013
When NSFWCORP sent me to Victorville this January, I little expected that the neighboring town of Adelanto would become ground zero for a fight between billionaires on one side, and poor, vulnerable minority parents and children on the other.
I first heard about the fight through the local right-wing paper, the Victorville Daily Press, which gleefully announced on its front page that a local school, Desert Trails Elementary, had just made history as the first school …
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May
10
2013
Taking a deeper look at current and past films and how they relate to the world today.
Jonathan Kim is an independent film critic who writes and produces film reviews for Uprising and other outlets. He is a former co-producer at Brave New Films.
Read his reviews online at ReThinkReviews.net. Watch his videos at www.youtube.com/user/jsjkim, …
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May
09
2013
Republican senators staged a boycott of the nomination of Gina McCarthy as head of the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday, surprising the top Democrat on the Senate committee in charge of the vote and furthering a pattern of delay that also postponed a confirmation vote on President Barack Obama’s Labor nominee Wednesday.
“I am rather stunned that this is happening,” said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., the committee chairwoman. “I never even knew they were boycotting this until …
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May
09
2013
When Italian president Giorgio Napolitano appointed 10 expert consultants to lead Italy out of its political gridlock late last month, it would appear he could not find one qualified woman to add to the list. The list comprises 10 men, including former European leaders to notable economists, who are certainly qualified to address the crucial reforms the country needs to move forward. But surely there must have been at least one woman in the whole …
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May
09
2013
The Second World War ended in May 1945 – but not for the German “Wolfskinder,” or “wolf children.” On their own, they made their way from East Prussia to Lithuania, a decision they’ll never forget.
When Alfreda Pipiraite turned 18, she believed she’d made it. “But no, they said to me, ‘You German pig! You Hitlerist! Fascist!’ And so on,” she told DW. “It was particularly painful whenever a member of my family called me …
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