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Asia
International Political Forum

Agent Orange: Will it Ever End?

Photographer Brian Driscoll’s “Will it Ever End” photo series tells the stories of those still affected by Agent Orange. Used by the U.S. during the Vietnam War with the aim of defoliating the dense jungle...
by Nicky Armstrong
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North America

Teacher Quality and Preparedness in US Education

Educational reform is a topic of much debate in American society. Whether you are watching a political debate, surfing the headlines of CNN, or at a dinner party with friends, everyone has an opinion on what is wrong with educ...
by Urban Times
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Asia
International Political Forum

Democracy – A Means Or An End? Lessons From China

Hilary Clinton, as Secretary of State, recently claimed the Chinese government was ‘trying to stop history by opposing the advance of democracy’. Indeed, since the West first adopted democracy as their uniform political sys...
by Lloyd Pinnell
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Human Rights

Chelsea Manning Denied Transgender Rights in Prison

Chelsea (formerly known as Bradley) Manning’s recent statement that she plans to live life as a woman, and wishes to go through hormone treatment has put transgender rights in focus of this case. As Manning is facing a 35 ye...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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Eurasia

A changed world: 2012 foreign policy predictions and outcomes

A Changed World A look back at three major foreign policy claims of the 2012 US Presidential Election and forward to the road ahead, providing letter grades A to F for the candidates predictions. Issue #1: Iran Then: The electi...
by Jack Stukel
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Health

Making Way For Mary Jane

CNN correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta is confident in the value of medical marijuana. A previous opponent of the drug’s legalization, Gupta has had a change of heart. “We have been terribly and systematically misled for nea...
by Bre Cruickshank
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North America

Localize This! A Camp for Progressive Changemakers

This Wednesday, about 100 young activists and changemakers from all across the United States will converge outside Seattle, on Vashon Island, to attend Backbone Campaign’s 5th annual Localize This Action Camp. The camp is hos...
by Kyle McCarthy
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Afghanistan

Obama Administration And Afghanistan: What Lies Ahead?

Barack Obama has recently approved guidelines allowing the Pentagon—the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense—to continue fighting the Taliban, al-Qaeda and its allied forces in Afghanistan alongside the A...
by Sohini Chatterjee
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Human Rights
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WATCH: Glenn Ford, one of the US’ longest serving death row inmates exonerated after 30 years

Glenn Ford spent almost 30 years in prison for a murder he did not commit; on Tuesday 11th he was exonerated, thus becoming one of the longest serving death row inmates to be freed in the United States. The news comes as a shoc...
by Tímea Fazekas
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