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After Losing the Parliamentary Debate on Syria, Should David Cameron Resign?

For the first time since 1782, a British Prime Minister failed to carry a war motion through the House of Commons. David Cameron’s failure to win a parliamentary motion to attack Syria is huge, particularly since the moti...
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Your Voice Has Power: Writing For Human Rights

Every year, Amnesty International holds a two-week event during this time of the year (it’s to coincide with Human Rights Day on Dec. 10) called Write for Rights. Also known as the Letter Writing Marathon, Amnesty chooses...
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WATCH: 30 Inalienable Human Rights That No One Can Take Away

Drafted on December 10, 1948, the UN Declaration of Human Rights holds the Guinness World Record for “Most Translated Document”. The six pages outlining the first global expression of over 30 inalienable human right...
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Why World Television Day Is A Horrible Idea

In December 1996, November 21st was declared “World Television Day” by the United Nations General Assembly. The resolution was adopted with flying colors, but not without 11 abstentions from the vote. One of these a...
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What Changes Should be Made to America’s Food Stamp Programme?

Last week the House is voted on the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, a food stamp bill that would cut $39 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program over the next 10 years. Although this is about a 5 p...
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WATCH: Climate Change Has Hit Home. Literally.

Over 30 million displaced by weather-related events in 2012 Climate refugees aren’t a phenomenon of the future. It’s a catastrophe happening right now. Floods, storms and earthquakes forced 32.4 million people globa...
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Ethiopia

Write For Rights: Free Eskinder Nega

Amnesty International’s Write for Rights letter writing marathon is still going strong! So far, over 500,000 letters have been written on behalf of prisoners of conscience such as Miriam Lopez in Mexico, Yorm Bopha in Cam...
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Water as Our Life Blood: Climate change in South America

Water is life, and it too is being threatened by global warming. The threat to water is much more than droughts and flooding, although it includes those problems also. The threat to water also means rising temperatures in the o...
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Climate Change: Infrastructure Losses and the Adaptation of Architecture

We need to do more than just stop, or turn around, global warming. Although doing that is possible, it’s also change that won’t happen overnight. Change that can happen a little more quickly is the change in archite...
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