U.N. calls on China to free Uighurs from alleged re-education camps
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations’ human rights experts voiced alarm on Thursday over...
Read MoreAug 31, 2018 | China, Fascism / Racism, Human Rights / Diversity |
GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations’ human rights experts voiced alarm on Thursday over...
Read MoreAug 29, 2018 | Drug War, Reform, United States |
A measure that could dramatically expand access to medical marijuana in Illinois — making it...
Read MoreAug 27, 2018 | Grassroots Democracy, Sustainability, United States |
Here are the opening remarks from the CivicLab’s second Civic Harambee which was held on Saturday, August 25, 2018: Remarks by Tom Tresser at the CivicLab Civic Harambee, August 25, 2018 Good morning brothers and sisters!...
Read MoreAug 22, 2018 | Europe, Immigration |
Hussam Al-Homsi came to Sweden in 2015, along with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeingunimaginable horrors in the Syrian war. Three years on, he finds himself part of a demographic group that’s at the center of the biggest...
Read MoreAug 20, 2018 | China, Human Rights / Diversity |
China is compiling a global registry of its ethnic minorities who have fled persecution, threatening to detain the families of those who don’t comply. The message: Nowhere is safe.
Read MoreAug 18, 2018 | Civil / Criminal Justice Reform |
Howard Costner and Jesse Jones were, until Monday, employed as jail guards in Spalding County,...
Read MoreAug 15, 2018 | Human Rights / Diversity, Middle East |
To avert hospital closures and raw sewage overflowing onto the streets of Gaza, the United Nations...
Read MoreAug 14, 2018 | Activism |
As tensions between tech companies and their surrounding communities in cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and Austin continue to escalate, there’s an effort underway to find meaningful, collaborative solutions. From driving up...
Read MoreAug 13, 2018 | Enviroment, Interesting, Sustainability |
Protecting mangroves, tropical rainforests and other biodiversity hotspots, the United Nations...
Read MoreAug 5, 2018 | China, Human Rights / Diversity, Press Freedom |
Disney’s Christopher Robin has been banned in China. While no specific reason was given for the...
Read MoreAug 3, 2018 | Climate Change, Sustainability |
Young researcher Sarah-Jeanne Royer set out to measure methane gas coming from biological activity in sea water. Instead, in a “happy accident” she found that the plastic bottles holding the samples were a bigger...
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