Full Coverage: United States
February 2006
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02/28/2006
A lawyer who fought to end racial segregation in U.S. housing in the 1970s calls the problem "the hardest issue in America relating to race relations," but offers a proposal for eliminating the "black ghetto."
Read moreFrom: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership Conference Education Fund Related: [Shelter & Housing] [Civil Rights] [Race Politics] |
02/28/2006
Any nuclear aid President Bush offers to India this week--even of the "civilian" kind--will free up Indian resources to make more bombs, says Council for a Livable World, drumming up support for a key bill in Congress to oppose U.S. nuclear aid to India.
Read moreFrom: Council for a Livable World Related: [Aid] [Energy] [International Cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Nuclear Arms] Image: Older man on a road in Pondicherry, India © Peter Armstrong
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02/28/2006
from Gristmill blog:
Read more... it reduces oil use, energy dependence and global warming. "If we have any politicians left with ... the sense God gave a turkey, they would jump on this. Americans crave it. They want to be asked to sacrifice. They want to be involved. They just need an opportunity," says David Roberts. Related: [Energy] [Transport] |
02/28/2006
An immediate end to the US occupation and the deployment of a UN-led peacekeeping force was demanded yesterday by an international women's human rights organisation.
Read moreFrom: MADRE Related: [Iraq] [Conflict Resolution] [United Nations] |
02/28/2006
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 27 (OneWorld) - The average American family has taken a financial tumble and millions in the country go hungry despite President George W. Bush's sunny assessment of the U.S. economy, say federal data and economists.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Poverty] [Economy] [Nutrition/Malnutrition] |
02/27/2006
Two great recent stories out of Canada and New York proving what a misnomer the word "disability" can be.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Canada] [Disability] |
02/27/2006
Ultimately, it is about employers and physicians working together to improve the quality and safety of care," said Dr. Jeffrey Rideout, MD. "Creating a system that provides patient information and data as well as the results of medications and treatments will help physicians make the best medical
Read moreRelated: [ICT] |
02/27/2006
The US President should press his Pakistani counterpart, General Pervez Musharraf, to step down as army chief, hold elections, and restore civilian rule, a leading rights group said ahead of Bush's scheduled to visit Pakistan this week.
Read moreRelated: [Pakistan] [Democracy] [Arms & Military] |
02/27/2006
Is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turning a blind eye to top companies' poor emissions standards? Some of the companies being rewarded as "top environmental performers" are anything but, say a coalition of 29 environmental organizations.
Read moreRelated: [Environment] [Pollution] [Governance] |
02/26/2006
Tired of broken promises, survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide disaster are marching 800 km to Delhi to call attention to the continuing toxic contamination of Bhopal, the absence of adequate healthcare, and other problems.
Read moreRelated: [India] [Corporations] [Pollution] [Health] [Human Rights] |
02/25/2006
They are running factories and non-profits, leading campaigns and demonstrations, and standing up to government oppression around the world. They are mothers, widows, journalists, Nobel Prize winners, peacemakers...they are just like you and me.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Sri Lanka] [Russian Federation] [Palestine] [Kenya] [Italy] [Israel] [Iran ] [Colombia] [Bosnia and Herzegovina] [Argentina] [Afghanistan] [Gender] Image: - © The Afghan Institute of Learning
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02/24/2006
Ever stricter border patrols only seem to be causing more death and danger for Latin Americans looking for a better life up north, reports Diego Cevallos.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Migration] [Human Rights] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Globalization] Image: Cubans, Ecuadoreans, Guatemalans, Haitians, Hondurans, Mexicans and Salvadorans are the main victims of the regional migration phenomenon, reports IPS. © Independent Media Center
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02/24/2006
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 24 (OneWorld) - Three Nobel laureates are throwing their weight behind an international coalition in demanding the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and calling on the public to protest the occupation by taking part in nonviolent lawbreaking at U.S. military bases.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Iraq] [United Kingdom] [Politics] [War and Peace] |
02/24/2006
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (OneWorld) - The United States is using the issue of United Nations reform to consolidate domination of the world body by wealthy and powerful countries at the expense of the majority, say two-thirds of the UN's members.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [South Africa] [United Nations] |
02/23/2006
European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson and his US counterpart Rob Portman were urged yesterday to make concessions to ensure that the Doha Round of trade negotiations benefits developing countries.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam International Related: [Europe] [Trade] Image: Trade Justice Movement lobby of Parliament
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02/23/2006
A new fund will support women's health organizations around that world that have been cut off from U.S. aid because their stance on abortion is not in line with the Bush Administration's. The U.K. has already pledged $5 million.
Read moreFrom: Population Action International Related: [United Kingdom] [Children] [Aid] [Population] [Finance] [HIV/AIDS] [Infant Mortality] [Gender] [Geopolitics] [Law] Image: © Population Action International
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02/23/2006
American companies are under attack from Congress for helping the Chinese government suppress free speech but it's the U.S. government that really has the power to affect change, argues former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.
Read moreFrom: TomPaine.com Related: [China] [Civil Rights] [Freedom of Expression] [Internet] [Codes of Conduct] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Law] |
02/22/2006
My friend and I, both grandmothers, have the dubious distinction of being the only ones in the United States who were arrested for taking part in the Pure Foods National Super Market Campaign to Label Foods Containing GMOs...
Read moreRelated: [Food] [Corporations] [Genetics] [Freedom of Expression] [Activism] |
02/22/2006
The fact that the US President consulted novelist Michael Crichton on global warming would be funny — if the consequences of George Bush's policies weren't so dire, says Frank O'Donnell.
Read moreFrom: TomPaine.com Related: [Climate Change] |
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