Full Coverage: Northern America
April 2008
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04/28/2008
Few people are aware that Louisiana is home to the United Houma Nation, nearly half of whose members were displaced when Hurricane Katrina struck. They are still struggling to get their lives back.
Read moreFrom: Reznet Related: [United States] [Refugees] [Indigenous Rights] [Social Exclusion] |
04/28/2008
A bill to amend laws allowing workers to sue for pay discrimination on the basis of gender, race, or age was blocked Friday from debate in the U.S. Senate.
Read moreFrom: Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership Conference Education Fund Related: [United States] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Race Politics] [Social Exclusion] [Governance] [Law] Image: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act will amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. © Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership Conference Education Fund
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04/28/2008
For people living in underprivileged areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, surplus medical supplies from the United States, including vaccines and hospital beds, are saving lives -- and reducing the waste in North American landfills.
Read moreRelated: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [United States] [Aid] [Poverty] [Pollution] [Disease/treatment] Image: The shipments include equipment and medicines like needles and vaccines. © Pan American Health Organization
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04/28/2008
The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).
Read moreFrom: International Institute for Environment and Development Related: [Antarctica] [Canada] [Greenland] [Norway] [Russian Federation] [Energy] [Fisheries] [Climate Change] Image: Offshore oil and gas exploration are likely to increase © Global Witness
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04/28/2008
An unreported war is being waged by the US to restore power to the privileged classes at the expense of the poor, argues John Pilger.
Read moreFrom New Statesman Related: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [United States] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] |
04/27/2008
Garbage Warrior is a genuinely inspiring documentary about a maverick US architect with an experimental approach to building.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld UK Related: [United States] |
04/25/2008
On World Malaria Day a group of organizations combating the disease applaud the progress made and lay out the road ahead on malaria prevention and treatment.
Read moreFrom: Global Health Council, CORE Group Related: [United States] [Aid] [International Cooperation] [Disease/treatment] [Malaria] |
04/24/2008
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (OneWorld) - Recording artist Shakira and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined forces this week with millions of students and teachers around the globe calling for redoubled efforts to allow children to attend school.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Education] [MDGs] [Geopolitics] |
04/24/2008
This week's closed-door meeting of leaders from Canada, Mexico, and the United States is likely to produce changes that "will favor narrow corporate interests over the public good," write trade analysts Sarah Anderson and Manuel Pérez Rocha.
Read moreFrom: Institute of Policy Studies Related: [Canada] [Mexico] [United States] [International Cooperation] [Labor] [Corporations] [Trade] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Governance] |
04/23/2008
Climate change, the oil industry, and the construction of the world's largest dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo must be prioritized by African and U.S. leaders to support sustainable development on the continent, says a new report released on Earth Day.
Read moreFrom: Africa Action Related: [United States] [Niger] [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Africa] [Energy] [International Cooperation] [Climate Change] [Renewable Energy] [Human Rights] [Geopolitics] Image: Africans will be disproportionately impacted by climate change, argues the report. © Refugees International
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04/23/2008
Innovative Medicaid family planning expansions designed by state officials have hugely benefited the provision and accessibility of health care coverage for low-income people across the United States, says a new report from a reproductive health institute.
Read moreFrom: Guttmacher Institute Related: [United States] [Poverty] [Disease/treatment] [Governance] Image: © Changemakers.net
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04/23/2008
Joukko tunnettuja Yhdysvaltain juutalaisia on perustanut järjestön rahoittamaan ja auttamaan poliitikkoja, jotka kannattavat Israelin ja Palestiinan välisen konfliktin ratkaisuksi kahta erillistä valtiota ja vaativat Yhdysvaltoja toimimaan voimakkaasti tämän puolesta.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Israel] [Palestine] [United States] [Conflict] Image: -
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04/22/2008
WASHINGTON, Apr 22 (OneWorld) - Pennies a day. That's all it would cost the United States to significantly reduce the emission of gases that contribute to global warming. What's more, the cost to businesses, families, and overall economic growth would be minimal, according to a new study released this week.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Economy] [Business] [Climate Change] [Governance] Image: Carbon pollution from a factory. © Geographical
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04/22/2008
Through the stories of the Rabban and Karana families, Adam Doster relates the immense difficulties facing Iraqi refugees -- including the few who manage to receive asylum in the United States.
Read moreFrom: In These Times Related: [Iraq] [Jordan] [Syria ] [United States] [Education] [Migration] [Refugees] [Social Exclusion] [Disease/treatment] [Governance] [Conflict] |
04/22/2008
Amid growing concern over global food insecurity, Kimberly Ann Elliott urges the U.S. government to cut subsidies for biofuel production, "one of the few policy levers available in the short run to relieve demand pressures."
Read moreFrom: Center for Global Development Related: [United States] [Agriculture] [Energy] [Food] [Finance] [Climate Change] [Pollution] [Renewable Energy] |
04/22/2008
U.S. state governors say they are fed up with the Bush administration's foot-dragging on climate change and will go ahead -- and around -- the White House to reduce greenhouse gases.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service Related: [United States] [Climate Change] [Pollution] [Politics] Image: George W. Bush: by-passed by 18 U.S. states © Earth Action / EarthAction
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04/21/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 21 (OneWorld) - About 300,000 U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or major depression. Another 320,000 veterans likely suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI), a type of physical brain damage often caused by explosions from roadside bombs.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Afghanistan] [Iraq] [United States] [Health] [Governance] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] Image: Soldiers Speak Out video.
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04/19/2008
NEW YORK, Apr 18 (OneWorld) - A nonprofit environmental group is calling on one of the country's largest textbook publishers to correct a school book that it says contains a discussion of global warming "so biased and misleading it would humble a tobacco industry PR man."
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Education] [Climate Change] [Environmental Activism] [Communication] [Knowledge] [Science] |
04/18/2008
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that lethal injection as practiced by the state of Kentucky does not violate the Constitution.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [United States] |
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