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October 26, 2006 11:07 AM EDT -- Although much media attention focuses on the federal picture – i.e., will the Democrats take the U.S. House and Senate? -- it is at the state level where elections matter most for very many progressives. . . . more
February 07, 2007 02:19 PM EST -- Attorneys for the first commissioned officer to refuse to serve in Iraq plan to appeal if he's convicted at a court martial this week on a U.S. military base at Fort Lewis, Washington. "It's . . . more
February 10, 2007 04:46 PM EST -- Wary of the fast-deteriorating human rights conditions in Colombia, church leaders and aid groups in the United States are calling for the Bush administration to reconsider its current policy toward Bogota. . . . more
February 09, 2007 02:27 PM EST -- The U.S. Congress is coming under mounting pressure to reject President George W. Bush's request for a budget that would boost spending on the military and its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan while . . . more
February 20, 2007 04:37 PM EST -- UNICEF is best known for its work on behalf of children in the developing world, but its latest report turns an eye to the well-being of children in 21 wealthy nations including the United States, which . . . more
March 18, 2007 10:46 AM EDT -- Canada, like the United States, is facing international scrutiny for its treatment of indigenous people. This week, a United Nations treaty body took the rare step of telling Canada to change its behavior . . . more
March 18, 2007 10:51 AM EDT -- Politicians in Washington are debating the issue of immigration this week. Many Democrats want to create a guest worker program through which undocumented immigrants would be able to earn legalization . . . more
March 12, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --  The United States' four-year-old occupation of Iraq has considerably worsened the lives of the country's women, charges a new report from an international human rights group. The New York-based . . . more
March 06, 2007 12:06 PM EST -- This post is dedicated to people who are unaware of the coming centuries biggest market. I’ve tried to cover in basic terminology, what carbon trading is in this post. Problem: Carbon emissions . . . more
March 24, 2007 07:10 PM EDT -- Holding scores of rallies and sit-ins around world, environmental and community groups Thursday made fresh calls for drastic actions to protect the world's rivers and other water resources from the . . . more
April 17, 2007 02:54 PM EDT -- Dubbing the battle against climate change a moral test for the United States, global anti-poverty and religious leaders called on U.S. politicians Monday to take drastic and immediate action to reduce . . . more
March 06, 2007 11:56 AM EST -- A U.S. plan to develop a new hydrogen bomb could spark production of new nuclear weapons by other countries, including several foes of the Bush administration, warn some of the nation's leading arms . . . more
February 19, 2007 01:08 PM EST -- Trade unionists on both sides of the Pacific expressed relief Thursday after a seventh round of free trade negotiations between South Korea and the United States ended without an agreement. "A majority . . . more
April 25, 2007 05:48 PM EDT -- Most people associate April with tax day, but it’s also national Financial Literacy Month. More people may be paying closer attention to their personal investing strategy, but what about political . . . more
April 04, 2007 01:45 PM EDT -- The Bush administration's plans to increase biofuel imports could add to the suffering of millions of impoverished peasants in Brazil and other developing countries, food rights and environmental groups . . . more
May 01, 2007 02:16 PM EDT -- Worldwide, more people than ever think that global trade is threatening their jobs and causing damage to the environment, though there is still strong support overall for economic globalization, which . . . more
February 15, 2007 02:28 PM EST -- Human rights groups spoke out this week, condemning the United States Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, for claiming the crisis in Darfur no longer constitutes genocide. "The term genocide . . . more
February 22, 2007 12:52 PM EST -- Zimbabwe's education and healthcare sectors are lying almost completely dormant this week, and government repression of political opponents continues. A strike looms as the nation's teachers . . . more
March 02, 2007 11:34 AM EST -- A delegation of U.S. religious leaders called Monday for Washington to negotiate with Tehran, following the delegation's landmark two-and-a-half-hour meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. . . . more
April 02, 2007 09:42 PM EDT -- Trade unionists on both sides of the Pacific expressed disappointment Monday after the United States and South Korea agreed the biggest U.S. trade pact in 15 years with only minutes to go before a deadline. . . . more
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