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Secure Communities Nets Immigrants For Minor Offenses: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 10.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security took deportation action against at least 127 undocumented immigrants for minor offenses, such as loi...

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Climate Change -- A Glimpse of the Future

Mary Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mary Robinson

Travelling by seaplane to Koyra, in the delta area of Bangladesh, was the equivalent of a journey some years into the future, when the devastating effects of climate change will be an accepted reality worldwide.

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In Haiti, Support Local Communities, Not Microcredit Agencies

Kasia Paprocki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kasia Paprocki

Any significant shift of disaster-relief funds for Haiti to support microcredit programs as a strategy for rebuilding after the earthquake would be a misguided and potentially destructive decision.

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