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This Thanksgiving Remember the Immigrant, Pilgrim

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

The broken nature of America's immigration system is deeply felt during the holidays by millions in the United States who long to be reunited with their loved ones.

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Join the World in Embracing Children's Rights

Human Rights Watch | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Unicef, Somalia, United Nations, United States, Hillary Clinton, War Zones, Children's Rights, Barack Obama, Convention on the Rights of the Child, World News

Only two countries in the world have failed to ratify The Convention on the Rights of the Child: Somalia and the United States, which drafted more of its provisions than any other government.

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Scientists: The Nukes Are Alright

Joe Cirincione | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Weapons, Congress, Strategic Posture Commission Report, Department of Defense, Jon Kyl, President Clinton, Test Ban Treaty, United States, World News

In a blow to the far-right, the premier scientific panel advising the Defense Department has concluded that U.S. nuclear weapons don't need new tests or new designs.

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Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant -- New Report on Competitiveness in Clean Tech

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, South Korea, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, United States, Clean Technology, Clean Energy, Japan, Green Energy, Energy Policy, China, Solar Power, Green News

A major new report released today is the first to comprehensively benchmark the competitiveness positions of the United States and key Asian challengers in the global clean energy race.

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The Challenge of Arab Unemployment -- An Issue We Must Not Ignore!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Senior Citizen Hegemons, Qatif Saudi Arabia, Saeed Al Khabaz, Education for Employment, News, Arab Employment, United Nations, Employment, Sheikh Hamad Bin-Khalifa-Al-Thani, Simmons College, Lebanon, World, Arab Youth Supercomputer 2010, United Arab Emirates, Arab Youth, Arab Unemployment, Investigation and Prosecution Commission, Arabs, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Google, Violence, Ilo, Jobs, Arab Youths, Manpower, Palestine, Yemen, Crime, United States, MENA Region, Prince Sultan University, Morrocco, Cisco, Qatif Youth Achievement Award, Uae, Prince Salman Education for Employment Initiative, Arab, Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, Gallup, Al Hadi Medical Clinic, International Labor Organization, Us Unemployment, Mena, Ron Bruder, Terrorism, Sheikha Mozah, Google Economy, Ipc, Efe, Silatech, Qatif, Riyad, World News

While the problem of unemployment in the Arab world seems insurmountable, there are a number of initiatives being implemented and proffered in the region to begin to put a dent in the problem.

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The Shah Appointment at USAID

Mira Kamdar | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Usaid, Clinton Global Initiative, Food Crisis, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Obama, Hillary Clinton, United States, Cold War, Rockefeller Foundation, Rajiv Shah, Gates Foundation, Foreign Policy, Green News

With the appointment of Rajiv Shah to head USAID, it's deja-vu all over again for the Obama administration. Welcome to Camelot redux, the 1960's re-engineered for the 2010s.

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US, China in Race to Pollute Water on Moon

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Nasa, United States, Andy Borowitz, Space Program, Lead in Toys, Water-on-Moon, China, Comedy News

Hours after scientists confirmed finding evidence of water on the moon, the United States and China each announced ambitious plans to become the first nation to pollute the moon's water.

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Wanted: Free-Market Mouthpieces

Rob Warmowski | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Economy, Heritage Foundation, Free Market Capitalism, Economics, Laissez-Faire, Public Relations, Economic Crisis, Free Market, Washington D.C., United States, Op-Ed, Newspaper Op-Eds, Business, Politics News

For my entire adult life, I have watched free-market fundamentalists do their thing. They demonize government, run for government, capture government, then dismantle and privatize government.

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Global Crisis Makes US More Dependent On China Than Ever

Der Spiegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: The United States, US China Relations, United States, US China Trade, China, US China, World News

When US President Barack Obama visits China this weekend, he will encounter a rival that sees the financial crisis as more of an opportunity than a th...

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Marine Corps Birthday 2009: USMC Delivers Birthday Message (VIDEO)

Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Social Media, Marines Corps, Marine Corps Birthday, Marine Life, Military, USMC Birthday, Marine Corps Birthday Message, Usmc, US Marines, November 10, Birthday Message, United States, Marines Corps Birthday, Marine Corps, Usmc Birthday Message, Us Marine Corps Birthday, Marine Corp Birthday, Home News

Today, November 10, the United States Marine Corps celebrates its 234th birthday, and social media is commemorating the historic date. The official...

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Obama Referenda

David Parker | Posted 11.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Virginia, Politics, Elections, United States, New Jersey, Barack Obama, Comedy, Virginia Governors Race, New Jersey Governor Race, Comedy News

Any time an American does anything at all, it is a demonstration of his or her support for, or opposition to, the President and his policies. Paying attention, Russia? That's how democracy works.

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Iran Protests: Is Obama Staying on Ahmadinejad's Good Side?

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Us Embassy, Shah of Iran, Afghanistan, Shiraz, Iranian, President Obama, Plainclothesed Officers, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Post-Election Protests, Barack Obama, Iran Protests, United States, Tehran, Iraq, Iranian Security Forces, Iran Hostage, World News

The Iranians are still coming. In droves. Despite the intermittent media coverage in the United States, Iranians have not yet stopped protesting the...

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He Cannot Succeed Without Us: One Year After the Election of President Barack Obama

Rahim Kanani | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Afghanistan, Economy, Hbo, United Nations, President Obama, Chicago, Iran, United States, Democracy, Iraq, Health Care, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, One Year Later, World News

With a litany of crises to deal with, now more than ever, President Obama needs his army of advocates once more to continue the fight for change.

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U.S. Officials Visit Burma For Highest Level Talks In A Decade

wsj.com | a WALL STREET JOURNAL Staff Reporter | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Kurt Campell, u.s. Foreign Policy, United States, Myanmar, Burma, World News

The U.S. sent its highest-ranking delegation of diplomats to Myanmar in more than a decade Tuesday as it intensified its efforts to encourage democrat...

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Nicaragua: Déjà Coup All Over Again?

Javier Corrales | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: United States, Constitution, Democracy Promotion, Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, Coup in Honduras, World News

This week, the United States helped bring an end to a serious political crisis in Honduras. A similar crisis is now brewing in Nicaragua, but this time, the United States won't be as lucky.

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Changing the World by Changing the Gender Gap

Leslie Grossman | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Politics, Leadership, Gender Gap, Education, Iceland, United States, World, Women, Laura Tyson, Larry Summers, Women in Business, Business, World Economic Forum, Gender Gap Index, World News

There was good news and bad news in the Gender Gap Index. The good news is that the health and education gaps are being closed. The bad news is that the economic and political gaps are not.

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No Toilets or Air For "Forgotten Prisoners"

Betwa Sharma | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Uruguay, Jordan, Torture, Tunisia, Morocco, Toilets, United Nations, Corporal Punishment, United States, Special Rapporteur, Equitorial Guinea, China, Human Rights Violations, Montevideo, Iran, Amman, Alien Deportation, Russia, Israel, Falun Gong Camps, Togo, India, Saudia Arabia, Cuba, Algeria, Nigeria, Manfred Nowak, Immigration Laws, Toga, World News

Prison conditions worldwide are worse than the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture could have imagined. Jails without air, toilets and food are not rare.

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Basic Truths in Hoh Resignation Letter Were True When He Took His Job

David Quigg | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Andrew Bacevich, President Obama, Andrew Sullivan, Garrison Keillor, George W. Bush, 9/11, Matthew Hoh, United States, State Department, Hoh Resignation, Barack Obama, Troops, Andrew Exum, Afghanistan War, Politics News, Steve Coll, Rory Stewart, Counterinsurgency, Richard Holbrooke, Michael Semple, Warwire, Military, Washington Post, Afghanistan, Christopher Buckley, Terrorism, Counterterrorism, World News

The basic grim truths that Matthew Hoh wrote about in his much-quoted resignation letter were all basically true when he took his job a few months ago.

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Lula's Red Carpet Welcome for Ahmadinejad

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Human Rights, Latin America, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, Iran Election, Brazil, Robert Amsterdam, United Nations, Lula, Washington DC, United States, Iran, Death Penalty, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Democracy, Elections, World News

Why, with so much going for him and his country, should the president of Brazil make such controversial choices in his friends? The logic of the relationship with Iran is perplexing.

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31 Reasons to Mind the Gender Gap

Susan Sawyers | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Girls, Leadership, Politics, Women, Gender Gap, Education, Empowerment, Women and Politics, United States, Global Gender Gap Report, World Economic Forum, Saadia Zahidi, Laura Tyson, Ricardo Hausmann, Cherie Blair, Women's Funding Network, World News

When it comes to the gender gap, the United States is in a bad spot. Out of 134 countries, our democratic nation comes in 31st place.

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Joe Scarborough Needs to Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Gordon Brown, Msnbc, Joe Scarborough, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Stephen Harper, David Miliband, Afghanistan, Nato, United States, China, Barack Obama, Canada, Afghanistan War, World News

The ungrateful chauvinism of U.S. foreign policy reaches far beyond a rant provided by Joe Scarborough, who at least has the excuse of being in the business of manufacturing polemics.

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Turkey Exposed: Cannot Pretend to be Both Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli

Harut Sassounian | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Syria, Turkey, Italy, Anti-Semitism, Npr, United States, Armenian Genocide, Turkish Embassy, Jerusalem Post, Erdogan, Tel Aviv, Silvan Shalom, Im Tirtzu, Haaretz, Avigdor Lieberman, Racism, Israel, Holland, Ottoman Empire, Palestininan, World News

Playing the skillful political games of their Ottoman predecessors, Turkey's current masters present their country under various guises -- as European...

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Charles Wesley Mumbere, Nurse's Aide In U.S., To Be Crowned African King

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

HARRISBURG, Pa. — An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his ho...

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Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends on It

Zachary Karabell | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Currency, Free Trade, U.S. Dollar, Timothy Geithner, United States, China, Barack Obama, North Korea, World News

Nothing will shape domestic life and prosperity in the United States more than the emergence of China as a global economic superpower.

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Are You Resilient? If So, Encourage Psychological and Social Resilience Wherever You Can

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green

What kind of person would you need to become, what kind of community would you need to be a part of, and what kind of process would it take to be able to experience a twenty-first century of increasing unpredictability and loss?

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