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'Movember': Facial Hair for a Cause

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Men, Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Movember, The Giving Life, Advocacy, Living News
Halle Tecco

Movember is an international month-long "celebration" of the mustache, where men grow out their whiskers to raise money and awareness of major health issues affecting their gender.

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'I Am Autism' Advocacy Video Draws Controversy

Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: Autism, Autistic Disorders, Autism Speaks, Advocacy, Impact News

The latest Autism-related controversy stems from a video, "I Am Autism," created for Autism Speaks, the nation's largest autism advocacy group, report...

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Engaging Ambassadors in Social Entrepreneurship

Saul Garlick | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact

Read More: South Africa, Social Entrepreneurship, Advocacy, Foreign Policy, Nonprofits, Impact News
Saul Garlick

What is the ideal role of the U.S. Government in connecting with rural, poor African communities? Does the U.S. Foreign Service have a responsibility to American citizens to know what is going on in the field?

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Miss Universe and Worms

Kari Stoever | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Living Proof Project, Global Health, Miss Universe, Cgi, Advocacy, Ntds, Living News
Kari Stoever

Thanks to a partnership between the Miss Universe Organization and the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Miss Universe will frequently be sharing headlines with worms.

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Justice at Last? Guantanamo Uighurs Ask Supreme Court for Release Into U.S.

Andy Worthington | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Uighurs, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Guantanamo Uighurs, Bermuda, Uighurs Bermuda, U.S. Court of Appeals, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Sabin Willett, Advocacy, Politics News
Andy Worthington

In briefs, the battle lines have been drawn. On the one hand is the government, endorsing Bush-era policies. And for the Uighurs, there is a Boston-based attorney and his team.

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Hunger in LA: Nearly 1 Million Without Food Every Day (VIDEO)

Posted 10.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, Poverty, Nutrition, Los Angeles Hunger, Advocacy, Hunger, Impact News

Nearly 1,000,000 people in Los Angeles go hungry -- right now, as of this moment. That's one out of eight Angelenos who don't have access to proper nu...

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Better Evidence Will Lead To More Justice In Afghanistan

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Afghan Government, Afghanistan Detainees, Isaf, Afghanistan, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan Corruption, Advocacy, Afghanistan War, World News
Jonathan Horowitz

Rule of law is the lynchpin to long-term stability in Afghanistan. Yet the military's tradition of steering clear of law enforcement activities, especially evidence-gathering responsibilities, is weakening the justice system.

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Obama's First 250 Days: Defining a President's Foreign Policy

Rebecca R. Friedman | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Missile Defense Deal, Obama Iran, Missile Defense, Foreign Affairs, Missile Defense Shield, Nuclear Proliferation, Iran, Bush Foreign Policy, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Advocacy, World News
Rebecca R. Friedman

The Obama foreign policy era officially began last week in Geneva. Now that the transition is fully over, the international community will find out whether President Obama can deliver on his commitments.

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Rwanda: Heeding History's Lessons Before It's Too Late

Joseph Sebarenzi | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Africa, Hutus, Foreign Affairs, Hutus and Tutsis, Paul Kagame, Tutsis, Advocacy, World News
Joseph Sebarenzi

For Rwanda to thrive, economic performance, for which President Kagame deserves credit, must be coupled with political reconciliation and strong democratic institutions.

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A Truly Shocking Guantanamo Story: Judge Confirms That an Innocent Man Was Tortured to Make False Confessions

Andy Worthington | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ahmed Al-Darbi, World, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Fbi, War on Terror, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape, World News, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, False Confessions, Cia, Sere, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Fouad Al-Rabiah, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Fouad Al-Rabia, Guantanamo Bay, US Torture, Guantanamo Torture, Korean War, Sleep Deprivation, Advocacy, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The U.S. government tortured an innocent man to extract false confessions and then threatened him until he obligingly repeated those lies as though they were the truth.

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A Vietnam Book That Haunts the US in Afghanistan

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: McGeorge Bundy, Lessons in Disaster, Afghanistan, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Vietnam War, Vietnam, Afghanistan War, Advocacy, World News
Stephen Schlesinger

Do we have the necessary sobriety, humbleness and wisdom in our current times in Washington to weigh appropriately our next moves on Afghanistan?

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Come in, We're Open

Dr. Barbara Kurshan | Posted 09.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Open Source, Oer, Curriculum, Federal Legislation, Advocacy, Media News
Dr. Barbara Kurshan

In the after hours, or time between coffee and the opening of your Sunday morning paper, why not take a few moments to further explore your lifelong interest in subjects like architecture or art?

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Goldstone Report is Not to Be Ignored

Jamil Dakwar | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza, Goldstone Gaza, Goldstone Report, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Richard Goldstone, Richard Goldstone Gaza, Israel, Advocacy, World News
Jamil Dakwar

Both U.S. standing in the world as well as global efforts to protect and enforce human rights will be greatly undermined if documented war crimes committed by Israel and Palestinian armed groups continue to be ignored.

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Building Momentum for Mid-East Peace: Bring Back the Multilaterals

Steven L. Spiegel | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Energy, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Obama Un, Barack Obama, Multilateralism, Obama Un Speech, Middle East, Health, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Advocacy, World News
Steven L. Spiegel

In his speech to the UN General Assembly, President Obama provided the direction for a new approach to foreign affairs, calling for regional initiatives with multilateral participation. We have an idea for just such an initiative.

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Why a Small Team of Americans is Going to Spend November in Cambodia

Stephen Macfarlane | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pol Pot, Foreign Affairs, Khmer Rouge Trial, Khmer Rouge, Duch, Cambodia, New Media, Khmer Rouge Regime, Advocacy, World News
Stephen Macfarlane

A burgeoning international interest in the war crimes tribunal of Kaing Guek Eav (aka Duch, who ran Tuol Sleng and other camps like personal fiefdoms) forces attention back to the photographs.

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When Planning a Pregnancy Can Save a Woman's Life

Dr. Ana Langer | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

Read More: Maternal Death, Foreign Affairs, Health, G-8, Unicef, Maternal Health, Advocacy, Maternal Mortality, World News
Dr. Ana Langer

The number of maternal deaths has remained virtually unchanged for the past two decades. This is unconscionable, and it's why the Group of Eight leaders recently agreed that the world must do more.

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11 Ways To Advocate For The Homeless

Posted 11.11.2009 | Impact

Read More: Poverty, Homelessness, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Advocacy, Veterans, Impact News

This article was originally written by Karen Murphy and posted on Causecast.org It's estimated that approximately 3.5 million people in the United St...

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Autism: The Last Human Rights Movement

William Stillman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism, Parenting, Health, Disability Rights, Advocacy, Asperger's Syndrome, Living News
William Stillman

The children diagnosed with autism today may always require some degree of physical assistance for living in a leaden shell, but that doesn't invalidate their entitlement to participate, contribute, and to simply be.

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A Peace Process Momentum Plan to Move Quickly to Actual Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations

Ambs. Samuel Lewis and Edward Walker | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, George MItchell, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Advocacy, World News
Ambs. Samuel Lewis and Edward Walker

The momentum toward Israeli-Palestinian peace, stability and security must now be strengthened and serious negotiations begun by mid-fall, if not sooner.

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How Afghanistan Can Avoid Becoming Another Vietnam

Mark Juergensmeyer | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Manoranjan Mohanty, South Asia, Mark Juergensmeyer, Baitullah Mehsud, Afghanistan, Pakistan Taliban, Foreign Affairs, Richard Falk, Vietnam, Taliban, Afghanistan Vietnam, Afghan Taliban, Afghan Election, Advocacy, Warwire, War Wire, World News
Mark Juergensmeyer

Recently we convened a workshop of senior scholars of South Asia studies and asked them to evaluate the US role in the region. They agreed upon the following five principles as the bases for formulating a new policy

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Fighting Human Trafficking, One House Party at A Time

Geralyn Dreyfous | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Advocacy, Human Trafficking, Slavery, World News
Geralyn Dreyfous

In a summer focused on the health care, and the deaths of renowned politicians and celebrities, there was all too little attention on a government report released in June 2009 on global human trafficking.

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No Escape From Guantanamo: The Latest Habeas Rulings

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, War on Terror, Ghaleb Al-Bihani, 9/11 Anniversary, President Obama, Judge James Robertson, 9/11, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Taliban, Judge Ellen Huvelle, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Kandahar, Mohammed Al-Adahi, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rahim Al-Ginco, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Advocacy, Closing Guantanamo, World, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Task Force, Authorization for Use of Military Force, Salim Hamdan, Yemeni Detainees Guantanamo, US District Court, Kuwaiti Detainees Guantanamo, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Bush Administration, Judge Richard Leon, Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Tora Bora, Al-Farouq, Cuba, Guantanamo Files, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Rulings made by District Court judges in the habeas corpus appeals of prisoners held at Guantánamo seemed to confirm that the courts were uniquely placed to deliver justice to the prisoners.

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Obama Administration Forms Sudan Policy: 'Not Ruling Out' Meeting with Alleged War Criminal Omar Al-Bashir

Zeeshan Aleem | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Omar Al Bashir, Omar Al-Bashir, Major General J. Scott Gration, President Omar Al-Bashir, Sudan, Foreign Affairs, General J. Scott Gration, Scott Gration, Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, Advocacy, World News
Zeeshan Aleem

Scott Gration, President Barack Obama's special envoy to Sudan, spoke with calm optimism Friday about the role of the United States in the fate of the largest state in Africa.

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Baghdad's Gay Community: A Tale of Two Cities

Michael Luongo | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Lgbt, Iraq Gays Targeted, Michael Luongo, LGBT Issues, Foreign Affairs, Iraq Lgbt, Iraq Gay Murders, Iraq Gays, Iraq, Iraq Gay Murder, Advocacy, World News
Michael Luongo

I leave Baghdad soon, this beautiful, dangerous and ancient capital, wondering what to make of this tale of two cities for the gay men I have met who must walk a precarious balance in this still war-torn place.

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Bagram Prison Threatens Success in Afghanistan

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Jonathan Horowitz, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Obama Bagram, Bagram Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Bagram Detainees Us Courts, Bagram, Bagram Detainees, Bagram Habeas Corpus, Bagram Air Base, Bagram Torture, Advocacy, Politics News
Jonathan Horowitz

The U.S. military finally seems to have learned that dropping bombs on civilians isn't the way to win the hearts and minds of Afghans. But neither is grabbing people out of their houses and jailing them.

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