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Fighting for Family Farmers

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 04.01.2013 | Green
Read More: Via Campesina, Landesa, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, Ifad, Prolinnova, Navdanya, Slow Food Movement, Slow Food USA, Oxfam, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Danielle Nierenberg, Family Farms, Slow Food, Family Farmers, Oxfam America, World Cocoa Foundation, Fao, Groundswell, Food Tank, National Family Farm Coalition, Green News
Danielle Nierenberg

Family farmers have been and will always continue to be critical to national and global food security. Food Tank will be featuring posts focused on the issues and innovations critical to family farmers around the world, as well as actions everyone can take to support them.

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Forbes' 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs

www.forbes.com | Posted 12.17.2012 | Impact
Read More: Hugh Evans, Amicus, Global Poverty Project, Social Entrepreneurs, Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs, Forbes 30 Under 30, VolunTEEN Nation, Groundswell, Impactx, Vera Solutions, Impact News

The young disruptors, innovators and entrepreneurs on our annual listing of the 30 under 30 are impatient to change the world. In each of 15 categorie...

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Why The Village Voice Must Shut Down Backpage.com's Adult Section

Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson | Posted 05.28.2012 | Religion
Read More: Village Voice Media, Nicholas Kristof, Backpage.com, Sex Trafficking, Groundswell, Gender and Religion, Village Voice, Human Trafficking, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson

Called upon to act by a multifaith clergy coalition of hundreds of rabbis, ministers, imams, priests, and other religious and moral leaders, Village Voice has claimed that this issue is "complicated."

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One Child Is Too Many

Valarie Kaur | Posted 12.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Village Voice Media, Groundswell, Sex Trafficking, Backpage.com, Impact News
Valarie Kaur

Websites like Backpage.com legitimize the sex trafficking of minors by giving a prominent commercial platform to their pimps and adult customers. We need a groundswell to end this practice.

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What's Next For Occupy Wall Street?

Valarie Kaur | Posted 12.09.2011 | Impact
Read More: Groundswell, Occupy Wall Street, Millennial Generation, Economy, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Corporate Greed, Impact News
Valarie Kaur

This is a moment that could spark a broader movement that reaffirms the human dignity of all people. It's a matter of moral imperative to help fix a broken system.

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From Ground Zero To Gays In Uganda: A Millennial Response To Modern Moral Crises

Chris Stedman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Uganda, Lgbt, Atheism, 9/11, Immigration, Groundswell, Common Ground Campaign, Auburn Theological Seminary, Sikhism, Muslim, Balbir Singh Sodhi, National Prayer Breakfast, Millenials, David Kato, park51, Brisenia Flores, Rhetoric, Gay Rights, Religion News
Chris Stedman

Our generation can no longer afford to cede authority to the angriest voices, whether they broadcast from down the street or across the ocean.

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Cloud Computing Powers up Cyberwar Threat

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Pentagon, Nsa, Google, Global Crossing, John Sawers MI6, Quantum Cryptography, Microsoft, Cloud Computing, Cold War, Magic Quadrant, Barack Obama, Outsourcing, Reliance Cable, Cia, Ambani Group, Groundswell, Hillary Clinton, Human Capital, William F. Lynn III, Public Diplomacy, Forrester Research, World Economic Forum, Silicon Valley, Gartner Research, France, Russia, Israel, Csis, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Aggressions triggered by economic warfare or even al-Qaeda-linked operators could foment cyberattacks -- turning a "cloud" target into toast in a matter of seconds.

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