December 2011
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11 Organizations Fighting for Human Rights →
In the wake of World War II, the United Nations passed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The document was intended to prevent the kind of atrocities the world had just witnessed from reoccurring in the future. More than 60 years later, as the Utne Reader’s January-February 2012 human rights package illustrates (“Tortured,” “The CIA in Somalia,” “Jihad Against Islam”), the world...
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Correction
Thanks to everyone who noticed that we improperly identified Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as the president of Nigeria. Sirleaf is the president of Liberia. This has been changed in the previous post.
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“Political scientists have long recognized that Americans are much more...”
– Below the Surface, Surprising Trust in Government (via ryking )
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The Ethical Guide to Dining Out
Anyone who has waited tables or cooked in a restaurant kitchen knows the backbreaking work, the questionable conditions, and the meager rewards. Now, it’s easy to find the restaurants that treat their employees right with the 2012 National Diners’ Guide, presented by the Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC). The guide outlines the pay and benefits of 186 of the country’s most popular ...
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“I was a skeptic. As Marines, we do not always like change. I expected [the solar...”
– Gunnery Sergeant Willy Carrion India Company of the U.S. Marines. India company is now the greenest fighting unit in the U.S. military. Its battle-tested package of solar gadgets—collectively dubbed the ExFOB (Experimental Forward Operating Base)—has been a hit with the troops on the ground....
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“What story do you tell yourself about what’s going on in your life and in the...”
– Eric Utne on how the stories we tell ourselves influence the national zeitgeist, and vice versa. Keep reading …
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Twitter adds Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and... →
Twitter was an all-English network until April 2008, when the platform added support for Japanese. (via All Twitter)
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Will the Next Ralph Nader Be a Conservative? →
Given Barack Obama’s anemic approval ratings and the republican’s underwhelming roster of presidential hopefuls (who, thankfully, will not be seen in another gang bang until 2012), it’s somewhat surprising that there hasn’t been more talk of a third-party movement in the mainstream media. Especially since, the horse race coverage notwithstanding, Mitt Romney has already purchased his...
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