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Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai to US Congress: "Don't Greet Refugees With Tear Gas"
Malala Yousafzai spoke Thursday at the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership to receive the Gleitsman Award
Many Voices, One Call: 'We Refuse Military Intervention in Iraq'
Sarah Lazare, staff writer
Yanar Mohammed, president and co-founder of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, testifies on toxic legacy of U.S. war on Iraq at the People's Hearing for the Right to Heal in Washington, DC on Wednesday, March 27, 2014. (Photo: Cassidy Regan)
From within Iraq and across the world, opponents condemn push for a new US military campaign in war-tattered nation
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Rising Call: No Strikes. No Troops. No War in Iraq.
Andrea Germanos and Sarah Lazare, staff writers
Choosing the same path of military intervention that wrought the current crisis...
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Imposing 'No Fly Zone' in Syria Would be 'Act of War' by US
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Peace advocates and policy experts say euphemistic term belies reality that...
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Sexual Violence Is Not "Collateral Damage"
Report: Alarming Links Between US Aid & Colom
Hunting For The Seeds of Where It All Started
World Food Crisis at Critical Juncture
Argentine Court Convicts Priest of Complicity in 'Dirty War' Deaths
UN Adopts Historic Statement on Native Rights
Facts Belie Petraeus' Case, Say Humanitarian Groups

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La Madre Buena (The Good Mother)
For a five-minute, heart-lifting hiatus from the madness, see this sweet film about a resolute Mexican mother who is clear on our president - "He is the devil" - but who loves her son enough to give him the birthday present he wants. Her epic trek, geographically and politically, features strong women, gorgeous country and the giddy decimation of a piñata just pleading, nay damn near demanding, to be punched.
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Global Indigenous Women’s Delegation Visits North Dakota to Share Strategies to Oppose Mega Oil and Gas Projects, Impact on Women and Girls
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Feminist Foreign Policy Jumpstart:New Spark for Global Grassroots Women’s Voices in US Policymaking
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International Letter Demands Freedom for Sara Quiñonez and Tulia Maris Valencia
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Rights Organizations Call for No Borders on Gender Justice
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Mexican Environmental Activist, Winner of Goldman Prize, Murdered in Relative's Home...
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Puerto Rico Community Groups Challenge USDA’s Backing of Waste Incinerator Project
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