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Syria: What Would US Military Intervention Look Like?

As evidence of possible chemical weapons use in Syria mounts, so do the calls for a full-scale military intervention in the now two-year-long conflict that has cost roughly 70,000 lives. President Barack Obama had said chemical attacks by regime forces on Syrian civilians would constitute a “red line” for his administration in its willingness to […]

April 26th, 2013
Erin Cunningham
April 26th, 2013
By Erin Cunningham

As evidence of possible chemical weapons use in Syria mounts, so do the calls for a full-scale military intervention in the now two-year-long conflict that has cost roughly 70,000 lives. President Barack Obama had said chemical attacks by regime forces on Syrian civilians would constitute a “red line” for his administration in its willingness to […]

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Child Hunger: On Full Display In Greece, But No Less Serious In The US

Leonidas Nikas is an elementary school principal in Greece. Recently, he has noticed something he wholeheartedly thought was impossible in his country — children bent over in hunger pains; children pleading to each other for food; children scouring trash cans for anything edible. “Not in my wildest dreams would I expect to see the situation […]

April 25th, 2013
Frederick Reese
April 25th, 2013
By Frederick Reese

Leonidas Nikas is an elementary school principal in Greece. Recently, he has noticed something he wholeheartedly thought was impossible in his country — children bent over in hunger pains; children pleading to each other for food; children scouring trash cans for anything edible. “Not in my wildest dreams would I expect to see the situation […]

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How A Phony Tweet And Computer Trades Sank Stocks

For a few surreal minutes, a mere 12 words on Twitter caused the world’s mightiest stock market to tremble. No sooner did hackers send a false Associated Press tweet reporting explosions at the White House on Tuesday than investors started dumping stocks — eventually unloading $134 billion worth. Except most of the investors weren’t human. […]

April 25th, 2013
Associated Press
April 25th, 2013
By Associated Press

For a few surreal minutes, a mere 12 words on Twitter caused the world’s mightiest stock market to tremble. No sooner did hackers send a false Associated Press tweet reporting explosions at the White House on Tuesday than investors started dumping stocks — eventually unloading $134 billion worth. Except most of the investors weren’t human. […]

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Russia’s North Caucasus Militants: A Primer

The North Caucasus insurgency, whose possible links with last week’s Boston Marathon bombing suspects are still being investigated, is the product of a 19-year sequence of miscalculations by the Russian leadership in its increasingly desperate efforts to retain control of the North Caucasus. What is now a pan-regional movement that operates not only in southern […]

April 25th, 2013
Liz Fuller
April 25th, 2013
By Liz Fuller

The North Caucasus insurgency, whose possible links with last week’s Boston Marathon bombing suspects are still being investigated, is the product of a 19-year sequence of miscalculations by the Russian leadership in its increasingly desperate efforts to retain control of the North Caucasus. What is now a pan-regional movement that operates not only in southern […]

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Lack Of Leadership In Ending Child Labor Allows Problem To Persist

Frederick Reese Throughout the developing world, one in six children aged five to 14 years old are involved in child labor, according to the United Nations’ International Children’s’ Emergency Fund (UNICEF). It is estimated by the International Labor Organization (ILO) that there are about 215 million children under the age of 18 throughout the world […]

April 25th, 2013
Frederick Reese
April 25th, 2013
By Frederick Reese

Frederick Reese Throughout the developing world, one in six children aged five to 14 years old are involved in child labor, according to the United Nations’ International Children’s’ Emergency Fund (UNICEF). It is estimated by the International Labor Organization (ILO) that there are about 215 million children under the age of 18 throughout the world […]

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Risking Life And Limb: Stories Of Undocumented Workers In The US

MINNEAPOLIS – “You cannot get a job. Maybe six or seven years ago you could get a cash job, now it is much harder. The situation of immigrants is a violation of basic human rights,” Manuel Fernandez, an immigrant from Central America, told Mint Press News. Like millions of undocumented immigrants or those with limited […]

April 24th, 2013
Martin Michaels
April 24th, 2013
By Martin Michaels

MINNEAPOLIS – “You cannot get a job. Maybe six or seven years ago you could get a cash job, now it is much harder. The situation of immigrants is a violation of basic human rights,” Manuel Fernandez, an immigrant from Central America, told Mint Press News. Like millions of undocumented immigrants or those with limited […]

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After Steubenville Convictions, Activists Shift Focus To Football Coach

Since news broke that the Ohio Board of Education extended Steubenville High School football coach Reno Saccoccia’s two-year contract for his role as director of administrative services, an online firestorm has ensued with the demand that the school fire Saccoccia. Saccoccia’s football contract is separate from the one that was just extended; Saccocia is currently […]

April 24th, 2013
Katie Rucke
April 24th, 2013
By Katie Rucke

Since news broke that the Ohio Board of Education extended Steubenville High School football coach Reno Saccoccia’s two-year contract for his role as director of administrative services, an online firestorm has ensued with the demand that the school fire Saccoccia. Saccoccia’s football contract is separate from the one that was just extended; Saccocia is currently […]

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