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In Uganda and America, pleas to save mothers’ lives
June 17, 2011Hundreds demonstrated outside the Constitutional Court, asking it to declare that Ugandan mothers dying in childbirth represent a violation of the right to life.
Read moreArizona faces largest wildfire in its history
June 17, 2011Investigators were questioning "persons of interest" in regard to the origin of the blaze, but campfire mishaps aren't the only cause of the fires.
Read moreSingle-payer rally “welcomes” insurance industry group
June 17, 2011It's no surprise that this week's meeting of America's Health Insurance Plans, the health insurance industry's national trade association, was greeted by a "welcoming committee."
Read moreTired of pollution, Chicago students demand clean air
June 16, 2011Dozens of students, calling themselves the "Anti-Pollution Revolution," from high schools in Chicago's mostly Mexican American neighborhood protested against local power plants.
Read morePete Seeger on Woody Guthrie, youth and the environment
June 16, 2011"These were the original verses, which Woody had written. He sang them several different ways. The way I learned it is how he wrote it, mentioning private property."
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