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Partial victory won in preventing voter suppression in Canada
May 1, 2014The Conservative party government of Stephen Harper has agreed to modify legislation that critics charge is designed to help the Conservatives steal the 2015 elections.
Read moreVenezuelan opposition attacks Cuban health workers
April 29, 2014Cuban doctors contribute to the long term construction of systems of public health throughout the global South, health systems that were abandoned or disregarded during decades of neo-liberalism.
Read moreToday in eco-history: Andropov writes to U.S. 5th grader to ease nuclear fears
April 25, 2014While not seen as an environmental issue at the time, nuclear weapons pose the single biggest threat to the Earth's environment, scientists warned in 2006.
Read moreTPP trade talks draw foes on both sides of Pacific
April 24, 2014Twitter carried pictures of protesting Asian workers and news reports said the Obama-Abe bargaining in Japan would probably not result in approval of the trade pact.
Read moreCanadian conservative senators back off of voter suppression efforts
April 24, 2014A Canadian Senate Committee has joined the ranks of critics demanding that the Conservative government revise Republican-style voter suppression legislation that it is determined to implement.
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