Poverty
Progressive voices bind climate conference to world issues
December 1, 2015Alongside the UN conference is a people's climate conference of NGOs, environmental and climate activists, trade unionists, scientists, local elected officials on strategies for climate action.
Read moreNepal’s parliament elects nation’s first female president
October 29, 2015Bidhya Devi Bhandari said her election marked a first step toward assuring the new constitutional guarantees of equality are fulfilled.
Read moreGroups battle “Jim Crow” segregation in restaurant industry
October 20, 2015A joint project of ROC United and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights will establish a programmatic intervention to confront this issue.
Read morePledge in Michigan: Advocate for the earth and the poor
September 28, 2015"We will insist that our elected and appointed officials act on behalf of us, our common home and the poor."
Read moreBurkina Faso military coup a setback for West Africa
September 22, 2015General Diendéré, the coup leader and new strongman, is closely linked to the U.S. military mission in the area, as well as to the French military.
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