Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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U.S.
Mass bird, dolphin deaths in Peru
May 11, 2012About 5,000 pelicans and other ocean birds have been washing up on the northern coast of Peru, just weeks after over 900 dolphins perished in that same area.
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U.S.
Shrimp workers exploited and enslaved at Walmart warehouse
May 9, 2012Two thousand shrimp workers from Cambodia and Myanmar suffered human rights abuses and indentured servitude at the hands of Walmart.
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Opinion
“Avengers” assembles best elements of its genre
May 8, 2012Avengers took the humor-tinged mech-action of Iron Man, the Shakespearean epicness of Thor, and threw in a little political correctness for good measure. This is how you do a superhero film.
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Greenpeace occupiers fight Shell’s Arctic drilling
May 4, 2012A different type of collective action took place - a coordinated effort by Greenpeace activists to stop oil giant Shell from drilling in the arctic.
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U.S.
Pigeon abuse is a multi-million-dollar enterprise
May 3, 2012The animal rights group presented law enforcement organaizations including the FBI with a book's worth of evidence.
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Opinion
Summer films: The good, the bad, the wild cards
May 3, 2012This summer will offer the usual assortment of comic book blockbusters, sci-fi, obscene comedies, reboots, remakes, sequels, and prequels.
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U.S.
Walmart ordered to pay $4.8 million in stolen overtime
May 2, 2012The announcement was made as the enormous retail chain - and its attack on labor - became a focus of the annual May Day march held here yesterday.
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Opinion
“Cabin in the Woods” is full of surprises
April 27, 2012The Cabin in the Woods takes the overdone slasher flick formula, tears it down, and builds it back up.
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