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Photo essay: Anatomy of a protest in Santiago
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How US drug laws have created a new racial caste system [Infographic]
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Michelle Schusterman
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Beyond TOMS: An interview with Oliberté Footwear
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Richard Stupart
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Planting trees and preaching tolerance at Sadhana Forest
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Brittany Jordt
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Jumbo Glacier Ski Resort and its effect on BC
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Carlo Alcos
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Toronto's "war on graffiti"
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Is the "flytilla" protest in Israel activism, or hypocrisy?
Can something so indulgent be called activism?
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Emily Hanssen Arent
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Learning to unthink 'Africa'
Did you know there was an Ethiopian restaurant in Dadaab refugee camp?
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Richard Stupart
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Are you a real citizen journalist?
"It’s more about a need to go out and create content, not just consuming media."
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Michelle Schusterman
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Gay man's death to lead to anti-discrimination laws in Chile?
A homophobic attack in Chile may promote passage of an anti-discrimination law.
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Eileen Smith
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Why Israel won't bomb Iran
While officials play war games, citizens send messages of love.
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Michelle Schusterman
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People you'll meet in Israel vs. Palestine
“Someday things will be different.”
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Emily Hanssen Arent
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It gets weirder! #Kony2012 creator's creepy musical video surfaces
What in the world.
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Michelle Schusterman
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"My talk with Joseph Kony"
Looking back now, many of the questions were lucky strikes on what would become issues.
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Richard Stupart
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How to get anything through TSA scanners [VID]
Arguing the TSA's "nude body scanners" are ineffective as well as invasive.
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Michelle Schusterman
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Why women can and should travel solo in the West Bank
I stayed five days in Tel Aviv with a group of anarchists.
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Jo Magpie
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Great explanation of how Wal-Mart kills walkable communities
Transportation and land use are inextricably linked.
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David Miller
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Río Plátano: Invaded from all sides
Filmmaker Robert Hyman profiles the imperiled indigenous community of Río Plátano.
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Michelle Schusterman
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NYC to create the world's first underground green space
Transforming an unused trolley station into NYC's first subterranean green space.
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David Miller
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Kony2012 edumacating us about Africa
It’s obvious that Joseph Kony is a grade-A nasty f**ker.
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Richard Stupart
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Ending violence by starting with the family
Matador Community member Liz George is giving a voice to Detroit families afflicted by...
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Liz George
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How ACTA will take down the Internet, healthcare, and farming [Infographic]
The web, generic drugs, and seed patents are all targets of this "agreement."
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Michelle Schusterman
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2.4 million strong ACTA petition presented to European Parliament
Ever wonder if signing an online petition really does anything?
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Michelle Schusterman
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Timeline: The super sketchy history of ACTA
This is not democracy.
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Michelle Schusterman
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Do you know which countries require transgender sterilization?
This map shows which European countries still enforce a barbaric law.
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Michelle Schusterman
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7 worst international aid ideas
Maybe their hearts were in the right place. Maybe not.
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Richard Stupart
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Zappos CEO seeking to revitalize downtown Vegas
The goal of this project is to create a campus similar to Google or Nike.
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Josh Heller
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Protesters in southern Chile cut off a bridge to spite...themselves?
Protests in Aysén over a desire for cost-of-living subsidies have turned violent.
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patagoniax
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I'm breaking up with you, Occupy
You’ve begun squashing dissent within your ranks.
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Coleen Monroe
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Infographic: Why we're losing the 'War on Drugs'
Here's how we're doing.
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Hal Amen
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Two big wins for gay rights
"Proposition 8 serves no purpose..."
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Abbie Mood
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Interview with a Sudanese blogger
"The term 'Sudanese' and even our identity has been associated with negativity."
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Abbie Mood
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Is 'organic' really organic? [VID]
Try this project at home to see if your potato grows vines.
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C Noah Pelletier
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40+ people we wish were running for president
Really, we couldn’t have found anyone better?
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Michelle Schusterman
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