| Title |
Type |
Date |
Words |
| Angola is a treasure trove for fossils. |
Brief article |
Nov 1, 2009 |
108 |
| Terrorism charges against Zimbabwean rights activist Jestina Mukoko and eight others were thrown out of court. |
Brief article |
Nov 1, 2009 |
115 |
| Election practices undermining third party candidates in the United States are under fire. |
Brief article |
Nov 1, 2009 |
101 |
| Legislation introduced in September in the House of Representatives calls for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and restoration of the rights of all lawfully married couples--including same-sex couples--to receive the benefits of marriage. |
Brief article |
Nov 1, 2009 |
105 |
| Demands an end to government funding of Mississippi abstinence-only programs. |
Brief article |
Nov 1, 2009 |
145 |
| Longstanding ban on prisoners with HIV from participating in that state's work release programs. |
Brief article |
Nov 1, 2009 |
116 |
| 150th anniversary of the publishing of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species on November 22, 2009. |
Brief article |
Nov 1, 2009 |
88 |
| North Korea is reportedly executing Christians--oftentimes publicly--in increasing numbers. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2009 |
85 |
| Amnesty International has named Aung San Suu Kyi the recipient of its prestigious Ambassador of Conscience Award. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2009 |
151 |
| The United States will sign the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2009 |
160 |
| U.S. government violates the First Amendment rights of U.S. organizations when it denies visas to foreign scholars, artists, politicians, and others invited to lecture or teach. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2009 |
102 |
| Legislation to improve access to reproductive health care and meet the needs of women and families. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2009 |
148 |
| Sectarian schools may violate state anti-discrimination laws in the name of religious freedom. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2009 |
114 |
| South Asia experiencing its highest level of hunger in forty years. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2009 |
89 |
| The mobile HIV outreach clinic. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2009 |
90 |
| Working to obtain the release of more than eighty child soldiers. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2009 |
96 |
| The U.S. government has once again barred a distinguished foreign scholar from speaking engagements in the United States. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2009 |
133 |
| Minnesota has become the twenty-third state to reject the Real ID Act of 2005. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2009 |
62 |
| Tennessee school districts have backed down and unblocked LGBT websites to which they had previously denied students access. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2009 |
102 |
| A California school illegally censored a sixth grader's classroom presentation about slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2009 |
106 |
| Boy Scouts discrimination expands. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2009 |
115 |
| Toxic waste from the West is being illegally dumped in Africa. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2009 |
96 |
| A meningitis epidemic has struck Nigeria and Niger. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2009 |
109 |
| Two U.S. journalists are being detained in North Korea. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2009 |
86 |
| The Lancet has accused Pope Benedict VXI of distorting science and endangering lives in his crusade to promote Catholic doctrine. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2009 |
100 |
| Condom and abortion advertisements may soon air on British television and radio. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2009 |
107 |
| A federal court decision delivered March 30 orders the Food and Drug Administration to expand access to emergency contraception. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2009 |
72 |
| The Ohio juvenile justice system incarcerates a greater percentage of its children. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2009 |
132 |
| Two separate actions offer encouragement to same-sex couples. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2009 |
87 |
| A Continental Boeing 737-800 completed the first U.S. flight test of an algae-fueled commercial plane. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2009 |
164 |
| Discovery of perhaps the largest collection of dinosaur bones ever excavated. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2009 |
99 |
| Two Transportation Security Authority officials and JetBlue Airways were ordered in January 2009 to pay Raed Jarrar $240,000 for illegally discriminating against him. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2009 |
143 |
| The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the student's favor that school officials violated her constitutional rights. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2009 |
127 |
| The state of Louisiana has been ordered to stop funneling taxpayer dollars to select churches. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2009 |
121 |
| Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and affirmed the protection of voting rights of Native Americans in Martin, South Dakota. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2009 |
119 |
| The U.S. military has reversed its policy of giving preferential access to some religious groups at military induction centers. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2009 |
80 |
| Greenhouse gas emissions equal to those of the United States. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2009 |
85 |
| Three African trading blocs--the Southern African Development Community, the East African Community, and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa--have formally agreed to a free trade zone of twenty-six countries with a GDP of approximately $624 billion. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2009 |
82 |
| Central Asia has one of the world's fastest-growing HIV infection rates. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2009 |
89 |
| The World Food Programme reports that it has had no response to its appeal for $140 million to feed the people of Zimbabwe. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2009 |
100 |
| Police in Khartoum arrested more than sixty journalists November 19 during a protest against media censorship. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2009 |
109 |
| Lawmakers of the European Union have announced they will delay deployment at airports of full body scanners. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2009 |
97 |
| Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo have signed a pact promising better protection for online free speech. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2009 |
97 |
| The number of American children who went hungry in 2007 grew by 50 percent. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2009 |
112 |
| Obese Alabama workers will be charged for their extra pounds. |
Brief article |
Jan 1, 2009 |
108 |
| Worth noting. |
|
Nov 1, 2008 |
680 |
| The continued degradation and destruction of the Mau Complex--Kenya's largest forest ecosystem--could cost that country $300 million in revenue. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2008 |
103 |
| New global guidelines are necessary to maintain adequate food production. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2008 |
80 |
| Afghanistan has made significant progress in the clearance of land mines throughout 2008. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2008 |
101 |
| United States Fourth Naval Fleet is once again patrolling the Caribbean and Latin America. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2008 |
108 |
| Louisiana became the eleventh state to pass a law barring state compliance with the Real ID Act of 2005. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2008 |
62 |
| Draft regulations proposed by the Bush administration would require health clinics and providers receiving federal aid to at least consider hiring individuals who are unwilling to provide reproductive choice information and services. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2008 |
126 |
| Intelligent beings created by God could exist in outer space. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2008 |
83 |
| Joe Barnhart, age 76, was among those wounded at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2008 |
115 |
| Human rights activist Mutabar Tadjibaeva has been released from prison. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2008 |
70 |
| China's Olympic hospitality is on the rocks. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2008 |
119 |
| A lawsuit accusing several major international companies of aiding South Africa's apartheid system is moving forward. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2008 |
122 |
| U.S. Senate joined the House of Representatives in overriding George W. Bush's veto of the $289 billion farm bill. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2008 |
76 |
| Groundbreaking step toward protecting Americans from employment discrimination. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2008 |
89 |
| Free speech rights were upheld. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2008 |
108 |
| An end-run on the constitutional principal of church-state separation. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2008 |
97 |
| The establishment of the Kochhar Humanist Education Center. |
Brief article |
Jul 1, 2008 |
109 |
| United States reversed its position and signed onto the UN roadmap for curbing climate change. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2008 |
116 |
| 2007 was a bad year for Brazil's Amazon rainforest. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2008 |
110 |
| UN held its first major conference to address human trafficking. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2008 |
117 |
| International human rights experts are denouncing the United States' record on racial and ethnic discrimination and have urged sweeping reforms. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2008 |
101 |
| Bill signed by George W. Bush allocates $595,000 for the Morning Star Ranch, an evangelical training camp. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2008 |
114 |
| Ector Texas County School Board agreed March 5 to stop teaching the Bible course in its public schools. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2008 |
96 |
| A landmark appellate court decision in Martinez v. County of Monroe issued on February 1 states that valid marriages of same-sex couples conducted outside of New York State must be recognized legally within the state of New York. |
Brief article |
May 1, 2008 |
121 |
| 400 medicinal plants are at risk of extinction. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2008 |
104 |
| Taking bids for exploration rights on oil and gas in the Chukchi Sea. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2008 |
110 |
| An ambitious plan to provide a universal national health service and promote equal access to public services. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2008 |
110 |
| Guatemalan Congress passed legislation to end what it describes as "a murky baby trade". |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2008 |
110 |
| Maternal mortality in Nicaragua shot up by 100 percent over the last year. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2008 |
85 |
| Court ruling allowing women prisoners in Missouri to obtain timely, safe, and legal abortion care. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2008 |
95 |
| New Jersey became the first state since 1965 to legislatively repeal the death penalty. |
Brief article |
Mar 1, 2008 |
145 |
| Worth noting. |
Calendar |
Jan 1, 2008 |
642 |
| This summer marked two discouraging landmarks for the environment. |
|
Nov 1, 2007 |
126 |
| Aid for AIDS International. |
|
Nov 1, 2007 |
75 |
| The practice of female genital mutilation. |
|
Nov 1, 2007 |
101 |
| The wall of separation between church and state. |
|
Nov 1, 2007 |
127 |
| Banning a Christian cross on private land in a public park. |
|
Nov 1, 2007 |
108 |
| Suing the military for blocking a meeting of atheists and non-Christians. |
|
Nov 1, 2007 |
113 |
| Policy of excluding dissenters from public presidential appearances. |
|
Nov 1, 2007 |
110 |
| Ground-breaking steps to end the exploitation of children as child soldiers are being taken. |
Brief article |
Sep 1, 2007 |
115 |
| Blacklist of countries that have failed to stop trafficking in people. |
|
Sep 1, 2007 |
86 |
| Human rights activist Chen Guangcheng was severely beaten in jail by other prisoners on the orders of guards. |
|
Sep 1, 2007 |
91 |
| Pope Benedict has now offended non-Catholics across the globe. |
|
Sep 1, 2007 |
86 |
| Overturn the 1984 ban on aid to overseas family planning agencies and organizations. |
|
Sep 1, 2007 |
99 |
| Progress for abortion rights. |
|
Sep 1, 2007 |
92 |
| Latest attempt to define indecency and replace parents with Uncle Sam. |
|
Sep 1, 2007 |
73 |
| Harry Potter has survived another challenge. |
|
Sep 1, 2007 |
102 |
| Nations set goals to phase out the use and sale of incandescent light bulbs. |
|
Jul 1, 2007 |
111 |
| Pope Benedict's May 2007 visit to Brazil left many Christians and indigenous leaders angry. |
|
Jul 1, 2007 |
112 |
| Cancer kills more people worldwide than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. |
|
Jul 1, 2007 |
111 |
| Filmmaker Michael Moore's in hot water again. |
|
Jul 1, 2007 |
111 |
| Church-state separation proponents owe a debt of gratitude to Matthew LaClair. |
|
Jul 1, 2007 |
135 |
| Family visitation for same-sex couples is no longer banned in California prisons. |
|
Jul 1, 2007 |
71 |
| Raise youth awareness of child abuse prevention. |
|
Jul 1, 2007 |
82 |
| For their defense of free speech, five individuals were honored in March. |
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May 1, 2007 |
144 |
