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Human Rights

Celebrating The legacy of Sarojini Naidu, The Driving Force Behind Women’s Equality In India

She was called the ‘Nightingale of India’ with good reason, a woman who called out the patriarchy at a time when our own country didn’t understand the urg...

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Environment

Indigenous Federation Sues Peru Over New National Park

One of the almost 100 resolutions adopted by the World Conservation Congress (WCC) held in Hawai’i in September 2016 was that “protected areas” such as na...

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Gender

Two Trans Women Make Political History

In November, two transgender women will run for Congress as Democrats.
In Utah, 30-year-old grocery store clerk Misty Snow, who worked her shifts while campaigning, wi...

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Gender

The First Transgender Politician Was Just Elected To Congress In Philippines

Geraldine Roman made history this week as she became the first transgender politician to be elected to public office in the Philippines.
"The politics of bigotry, hatr...

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Thought Factory

DEMOCRACY

I grew up in several places in India, amidst many changing political times as we know.
I lived with the two books, Discovery Of India by Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru,...

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Hollywood

Mark Ruffalo Pledges Support For Massive Protest Action

One of the largest civil disobedience actions in a generation is coming to Capitol Hill in April of 2016. More than 2,000 individuals from around the country, including Gab...

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Trending

Shikha Rastogi of iTV Network bags ‘World Women Leadership Award’

Shikha Rastogi, President and Group Head, Human Resources, of the iTV Network, has been awarded the “Exemplary Women Leadership Achievement Award” by the World ...

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Festivals

Zeugma Film Festival Opens

The 3rd Zeugma Film Festival opened on Dec. 22 with a ceremony at the Gaziantep University Congress and Culture Center in the south eastern province of Gaziantep.  Thi...

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Hollywood

Elizabeth Taylor Ran a Safe House, Underground Drug Ring for HIV Patients

The late Elizabeth Taylor is remembered for many things: her violet eyes, her acting chops?and saltiness. But something that usually doesn?? make it in the same breath when...

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Health

FIGO Calls For Treatment Developed At Wayne State To Fight Worldwide Preterm Birth.

Recommendations to reduce the rates of preterm birth developed at the Wayne State University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health’s Perinatology R...

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