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Gender

A New Ratings System Will Assess Schooling For Girls Worldwide

An advocacy group set up by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and Foreign Policy Magazine are launching an annual index to assess the availability and quality of ed...

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Festivals

Imagine SLS Disability Film Festival Announces Date

Imagine Supported Living Services, a local nonprofit, announces the 4th year of its Annual Disability Short Film Festival. Imagine serves the Santa Cruz community by empowe...

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Environment

Why Big Corporations Like Gap And eBay Are Mobilizing Against Climate Change

This week, California legislators received a pair of letters signed by dozens of corporations in support of two bills that would require the state to further reduce its gre...

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Environment

Nearly 20 Million People Were Displaced Last Year Because Of Extreme Weather

Extreme natural disasters like floods, storms and earthquakes displaced nearly 20 million people in 2014, a new report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has found. Sin...

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Environment

Exxon Knew Of Human Role In Climate Change In 1981, Then Funded Denial

Exxon deliberately deceived the public about the human impact on climate change for nearly three decades, launching its campaign to deliberately spread misinformation years...

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Trending

Time Warner Seeks Shareholders Vote On Tobacco Depictions In Movies

Warner Bros’ parent company Time Warner has become the first company to hold a shareholder vote on smoking in movies. The resolution was submitted by shareholder advo...

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Environment

US Catholics Ready To Follow Pope's 'Marching Orders' On Climate Change

Leaders of the Catholic church in America took their ?marching orders? from the pope?s encyclical on Thursday, fanning out to Congress and the White House to push for actio...

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Health

MD/Phd Student Expanding Research And Advocacy For Health Care In India

UMass Medical School students are working in Gujarat, India, this summer to improve health care in the mostly low-income rural region. They are conducting health disparitie...

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Hollywood

Demi Lovato Wants You To Be Vocal And Speak Up For Mental Health

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. in partnership with leading mental health advocacy organizations and singer, songwriter and mental health advocate Demi Lovato has announced t...

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Hollywood

Toni Braxton Presents Scholarship During UNCF Evening Of Stars

The recent taping of UNCF An Evening of Stars marked a notable intersection of premier educational and nonprofit organizations with Hollywood superstars. R&B sensation ...

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