Eateradded this to All StoriesVegetables New Study Says There Are Not Enough Vegetables on Earth Right NowEater - Tim ForsterA new study says the future of eating looks like the snack aisle So, you know how we’re all supposed to eat less meat and more plants because of the impending collapse of the global ecosystem? Well, it
The GuardianKolkata The scandal of the missing children abducted from India’s railway stationsThe GuardianScores of minors in Kolkata call Sealdah station home. The fate of hundreds a year is to be abducted and sold into slavery or the sex trade When they awoke, their child had gone. As the parents slept platform
KitKat Nestle unveils new KitKat bar even as it's the target of ire for two senatorsbizjournals.com - www.bizjournals.com
Jackie Seaquistadded this to PoliPsychSlavery The global business supply chain relies on 16 million slavesQuartz - Annalisa MerelliSlavery has been illegal worldwide for just about four decades, since Mauritania finally abolished it in 1981. But slavery didn’t end there. According to the latest report by the Walk Free Initiative,
Constitutional Law How a Trojan Horse Project to Rewrite Our Constitution Could Actually Happen if Trump Wins in 2020commondreams.org - www.commondreams.org It’s often said that if Trump is reelected, it’ll be the end of democracy in America. But how could Trump get reelected, and how could democracy get …
Larryadded this to More Stuff . . .Central Africa Send in the troops: Congo raises the stakes on illegal miningReuters Canada - By Aaron RossDAKAR (Reuters) - A Congolese army officer arrived in the village of Kafwaya in June and warned residents not to trespass on a major Chinese copper and cobalt mine next door. As night fell about a week
The Washington PostIvory Coast Senators call for crackdown on cocoa imports made with forced child laborThe Washington Post - By Peter WhoriskeyCocoa products imported into the United States that rely on forced child labor should be stopped at the border, two U.S. senators wrote in a letter Tuesday to the Department of Homeland Security. U.S.
POLITICOU.S. Dept. of Agriculture USDA workers reject relocation en massePOLITICO - By RYAN MCCRIMMONEditor's Note: This edition of Morning Agriculture is published weekdays at 10 a.m. POLITICO Pro Agriculture subscribers hold exclusive early access to the newsletter each morning at 6 a.m. To learn more
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe: Half of Zimbabweans Facing Starvation - Reportallafrica.com [New Zimbabwe] At least half of Zimbabwe's population is facing the prospects of starvation and will need food aid after it emerged that rural food …
The Guardianadded this to World NewsSlavery Australia warned 'discriminatory migration policies' may be driving slaveryThe Guardian - Christopher KnausAustralia’s “restrictive” migration policies may be driving modern forms of slavery, a new report has warned. The federal government introduced a tough new regime designed to stamp out modern slavery last
Play buttonSkoda Fed up with your kids treating you like a taxi? Skoda makes them work for their ridewhichcar.com.au - By Andy Enright FOR MOST parents, ferrying their kids around is one of those time sucks that you just can’t get out of. Footy practice, calisthenics, sleepovers; you …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPentatonixWatch the WE Day Special featuring inspiring change-makers and special guests Neil Patrick Harris, Mahershala Ali, Chanceyahoo.com - PR Newswire - The WE Day Special airs on ABC, Friday, August 9, 2019 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT - - The WE Day Special is sponsored by title partner The Allstate …
USA TODAYadded this to Top StoriesNews (U.S.) Pauley Perrette slams 'inhumane' immigration raids, shares story of 'wonderful' immigrant friendUSA TODAY - Sara M MoniuszkoPauley Perrette is slamming the immigration raids that President Donald Trump said will begin this weekend. Border agents will begin raids in select American cities Sunday to remove people who are in United
Daily Kosadded this to Daily Kos TrendingU.S. Department of Justice Child Slave Labor Is Against the Law... even in a concentration camp.dailykos.com - craigwbar There are legal avenues to explore in regard to the treatment of children in the Trump concentration camps. (Note: I didn’t say death camps, I said …
Livemintadded this to NewsTelangana Survey of cotton-farming sector underway in Telangana to identify child labourlivemint.com - Yunus Y. Lasania Hyderabad: The Telangana government's Labour department and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have started a two-year study into the entire …
The Washington Postadded this to OpinionsWest Africa How to end child labor in developing countriesThe Washington Post - By Letters to the EditorRaising cocoa prices in West Africa will not end the worst forms of child labor, but advocates are right: Increased income for cocoa farmers might reduce the economic pressures that drive child labor.
Telangana Telangana: 52 child labourers rescued from bangle factories in Balapurindiatoday.in - India Today Web Desk At least 52 child bonded labourers were on Saturday rescued from a number of bangle factories in Balapur suburb in Ranga Reddy district, Telangana. …
Spokane, WA 100 years ago in Spokane: Child labor abolished; gold struckspokesman.com - www.spokesman.com Child labor was abolished in Inland Northwest mills, logging camps and box factories, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported.It had long been the …
Daily Kosadded this to Daily Kos TrendingAlexander Acosta Acosta Seeks To Slash Funding For Anti-Trafficking Program By 80 Percentdailykos.com - Seashells The Guardian reports that Acosta seeks massive cuts of 80% to the funds the Dept of Labor uses to fight human trafficking, forced labor and child …
The Interceptadded this to NewsAlexander Acosta Acosta Says Epstein Deal Was in a “Different World” — But His Labor Department Still Makes Trafficking Victims SufferThe Intercept - Natasha Lennard “We live in a very different world,” said Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Wednesday, when asked whether he would make the same agreement with …
Diamonds Wedding Diaries: This Alternative Engagement Ring Designer Loves Diamonds in the Roughinvesting.com - By: Eliana Sagarin The sparkly diamond rings you see glistening in big-name jewelry store windows have come a long way from their earthy roots. For many diamonds, the …
Teen VogueWorking-class How American Workers Won the Eight-Hour WorkdayTeen Vogue - Kim KellyNo Class is an op-ed column by writer and radical organizer Kim Kelly that connects worker struggles and the current state of the American labor movement with its storied — and sometimes bloodied — past.
The Hindu Groupadded this to The HinduSex Trade 581 children rescued in 1 yearthehindu.com - Staff Reporter Cyberabad Police have rescued 581 child labourers (368 boys and 213 girls) in the last one year, under Operation Smile. This was announced on the …
The Daily BeastAlexander Acosta Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, Who Cut Deal With Jeffrey Epstein, Tried to Slash Anti-Trafficking BudgetThe Daily Beast - Jackie Kucinich On Jan. 2, 2018, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta released a statement commemorating the beginning of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, recommitting …
The Daily BeastAlexander Acosta Acosta, Who Struck Plea Deal For Epstein, Wants to Cut Funds For Sex Trafficking VictimsThe Daily Beast - Jamie Ross Alexander Acosta, the U.S. labor secretary who has been urged to resign for his involvement in striking a lenient plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein in …
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesOpinion (UK) Individuals can’t solve the climate crisis. Governments need to step upThe Guardian - Anders LevermannFrom climate change to child labour, the responsibility for solving major societal problems is increasingly being shifted to the individual. People feel in order to save the world they have to be “good”.
TreeHuggerSustainability Child labor is still a huge problem in cocoa industrytreehugger.com - Katherine Martinko After decades of promising reforms, chocolate companies have failed to deliver. It has been almost twenty years since leading chocolate manufacturers …
CCS Gautamadded this to CS GautamPoverty Rate Nearly half of India’s households with more than five children very poor and deprived of basic needsscroll.in - Sana Ali, IndiaSpend.com Nearly half – about 47.9% – of Indian households that have more than five children are severely deprived of shelter, water, sanitation, health and …
Jenifer Danielsadded this to UrbanismEast Boston When ‘Big Plans’ Could Change the WorldCityLab - Ezra Haber GlennA new exhibition looks back at the period of grand urban design and social reform in New York City, Boston, and Chicago. This summer, visitors to Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum are being treated
Beate Christine Hofmannadded this to Fotografie & FotografenPhotography Child Labor Ended in the US Thanks to This Photographerthephoblographer.com - Joy Celine Asto These photos taken by Lewis Hine from the early 1900s to the early 1920s effectively ended child labor in the US and remain an important reminder of …
