Brazil Readies ‘RoboCop’ Riot Squads For World Cup Protests
Demonstrators call out government for spending billions on soccer tournament as poor sidelined and public services are diminished nationwide.
Demonstrators call out government for spending billions on soccer tournament as poor sidelined and public services are diminished nationwide.
In the United States, most corn, soybean and cotton crops grown have been genetically modified.
The world exploded in chants and rallies Saturday, which saw more than 2 million people taking to the streets in a global form of solidarity against Monsanto, the world’s leading biotechnology company responsible for the genetic modification of crops and patenting of seeds.
The “March Against Monsanto” rallies sprouted up in 436Studies are increasingly revealing the connection between physical exercise and performance in the classroom.
Fourth-grade student Kevin Killion listens attentively to his daily class lesson, all the while walking at a moderate pace on a classroom treadmill. “It gets oxygen in your brain,” the fourth grader told Mint Press News. “I feel like I get a lot of oxygen so I can go back to work and work better.” Killion is among a generation of learners who are
A rush to start drone engineering and research programs […]
This week, the United States Navy launched its drone prototype, the X-47B, from the deck of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush off the coast of Maryland. The X-47B is the first drone that has proven successful in launching from and landing on an aircraft carrier, giving the military the capability of launching drone strikes without first
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To safeguard the Caribbean’s future, Branson says politics and business-as-usual will have to change.
In a bid to safeguard biodiversity and the Caribbean's tourism-based economy, regional political leaders and corporate executives will gather Friday on billionaire Richard Branson's private island with the aim of protecting 20 percent of the region's coastal resources by 2020. Participants are expected to announce various commitments to advance
Human rights activists Nabeel Rajab, center in this Dec […]
Where in the world is Nabeel Rajab? It’s the question Bahrainis and human rights advocates are asking after the sudden disappearance of the key opposition leader this week. Rajab, the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, has been in prison since August 2012 for his
Many of the nation’s military bases are surrounded by storefront lenders who charge high annual percentage rates, sometimes exceeding 400 percent.
作者 Paul Kiel
Seven years after Congress banned payday-loan companies from charging exorbitant interest rates to service members, many of the nation's military bases are surrounded by storefront lenders who charge high annual percentage rates, sometimes exceeding 400 percent. The Military Lending Act sought to protect service members and their families from