human rights
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U.N. report: ‘Human rights might not survive’ climate crisis
It's time for human rights defenders to come together on climate action, expert says.
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Climate change is a human rights issue
Climate change is a humanitarian crisis, but human rights got sidelined at COP24.
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Meet 8 black leaders who are reshaping the climate movement
These scientists, activists, and organizers are working to protect our communities.
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Olympians prepare for a “petri dish of pathogens”
If Rio's waters weren't cleaned up for Olympic athletes, how can we expect they'll be cleaned up for the city's actual residents?
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4 crazy facts from a new fashion documentary
"The True Cost" gives new meaning to the phrase "retail therapy." We might need a retail therapist after watching it.
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Sorry, kids: Halloween candy is a human rights nightmare
Here's a really scary story for your Halloween: The candy you're handing out might have been made by foreign students who were tricked into factory labor. Hershey's, which also distributes Cadbury candy in the U.S. and Nabisco candy in Canada, charged students up to $6,000 for a "summer work and travel" program, which actually consisted of drudgery at the packing plant.
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How to save rhinos and tigers: Shoot the crap out of poachers
In India's Kaziranga National Park, rhinos and tigers are thriving, because poachers are dying instead. When it comes to poachers, the park's rangers have a license to kill, and they do. It gets results:
In 2010, only five rhinos were shot in Kaziranga, while nine poachers were killed, the first time poacher deaths surpassed rhinos. (For comparison, in South Africa, where rangers fire only in self-defense, five poachers were killed in 2010, while 333 rhinos were poached.)
These guys were breaking the law and killing endangered species. But the moral calculus here isn't so clear-cut. In the park's region, jobs are scarce. Park animals eats crops and kill farm animals, and poaching pays better than any other pursuit. Shooting poachers on sight is apparently the most effective way to conserve the park’s threatened animals, but how does that stack up against human injustice? It’s a complicated calculation.
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Busting myths about China's one-child policy
Joe Biden's latest gaffe thrust China's population policy into the headlines. Let's seize this opportunity to set a few things straight.
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Why are gays more eco-friendly?
A recent poll says gays and lesbians are more likely to support the environment. So why are the gays greener?