Political Issues Archive

  • Jennifer Lee

    Jennifer Lee Shows Film on Women’s Liberation

    Visual effects producer and independent filmmaker Jennifer Lee screened her film in Pakistan about the American women’s liberation movement – at the International Islamic University, National University of Modern Languages in Islamabad, and the Fatimah Jinnah Women’s University in Rawalpindi, last month. Her documentary film,...

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  • Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

    Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America

    Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America announced today that its founder, Shannon Watts, has been invited to make remarks during Vice President Joe Biden’s call on the need for common-sense reforms to reduce gun violence. The call will take place today, April 15,...

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  • Population Clock

    Population Clock to Show the World Population

    The U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday an updated version of the population clock, one of the most widely visited features on the census.gov website. The enhanced clock provides the public with a quick and interactive overview of the population in the United States and the...

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  • Benghazi Terrorist Attack

    Documentary Releasing on the Benghazi Terrorist Attack

    Ambassador Chris Stephens, Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, and Sean Smith volunteered to serve America in a dangerous Libya and were willing to accept the risks associated with their service. However, they probably assumed the United States government would come to their aid if and when...

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  • Save the Children in Syria

    Using Social Media to Save the Children in Syria

    Two million children trapped inside Syria are innocent victims of a bloody conflict that has already claimed 70,000 lives, Save the Children warned Tuesday, saying that these children are under constant risk of malnutrition, disease, trauma and early marriage. In a new report, “Childhood Under...

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  • Osama Bin Laden

    How Osama Bin Laden Was Killed

    Esquire magazine will publish an exclusive in-depth feature story in the March 2013 issue about the former Navy SEAL Team Six member who killed Osama Bin Laden. It also tells how Osama Bin Laden was killed. The 15,000-word story, “The Shooter,” is written by Phil...

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  • Sexual Violence

    South Africa Must Tackle Sexual Violence: UN

    The United Nations human rights chief expressed her shock and deep sadness at the rape, mutilation and murder of a 17-year-old woman in South Africa, and urged a more comprehensive approach to tackling the “pandemic of sexual violence” in the country. “There is a need...

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  • wiki

    DreamWorks to Release WikiLeaks Film “The Fifth Estate”

    Principal photography has begun on the WikiLeaks drama “The Fifth Estate,” it was announced Tuesday by DreamWorks Studios. The film about the controversial website stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange and Daniel Brühl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg, as well as Laura Linney, Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis,...

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  • advice

    Startup Companies’ Advice to President Obama

    High growth small companies, while small in number, have an outsized impact on the U.S. economy.  They consume roughly 0.1-0.2% of U.S. GDP in invested capital, but turn into companies that create roughly 11 percent of U.S. private sector employment and 21 percent of U.S....

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  • scout

    Ad Tells the President How to Help Girls

    Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) released a public service announcement that features the two winners of its “Girl Scouts Speak Out: Dear Mr. President” contest, in which girls across the country were invited to make PSAs addressed to the presidential candidates telling them how...

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  • walm

    Walmart to Boost Sourcing of U.S. Products by $50bn

    Walmart today announced to increase domestic sourcing of the products it sells and help veterans find jobs when they come off active duty. Speaking at the National Retail Federation’s annual BIG Show, Walmart U.S. president and CEO Bill Simon also announced the company is helping...

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  • moms

    One Million Moms for Gun Control to Rally in the US

    One Million Moms for Gun Control, an organization formed within 24 hours of the Connecticut elementary school shooting in Sandy Hook, announced that it will sponsor several major events in January to demand action on common-sense gun control laws. Its New York City chapters will...

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