US abortion policy is 'extremist hate' and 'torture', says UN commissioner

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June 8 at 10:30 AM · 

“The US policy on abortion is a form of extremist hate that amounts to the torture of women.” My fellow Americans, aren’t you proud to see your country described in these terms? Do I need to tell you I am being sarcastic?

Mexico Agrees to Pay for Trump’s Psychiatric Care

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FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS OF THE WAR ON DRUGS


Serving Life w/ Hard Labor w/o Parole for $20 of Marijuana

Slavery is alive. He is one of many. "More than half of the prison inmates in the United States are non-violent offenders. In 2006, for example, there were 1,331,100 people imprisoned, only 667,900 of those were convicted of violent crimes. "

Danger for Trump: Support for impeachment has nearly doubled among independents

Franklin Graham Claims ‘Gay Pride Flag Is Offensive To Christians’ 

 DESPITE NOT REPRESENTING ALL CHRISTIANS 

Franklin Graham goes on anti-gay rant — and then gets totally destroyed
Franklin Graham spent one of the biggest gay pride weekends attacking LGBT people, and now he’s getting totally destroyed on social media. Praising the news that the U.S. State Dept. under President Donald Trump is now banning gay pride flags from flying at American embassies around the world, Gra...

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Iceland Bans American Televangelists

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Animals Are Becoming Nocturnal As A Means To Avoid Human Contact

Never forget: Yes, there was a genocide. Why don't we correct the wrong now? | rabble.ca

Today, Canada has a choice. We can continue to look away, or we can decide to be courageous and brave and start decolonizing our institutions.

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A peek inside some of the most colorful, dangerous and bizarre celebrations in modern Japan 👹 — including that 🍆 festival.

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Stranger things: Weird ways to get festive in Japan

G20 ministers end Tsukuba meet with pledge to seek reform of World Trade Organization

Tokyo argues that the organization’s appellate body, which makes final judgments, does not effectively settle disputes and has called for change.

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New research from OECD Watch and Business & Human Rights Resource Centre shows that 64% of reprisals from companies against activists challenging their impacts on the ground occur in the land-intensive extractive and agriculture sectors ➡️ http://farmlandgrab.org/28984