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Mapa: El cierre de escuelas se produce mayoritariamente en barrios de minorías.
I’ve written before about the unequal geographical distribution of D.C. Public Schools’ planned school closures, with wards 5 and 7 bearing the brunt. But here’s a map that puts the closures in a new light: The map was created by University of the District of Columbia social sciences professor Amanda Huron, who shared a digital version with Washington City…
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Estados Unidos registra más muertes de recién nacidos en su primer día de vida que el resto del mundo industrializado en conjunto, según un informe.
The number of babies dying in their first day of life remains significantly higher in the United States than 33 other leading industrialized nations combined, an annual report compiled by Save the Children reveals. The London-based charity’s “State of the World’s Mothers” compiled a list of birth-day death rates for 176 countries, as well as…
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Antigua pirámide maya destruida por una empresa constructora en Belice.
One of the oldest and most famous Mayan pyramids has been destroyed by a construction company in Belize, while digging for crushed rock for a road they were building. The authorities reported on Monday that the company was using bulldozers and backhoes to carry out the works, chipping away at the pyramid’s sides until barely…
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Un tercio de las mujeres en el ejército estadounidense fueron violadas.
[TRIGGER WARNING: DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE] By Ole Ole Olson According to NPR, “In 2003, a survey of female veterans found that 30 percent said they were raped in the military. A 2004 study of veterans who were seeking help for post-traumatic stress disorder found that 71 percent of the women said they were sexually assaulted or raped…
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Huelgas de comida rápida llegan a la quinta ciudad: Milwaukee
by Josh Eidelson Two updates, including the filing of Unfair Labor Practice charges yesterday against companies, appear below. Hundreds of Milwaukee workers plan to walk off the job starting at 6 Central Time this morning, launching the nation’s fifth fast food workers’ strike in six weeks. Today’s work stoppage follows strikes in St. Louis and…
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Un impactante folleto de la Fuerza Aérea aconseja a las víctimas de violación que se "sometan" en lugar de resistirse.
BY SPENCER ACKERMAN An Air Force brochure on sexual assault advises potential victims not to fight off their attackers. “It may be advisable to submit [rather] than resist,” reads the brochure (.pdf), issued to airmen at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, where nearly 10,000 military and civilian personnel are assigned. “You have to make this decision…
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Malí bajo ocupación indefinida
France Parliament Votes to Extend Combat Mission While UN Security Council Readies a Policing Force by Roger Annis France’s National Assembly and Senate have voted to extend the country’s military intervention in Mali. A resolution passed both houses of parliament on April 22. Not a single vote was cast in opposition. Three days later, the United Nations…
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El exdictador militar respaldado por Estados Unidos, Efraín Ríos Montt, fue declarado culpable de genocidio en Guatemala.
Efraín Ríos Montt held to account for abuses in campaign that killed an estimated 200,000 and led to 45,000 disappearances The former Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt was convicted of genocide on Friday after a court found him guilty of crimes against humanity for his role in the slaughter of 1,771 Mayan Ixils in the…
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Un policía nazi dirige un estado policial en un pueblo de Arizona.
Some residents in a small Arizona city are saying that the term “police state” is more than just a metaphor for the authoritarian rule they feel that they are being more and more subjected to in tiny town just east of the California border. A closed-door meeting over the weekend in Quartzsite, AZ allegedly led…
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Israel utilizó proyectiles de uranio empobrecido en un ataque aéreo.
Israel used “a new type of weapon”, a senior official at the Syrian military facility that came under attack from the Israeli Air Force told RT. “When the explosion happened it felt like an earthquake,” said the source, who was present near the attack site on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday morning. “Then a giant…
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