Full Coverage: Northern America

09/29/2007 If you are an American evangelical Christian you’ll presumably think Jesus Camp chronicles an excellent development – teaching young children to be foot soldiers in God’s army. Everyone else will be disturbed.

09/28/2007 UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28 (OneWorld) - Environmental groups and human rights activists are up in arms about the Bush administration's move to pursue a separate strategy instead of contributing to the UN-led global efforts to fight climate change.

09/27/2007 WASHINGTON, Sep 27 (OneWorld) - Civil society activists from Zimbabwe recently traveled to the United States to lobby for a more just international economic structure and to raise awareness about their country's devastating economic crisis.

09/25/2007 With 17,000 Hurricane Katrina survivors still awaiting "homeowner assistance" grants, the state of Mississippi is planning to redirect more than half a billion dollars to redevelop a busy port in the Gulf of Mexico, eliciting cries of "People Before Ports!" from housing advocates and faith leaders.

09/25/2007 The recent boom in uranium mining caused by increased demand for nuclear energy has been met with opposition -- and for good reason, says a medical professor; the extraction process has killed hundreds and puts many others at risk from its toxic fumes.

09/24/2007 As Iraqis leave their war-torn homeland in droves, the pressure of refugee resettlement has shifted from Iraq’s neighbors to industrialized countries farther afield, new statistics show.

09/24/2007 Co-op America has compiled a list of 21 recyclable items, including eyeglasses and household appliances, which most people wouldn’t think of tossing into their recycle bins.

09/24/2007 After seven years of bureaucratic delays, the "U Visa" will now allow victims of crimes like domestic violence to seek help from U.S. law enforcement without the fear of deportation.
From: New America Media

09/24/2007 The implication of racially motivated injustice that drove thousands of protesters to the small town of Jena, Louisiana last week is but a small crack in the system-wide failures found across the United States, comments British columnist Gary Younge.

09/20/2007 A social justice organization is launching a new campaign to press for the $720 million the United States spends each day in Iraq to be redirected to fund human needs at home and "real solutions" in Iraq.

09/20/2007 U.S. middle school, high school, and university students are getting to interact with journalists covering underreported issues around the world.

09/19/2007 Pay and perks for the leaders of the largest nonprofit organisations in the U.S. rose at more than twice the rate of inflation last year, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. And the Financial Times reports that bankers and financial advisers to the rich and super-rich are failing to give them good advice on how to give their money away.
From: Chronicle of Philanthropy; Financial Times

09/19/2007 The recent problems with lead-laden toys and poison-filled dog food produced by Chinese factories is a symptom of pressures applied by U.S. companies demanding higher quantities at lower costs, says New America Media commentator Xujun Eberlein.
From: New America Media

09/18/2007 Up to 16 million people have been killed in 133 U.S. interventions around the world. Dr. Zeki Ergas considers the implications.

09/18/2007 WASHINGTON, Sep 17 (IPS) - U.S. immigrant groups are ratcheting up a boycott of Western Union Co. in hopes of forcing the global money-transfer industry to do good for its customers' families, not just do well for itself.

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09/17/2007 In the span of a few weeks, two major enterprises - vehicle maker Chrysler and the Ford Foundation - have named new top executives. Neither has any experience in their new industries. Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati report.

09/15/2007 Great idea: interview the 12 surviving crew member from the nine Apollo missions to the Moon. Second great idea: get hold of archive material of Moon-shots from NASA - some of it never before used. The result is a film, In the Shadow of the Moon. Here’s a third good idea: see it.

09/14/2007 UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - Despite strong objections from the United States and some of its allies, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday calling for the recognition of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples' right to self-determination and control over their lands and resources.

09/14/2007 Tell your Congressional representatives -- and thousands of other activists -- what you think about the crisis in Darfur through the "24 Hours for Darfur" online campaign.