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NPR: This Just In...If You Dare To Watch

USA | Wed, 24 Jun 2009 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [1149]

"We might flinch, but we are now willing to watch someone die on television. For real. Not just as a work of dramatic fiction." I've heard it said that witnessing death profoundly changes a person, even to the point of breaking your soul ... Read more >

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Promises Unkept: a failing world hunger pledge

WORLDWIDE | Tue, 5 Aug 2008 | By packlightwalkslow | Views [1362]

In 1996, the World Food Summit pledged to cut world hunger by 50% by 2015 . A pledge such as this would require billions of dollars in funding, and at the time, the world was ready to ante up. However, additional aid to agriculture has not only failed ... Read more >

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