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Last night I was at a meeting with textbook publishers as part of my school district’s upcoming new textbook adoption, which is definitely due...
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World
Forced to pick cotton, grow cannabis, prostitute themselves, fight wars or clean up after the wealthy — some 35.8 million people are currently trapped...
World
Construction workers in Bolivia have stumbled upon a mass grave with the remains of hundreds of likely indigenous miners during the Spanish colonial era,...
World
From sex workers to farm hands and maids, millions of forced labourers around the world generate $150 billion in illegal profits for their bosses...
World
Harrowing historical epic “12 Years a Slave” won the best film award on Sunday at the Baftas, seen as an indicator for the upcoming...
World
Nine-year-old Manjita Chaudhary had never spent a night away from her parents when her father sold her to a Nepalese policeman for $25. She...
Tech & Science
NAIROBI (dpa) – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights as proclaimed by the United Nations in December 1948 leaves no room for doubt: “No...
Tech & Science
Dubai (dpa) – Shortly after sunrise and again before sunset every day, Sheizad and the other little riders are strapped to the backs of...