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Access to clean water and sanitation was declared a human right Wednesday after a vote aimed at helping the world's neediest, passed unanimously at the United Nations.

By Alex Balch - 07/28/2010

In these times of economic uncertainty, when working class youth are increasingly susceptible to the hateful scapegoating of marginalized communities promoted by white supremacist organizations, it is vitally important that any attempt by fascists to organize is met with an overwhelming and unified response: Not on our watch!

-Modern cargo ships slow to the speed of the sailing clippers
-Testing a London 'Cycle Superhighway'
-Festival transforms autobahn into world's longest street party

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beetle496 writes "The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on the Accessibility of Web Information and Services Provided by Entities Covered by the ADA (i.e., State and Local Government Entities and Public Accommodations). You can read the fact sheet, or the entire notice.

When two uniformed police officers approached
Hector Hernandez as he arrived at the City of Maywood's official Fourth
of July celebrations, he feared the worst.

The US defence department has launched an
investigation to identify who leaked tens of thousands of classified
documents on the war in Afghanistan to a whistleblower website.