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you have 0 butterfly credits July 4, 2011 Check out the causes you care about most -- with stories from Care2's network of bloggers and non-profit partners. from Politics Soon One In Four Children Will Be Living In Poverty Corporations in the United States are showing massive profits, even as unemployment stays high and the recession lingers on.  Now, it’s becoming... by: Robin M.    3 comments from Politics Morning Mix McCotter Announces, No One Notices There is a truism in the media that if you want to be sure your news isn’t noticed, you make it public on certain key dates — late afterno... by: Robin M.    3 comments from Politics Maria Shriver Files For Divorce Less than two months after announcing that they would be separating, Maria Shriver has now filed for divorce form her husband, former California Gover... by: Robin M.    16 comments from Politics Independence Day In Foreign Lands   One reason I write for Care2, is to help some of you understand what it's like to be in the military community as a family member.  For many in... by: Karen Francis    8 comments from Civil Rights States Allow the Mentally Ill to Regain Gun Rights Across the country, states are beginning to allow people who lost their gun rights because of mental illness to petition to have them restored.  Altho... by: Amelia T.    6 comments from Civil Rights Justice Department Could Crack Down on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries A new memo from the Department of Justice could threaten production of medical marijuana, even in states like California, where cultivation of marijua... by: Amelia T.    10 comments from Health Policy 3 Harvard Psychiatrists Disciplined Over Drug Company Ties Three Harvard psychiatrists, including a leading proponent in the off-label use of antipsychotics for bipolar disorder in children, have been discipli... by: Kristina C.    6 comments from Trailblazers For Good Thai Women Celebrate First Female Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is poised to become Thailand’s first female prime minister, after winning a landslide victory in this summer’s electio... by: Amelia T.    7 comments from Education Exclamation Points, Serial Commas: Good, Bad or Unnecessary? Is the use of exclamation points, especially in email and texts, reaching epidemic proportions? Ought the Oxford or “serial” comma to go t... by: Kristina C.    1 comment from Education Scientology Literature Declared Extremist in Russia Some Scientology literature, including books and pamphlets, has been declared "extremist" and banned in Russia, according to the Moscow Times. The vie... by: Anna K.    3 comments from Women's Rights Why Don’t Women Want to Bike in New York? Women don’t seem to want to bike in New York City.  According to the New York Times, male cyclists outnumber women three to one, statistics whic... by: Amelia T.    1 comment from Women's Rights If DSK is Innocent, Will France Stop Talking About Sexism? Before the revelations about the unreliability of his accuser broke in New York last week, one of the few positive elements to come out of the Dominiq... by: Amelia T.    add a comment from Women's Rights Two Circuits, Two Belts — Nathan’s Hotdog Contest Gets a Women’s Round There are a great many traditions that go along with the Fourth of July — picnics, parades, fireworks.  But it is also the day for what many cal... by: Robin M.    add a comment from Environment & Wildlife Community-Run Eco-Tourism Generates Jobs in Guatemala   Indigenous community leaders in a remote, poor region of Guatemala’s northern Alta Verapaz province needed to generate sustainable jobs b... by: Michael Z.    5 comments from Animal Welfare Victory! New York and Iowa Ag Gag Bills Die Following failure in Florida and Minnesota, the New York and Iowa state legislative sessions have come to a close without the passage of their Ag Gag ... by: alicia G.    3 comments from Animal Welfare Tell Nike: Dump Michael Vick Michael Vick is in the news again.  After almost four years, Nike has again signed Michael Vick to a lucrative endorsement deal. How does that make yo... by: Megan D.    10 comments from Animal Welfare Protesting Royals at the Rodeo No event is a stronger symbol of Canadian cowboy culture than the Calgary Stampede. So Albertans are understandably excited to welcome Prince William ... by: cathrynw    2 comments from Animal Welfare Italian Police Stop Bear Banquet (VIDEO) Italian police did (if you ask me) did the right think in breaking up a banquet of bear meat hosted by the Northern League, a coalition partner of pri... by: Kristina C.    4 comments from Animal Welfare Long, Slow Death of a Sea Turtle 317 pieces. That's how much plastic clogged the digestive system of the giant sea turtle found dead on a beach in New South Wales. The animal had quie... by: cathrynw    12 comments from Human Rights Bahraini Doctors Tortured Into Making False Confessions (VIDEO) 23 doctors and 24 nurses who treated pro-democracy protesters earlier this year in Bahrain have been charged with "attempting to topple the king's mon... by: Kristina C.    1 comment from Human Rights How Bad is Human Trafficking Around the World? Although Ashton Kutcher’s Twitter battle over his child prostitution statistics overtook any real news on human trafficking, this week saw the r... by: Amelia T.    1 comment from Human Rights Can You “Test-Drive” a Religion for a Month? Would inter-religious dialogue be easier if Christians actually knew what it was like to be Muslim, or vice versa?  One of the biggest challenges of a... by: Amelia T.    6 comments   Japanese Youth Show Signs Of Radiation Exposure Federal Judge Rules California’s Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional Update on Syria: Sanctions, a “Roadmap” for Dialogue, Refugees Trial of 4 Khmer Rouge Leaders For Crimes Against Humanity Begins Scientology Literature Declared Extremist in Russia   Free Unjustly Imprisoned Bahraini Activists

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