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Where Will Hunger Strike?
A look at countries whose food supplies are imperiled-and others on the precipice. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization...
Read & DiscussIs Education the Great Equalizer?
When girls aren't well-represented in school, does the gender gap trickle into adulthood? Equal access to education for girls and boys...
Read & DiscussWhat Renewable Energy Sources Is The World Using?
Who's generating the most electricity from renewable sources-and which ones are they using? As of 2006, only about 18 percent of the energy...
Read & DiscussThe State of the Planet
As we head into the last year of the two thousand aughts, we take a look at some of the numbers that shaped our lives this past year. Thanks...
Read & DiscussBurning Fuel
The average car vs. the average human Cars use gas to power themselves, just as people use food. And energy is energy, no matter where you get...
Read & DiscussSeeking Refuge
Wars, famine, and natural disasters are just a few of the reasons people are forced to leave their homes and flee their countries. Around the...
Read & DiscussThe Three-Trillion-Dollar War: Its Cost In Ten Steps
In 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld estimated that a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq War...
Read & DiscussThe Hidden Cost of War
In 2003, Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is more than 10...
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