Today we looked as some political cartoons about fossil fuel and renewable resources that may not be so renewable (ethanol).
We the went over quiz corrections (turn in by tomorrow for 1/3 of your points re-credited).
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Human Rights Watch- Indonesia’s Religious Minorities Denied Adoption Rights October 23, 2017Expand Students at an Islamic boarding school perform prayers at a mosque on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Medan, North Sumatra June 29, 2014. © 2014 Y.T Haryono / Reuters Christians and other religious minorities need not apply. That’s the message conveyed to policewoman Ida Maharani Hutagaol in Binjal, in Indonesia’s North Sumatra […]
- France: Stop Ignoring Egypt’s Dire Rights Record October 23, 2017Expand French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian shakes hand with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry after their joint news conference in Cairo, Egypt June 8, 2017 © 2017 Reuters (Paris) – The French government should ensure that human rights are central to its relationship with Egypt, Human Rights Watch said today. France should stop ignoring serious […]
- Greece: Asylum Seekers in Abysmal Conditions on Islands October 23, 2017Expand Ibtissam, 22, a mother of two hoping to reunite with her husband in Germany, pictured at the Souda Refugee Camp on Chios island, Greece, June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (Athens) – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras should end the Greek government’s “containment policy” of confining asylum seekers to the Aegean islands, 19 human rights and humanitaria […]
- China: Voice Biometric Collection Threatens Privacy October 22, 2017Expand A man talks on the phone in Beijing, China, March 2, 2017. © 2017 Reuters (New York) – The Chinese government is collecting “voice pattern” samples of individuals to establish a national voice biometric database, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities are collaborating with iFlytek, a Chinese company that produces 80 percent of all speech recognit […]
- Transgender Activists Fight Historical Mental Health Diagnosis October 21, 2017Today, hundreds of activist groups throughout the world will gather to mark the 8th annual International Day for Trans Depathologization – a global event to raise awareness about the limitations that abusive and discriminatory medical models place on transgender people’s basic rights. Expand Participants March during the Tokyo Rainbow Parade. On October 22, […]
- Indonesia’s Religious Minorities Denied Adoption Rights October 23, 2017
- BBC News
- Myeshia Johnson: Widow of dead soldier hits out at Trump October 23, 2017She says President Trump could not remember her husband's name when he phoned to offer condolences.
- Catalonia Spain: Officials 'won't follow orders from Madrid' October 23, 2017The warning comes as the Spanish government moves to reassert control over the region's authorities.
- FBI agent reveals life infiltrating extremist groups in America October 23, 2017The American Muslim is an active FBI agent who befriends key figures plotting jihadist attacks.
- Myeshia Johnson: Widow of dead soldier hits out at Trump October 23, 2017
