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Air: State of the earth

2009-12-13T18:08:27.475Z

Suspected Human Traffickers Attempt To Crash The San Ysidro Port Of Entry

2009-10-15T14:30:30.255Z

Suspected human traffickers attempted to use brute force to deliver their cargo of 79 immigrants to the U.S.
A brief chase and three wounded from gunshots are the result of their efforts.

Hear Us, Stand With Us: Zimbabwean Women Rise Against Sexual Violence

2009-09-05T18:30:43.042Z

In 2008, political violence erupted throughout Zimbabwe as a result of highly contested national elections. Between May and July alone, local organizations estimate that state-sanctioned groups abducted, raped, tortured, and beat over 2,000 women and girls due to their political affiliations. Local police have ignored these women's pleas for protection, justice, and accountability, and national leaders have been equally unresponsive. Hear Us - a video co-produced by Zimbabwean Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU) and WITNESS - features four of these women who have come forward to demand justice from the Zimbabwean government and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Next month, the SADC summit is being held in Kinshasa from September 2-8 2009. Help us collect 2,000 (or more!) messages of support to be delivered to SADC leaders at the summit. Add your voice to the call for justice for the Zimbabwean women - sign our petition, record a video message, tweet the campaign, or leave a comment below.

Audio: Who's Helping the Helpers in New York City?

2009-09-05T18:26:38.040Z

A new survey by the Human Services Council and Baruch College found that nonprofits across NYC face a perfect storm of decreasing public/private funding and a surge in demand... And 2010 appears set to be even worse. This piece was produced on behalf of the Human Services Council of New York City. The Human Services Council and Baruch College conducted a survey of more than 240 nonprofits in NYC. They found that human service providers across the city are on the brink, having seen serious cuts in public/private funding. They have been forced to make severe cutbacks to services.

Spotlight on Ecuador: 30,000 Rainforest Dwellers v Chevron

2009-09-05T18:20:35.038Z

Our featured video is a conversation with Pablo Fajardo, the lead attorney representing 30,000 indigenous people from the Ecuadorean Amazon in a landmark $27 billion lawsuit against Chevron-Texaco. According to the plaintiffs, the U.S. oil giant dumped more than 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater into the rainforest since it began operating in the region in 1964, resulting in one of the worst environmental and humanitarian disasters in history. Chevron strongly refutes the claims.
The story of this legal battle - 16 years in the making and considered one of the largest and most controversial environmental lawsuits in history - is the subject of Joe Berlinger's new documentary CRUDE, which opens in New York on September 9.
LEARN MORE: Watch the trailer of CRUDE, check out an interview with Berlinger, and get involved with the campaign for justice in Ecuador.