by Michelle Chen – USA – After spending years living in the homes of strangers, Andreah Moyer finally found her way back to her grandfather at the age of seventeen. One question had burned in her mind all that time:…
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Living in the Homes of Strangers: Foster Care Reform Should Focus on Family
Tagged with: Adoption, Family, foster care, legislation, Mental Illness, substance abuse, United States
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Personal Data Is Now on the Record in Germany
by Rose-Anne Clermont – Germany – BERLIN – Seventy years ago, every kernel of a German’s identity was accessible by the government; financial statements, personal correspondence, family and religious information remained unprotected and defenseless. Private was what could be hidden…
Tagged with: Europe, European Union, Germany, human rights, laws, legislation, Nazi era, Politics, privacy, stasi
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Interception of Communications Act Sparks Debate and Fear: Zimbabwean Human Rights Activists Up in Arms
by Constance Manika – Zimbabwe – The recent passing of the Interception of Communication Act, signed into law by Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe on August 3, 2007, has sparked much debate and inspired just as much fear in the heart’s…
Tagged with: Africa, citizen rights, espionage, human rights, journalists, laws, legislation, Mugabe, Zimbabwe
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
“Support Our Troops” Is a Fallacy and a Lie
Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP – USA – On the 29th of June The WIP posted a link to Anti-Americanism Hits New Record in Turkey from Today’s Zaman, an online Turkish newspaper. Apparently Turks now dislike the United States…
Tagged with: Blackwater, Halliburton, Iraq, legislation, Military, private coorporations, Soldiers, United States
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics, The WIP Editorial
Freedom of Information, a Trademark for a Democratic Society
by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – The procrastination of government over the enactment of the Freedom of Information Bill (FOIB), which gives the public and journalists free access to public information, has ignited concern, with some members of the judiciary…
Tagged with: Africa, human rights, Journalism, laws, legislation, Zambia
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
