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Farrow, who has traveled extensively as an ambassador for child’s rights, confesses that she no longer cares about an acting career. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Politics & Policy, Truth & Justice
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Farrow, adoptive mother of fifteen, discusses how central a role adults can play in the lives of children. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Politics & Policy, Truth & Justice
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Big Think Interview with Mia Farrow
November 19, 2009 | In Politics & Policy, Truth & Justice
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Big Think Interview With Ishmael Beah
November 19, 2009 | In Life & Death, Politics & Policy, Truth & Justice
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Only two countries have yet to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child—Somalia, and the United States. Jo Becker explains why. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Truth & Justice, World
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Though it may seem like a quintessentially 19th century problem to many Americans, child labor is surprisingly prevalent throughout the First World. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Truth & Justice, World
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Though there continues to be resistance internationally to making 18 the minimum for military service, provisions in the CRC for education and security provide other outlets for children in areas of armed conflict. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Truth & Justice, World
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A Day in the Life of a Child Soldier
Human Right’s Watch’s Jo Becker delineates the recruitment of child soldiers, and the abuses they suffer once they’ve been drafted. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Truth & Justice, World
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Big Think Interview with Jo Becker
November 19, 2009 | In Truth & Justice
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Global Rights—At Least on Paper
Twenty years after the Convention on the Rights of the Child, countries around the world are still struggling with implementation. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Truth & Justice, World
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Ann Venemen dissects the consequences of letting another generation go without education, health care, and basic civil rights. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Truth & Justice, World
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The Challenge of Global Standards
Veneman admits it’s a challenge to find a set of standards that fits every country and context, but argues against a sliding scale of rights. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Truth & Justice, World
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UNICEF head Ann Veneman shares some of the frequently overlooked abuses that children are subject to the world over. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Truth & Justice
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Big Think Interview With Ann Veneman
November 19, 2009 | In Truth & Justice, World
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Leveling The Playing Field—Through Play
Special Olympics Chairman Tim Shriver discusses the expansion of children’s rights through athletic competition. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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According to Tim Shriver, Chairman of the Special Olympics, legislation in the last twenty years has done much to open opportunities to children with intellectual disabilities. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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Big Think Interview with Tim Shriver
November 19, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Politics & Policy
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The new Atlantic magazine has an intriguing dispatch about how "Iranians line up daily to cross the Astara River to buy and sell jeans, chickens, bras, laptops—and often sex and schnapps and heroin." Their destination -- the Azerbaijani town of Astara -- amounts to "the Tijuana of the Caspian," according to journalist Peter Savodnik, who wrote the piece. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In World
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Is Palin the next George Wallace?
Will she be the standard bearer for the religious right? Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Belief, Politics & Policy
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What is “Biblical capitalism,” and how is it changing the American right wing? Jeff Sharlet charts the rise of a juggernaut. Read More
November 19, 2009 | In Belief, Business & Economics
