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What greater indictment of a system could there be than an epidemic of mental illness?

Source: Could Mental Illness Be The Result Of Living In An Inhumane Society? – Sustainable Human

Nowadays, the plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental burdens. Statistics say that annually, we throw away enough plastic to circle the globe 4 times. Also, it has been shown that 50% of the plastic is thrown after the first use.

Source: San Francisco Becomes First City To Ban The Sale Of Plastic Bottles

The company CEO’s pay is outrageous. Why not direct some of that toward workers?

Source: Abigail Disney: It’s time to call out my family’s company — and anyone else rich off their workers’ backs – The Washington Post

For the first time in decades, U.S. politicians and billionaires ask whether American-style capitalism can survive.

Source: Capitalism in crisis: U.S. billionaires worry about the survival of the system that made them rich – The Washington Post

O.K., I know this is a comedy skit, but any capoeirista out there would appreciate how she got out of that!

John William King — an avowed racist who orchestrated the murder of James Byrd Jr. in one of America’s most gruesome hate crimes of the latter 20th century — was executed Wednesday in Texas, authorities said.

Source: John William King executed in James Byrd Jr.’s brutal dragging death

A Houston high school principle is getting tough — on parents and wants them to set an example in appearance with a new campus dress code

Source: Houston principal says no more du-rags, curlers, sagging pants at her school – worn by parents – theGrio

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