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Southeast Asia: The Global Land Rush’s Overlooked Ground Zero

By [node:field_contributor] / On April 25th, 2013
Last year, over a period of nine months, Cambodian state security forces staged a brutal crackdown against protesting journalists, human rights activists, and monks. Many were harassed, some were jailed, and several were killed. These people were not protesting about politics. Rather, they were rallying against land takeovers by private investors.
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Island Press Staff Picks

By Admin, Jason Leppig / On September 19th, 2012
This week's pick is from the Managing Editor of CAKE, Livia Kent:
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Soda Tax or Free Fruits and Veggies?

By Darrin Nordahl / On September 12th, 2012
The soda wars are afizz again in two California communities. Voters in Richmond and El Monte will soon decide whether a penny-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks is an appropriate municipal policy to help combat obesity.
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#ForewordFriday Planning as if People Matter

By Admin / On September 7th, 2012
The environmental justice movement is closely tied to urban planning and development. But, while planners and urban designers have made great strides in embracing the sustainability movement, social justice issues have not been getting the same attention. Of the three "e"s of sustainable planning—environment, economics, and equity—equity is the one most often left behind.
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Introducing Island Press Staff Picks

By Admin / On May 9th, 2012
The 30 of us here at Island Press work on all stages of book publishing: from concept and manuscript development in the editorial department to outreach and promotions in the marketing and publicity department. Our program and fundraising staff develop initiatives to complement our books and authors. And the finished product can't happen without the production department designing covers and interiors, proofreading, and typesetting. All of this depends on the financial department, which tells us how much we can and can't spend.
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Now that you’re unemployed, don’t you feel healthier?

By [node:field_contributor] / On December 11th, 2008
As the economy sinks ever deeper into a rerun of the 1930s depression, it's worth considering the effects of the crisis on our health. Are stockbrokers jumping out of windows on Wall Street? No - but they typically don't, even in the worst of times. This enduring urban legend is apparently based on just two people who jumped to their deaths after the crash in 1929; there have been no confirmed cases since then. Are suicides in general increasing as a result of unemployment? If past trends hold true, the answer is yes: people who are out of work are more likely to take their own lives.

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