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Jonathan Lutes

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Jonathan Lutes is an American writer, journalist, translator. Born in Portland, Maine, he has lived and worked in Berlin since 2004.

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View of the coal fired-power station at
June 23, 2015
Mangroves or Electricity in Bangladesh?
topic: Global Warming
by: Jonathan Lutes
Bangladesh is developing faster than its power supply can handle. The growing textile industry makes changes to the Bangladeshi power grid a necessity.
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violence against women
March 25, 2014
Violence Against Women
by: Jonathan Lutes
This means that over a third of the world’s female population (aged 15-44) are victims of sexual and/or physical abuse at least once in their [...]
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mass fainting
March 20, 2014
Mass fainting spells in Cambodia
by: Jonathan Lutes
Most factory workers in Cambodia are young women from rural areas. Many belong to a first generation of workers who have left home hoping to earn money they can send back to their [...]
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climatechange_academie
February 13, 2014
Climate change: Politics, academia and the media
by: Jonathan Lutes
Yet, some politicians and members of the media refute the scientific approach and preach untruths in order to distract the public from the impending [...]
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Refugees Cross Tunisian Border To Escape Violence in Libya
February 10, 2014
South Sudan: Broiling
by: Jonathan Lutes
In mid-December, political rivalries over the country’s oil regions erupted into widespread attacks on civilians, displacing over one hundred thousand people. It is still unclear [...]
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Wang Nuea Villagers Use The Dry Season To Pan For Gold
January 20, 2014
Mercury in Indonesia
by: Jonathan Lutes
As Joe Cochrane has written for the New York Times, illegal small scale gold mining and processing is conducted in people’s back yards and is funded and protected by businessmen, as well as by [...]
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Lists Of Smoking Related Diseases Continues To Grow
January 18, 2014
Big Tobacco vs Small Governments
by: Jonathan Lutes
Public health initiatives have been successful at lowering smoking rates in many countries, and more than 170 countries have signed the W.H.O. Framework Convention on Tobacco [...]
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Haitian Street Children And Restaveks
January 15, 2014
Haitian Restaveks
by: Jonathan Lutes
Out of desperation, many families see no other option but to send their children to the slightly less impoverished homes, where they work for room, board and, [...]
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PP048_congoRiver
January 14, 2014
Fossil fuels and poverty
by: Jonathan Lutes
Around three billion people, almost half of the world’s population, resort to open fires or leaky stoves in their kitchens, causing a great health risk. Around 1.2 billion people still live with no access to [...]
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SAFRICA-MANDELA-DISABLED-DEAF
December 28, 2013
Mandela, Obama
by: Jonathan Lutes
Obama stressed that he constantly fails to live up to Mandela’s example, but is reminded to try to be a better man every day. As New York Times Op-ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof points out, leaders [...]
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Somaly Mam Foundation Gala 'Life Is Love' To Empower Survivors In The Fight To End Slavery - Inside
December 20, 2013
Where's the empathy?
by: Jonathan Lutes
The reader will most probably learn a few statistics, and be prompted to think about some things that would not normally come to his or her mind. But Kristof had to [...]
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AFGHANISTAN-VOTE-WOMEN
December 19, 2013
After the Occupation: Afghani Women
by: Jonathan Lutes
Four years ago, The Law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) was passed that, among other things, made violence against women a crime. But [...]
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VENEZUELA-PROTEST-OPPOSITION
November 28, 2013
Modern-day Pillaging
by: Jonathan Lutes
To pillage means to rob – often violently – during wartime, and it is a war crime. Politicians and soldiers have been prosecuted for taking valuables [...]
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A picture taken 27 May 2006 shows an act
November 15, 2013
Legacies of Slavery
by: Jonathan Lutes
But history unites all Caribbean nations: to this day its effects are present in contemporary culture and society and are felt in political alliances and economic challenges. These legacies of slavery, as termed by [...]
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2895 Memorial To Great Slave Market web
November 10, 2013
Slavery, Past and Present
by: Jonathan Lutes
McQueen feels that slavery’s critical role in the not-too-distant past has not been sufficiently addressed. In the 1850s slavery was still a huge industry, with even the Anglican Church [...]
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gatxxa127z
October 18, 2013
Privilege V. Privation
by: Jonathan Lutes
The Hewitts are white, which  made them an unusual sight in their adopted neighborhood. For thirty-one days, the family lived the life of one of the millions of poor families in [...]
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