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POPSEmpowering Women "Women's empowerment is vital to sustainable development and the realization of human rights for all."
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POPSLicensed To Kill "After the plots were publicized by a Senate committee, President Ford issued an executive order in 1976 barring political assassination. President Reagan broadened the ban, dropping the word "political" and extending the prohibition to include contract killers as well as government employees. Although the ban remains in effect, it has largely been ignored on the premise that it does not apply in a military setting. "
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POPSA Death In Burundi "The war has turned a poor country into one of the very poorest in the world and also into one of the sickest. In almost every category, Burundi’s public health statistics rank among the world’s most abysmal. Collectively the numbers describe an excruciating burden of suffering for a population that has already endured more than a decade of deprivation, terror and loss — of rainy nights spent hiding in forests, of meals made out of the leaves of bean plants, of the brutal deaths of friends and family."
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POPSWe'll Never Disconnect "Auto companies are busy creating new crack hits for our self-destructive cravings. Ford is developing a system that would let drivers use phones and music players and surf the Internet with voice commands and audible responses. Sounds like a computerized death machine. But, as our dealers know, we’ll never disconnect."