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Sunday, May 11, 2008 Democrats divide by race, gender, class
Washington Post - United States Hillary Clinton attracts older voters, women and the white working class, while Sen. Barack Obama is the go-to guy for youth, African-Americans and the ... Argentina: Food Inflation Hits People Close to Poverty
Line
FreshPlaza - Netherlands Poverty is once again growing in Argentina, reversing the downward trend recorded since 2003, as a result of price inflation mainly affecting basic food ... India children's health 'ignored'
BBC News - UK Inequity of health care among male and female children is responsible for this situation, the report says. The report says experts predict that over 60% of ... Ashamed to say it, but slavery does still
exist
Carbondale Valley Journal - Carbondale,CO,USA I was naive enough to think that slavery did still exist, but likely in small pockets, far far away. I’m ashamed and horrified at how stunningly out of ... Women leaders gather to discuss globalization,
poverty eradication ...
Xinhua - China ... bringing together about 500influential women leaders from around the world to discuss such issues as globalization and poverty eradication. ... US Workers Feeling the Squeeze
Center For American Progress - Washington,DC,USA Greenhouse explained at the event that the combined influence of globalization, deregulation, and the nature of capitalism are pressuring corporations and ... Protest against health
privatization
South Asian Focus - Brampton,Ontario,Canada ... of a protest held simultaneously in Quebec and other parts of the country to protest what they say is the privatization of Canada's health care system. ... Al Sharpton and Civil Rights Protesters
Arrested in New York
Salem-News.Com - OR,USA Photo courtesy: nationalactionnetwork.net/ (NEW YORK) - Arrests were part of a massive civil rights "pray-in" and demonstration that was organized and held ... Letter: Racism is alive in Mahnomen
schools
DL-Online - Detroit Lakes,MN,USA It’s easy to deny institutional racism exists in Mahnomen if you are a member of the group that enjoys white privilege. Perhaps students should present the ... Arabs say racism on rise as Israel turns
60
Reuters Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada If this is not racism, then what is it?" This week, as Israel celebrates the anniversary of its foundation, its supreme court has said it found merit in the ... Berlin Pays Tribute to Gay-Rights Activist Persecuted by
Nazis
Deutsche Welle - Germany According to Germany's Lesbian and Gay Association (LSVD) and the Mitte district of Berlin, where "Marcus-Hirschfeld-Ufer" is located, a bronze monument to ... Mildred Loving, 68; her landmark case made interracial
marriage legal
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court ruled 9 to 0 that Virginia's laws were aimed at white supremacy, were unconstitutional and violated the 14th Amendment. ... EcoBlogger Exposes Fake List Global Warming Skeptic
Scientists
EcoGeek - Missoula,MT,USA Curious about the Heartland Institute's list of "500 Prominent Scientists" who deny global warming, Kevin decided to contact some of the folks on the list. ... RIGHTS-US: Blacks Suffer Persistent Injustice in Drug
War
IPS - Italy By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, May 6 (IPS) - African Americans have suffered much higher rates of arrests and imprisonment than whites in the nearly 30-year-old US ... A Tragic Injustice: Judge acquits officers in
shooting death of ...
FinalCall.com - Chicago,IL,USA By Saeed Shabazz NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The streets of New York City remain quiet after the acquital of NYPD detectives who fired 50 shots, ... Free continent from
‘imperialism’
Business Daily Africa - Nairobi,Kenya Talk on fight against imperialism must provide reasoned strategy on how ordinary Africans can productively participate (if such a fight indeed exists) so as ... Sir Salman Rushdie tells stories of oppression, freedom
and the fatwa
Stanford Report - USA BY CYNTHIA HAVEN Some speculated Sir Salman Rushdie wouldn't mention his notorious fatwa at all—he had, after all, expressed a wish to leave behind a life ... Inequality rots social foundations
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada It leads Canadians to believe inequality doesn't matter. A team of researchers at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative has spent the past 18 months ... Women still paid less than men, inequality not changing
anytime soon
The Orion - Chico,CA,USA Pay inequality may seem like a problem of the past, but statistics show women still make less than men. According to the 2005 US Census Bureau, ... John Brown the Opera is commentary on today's
problems
Kansas City Star - MO,USA There is still a strong and very vocal culture in Missouri who wants to push a religious based political agenda on everyone else--they've traded slavery for ... That vs. Who: The Politics of Linguistics
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA Globalization and its media coverage was projected to aid in the “humanizing” of peoples in other countries, for non-travelers and those with no direct ... Fee Increases at UC and CSU: Steps to
Privatization of California ...
California Progress Report - Oakland,CA,USA It's also a further step in the privatization of our higher education system. With decreasing public support the onus is now on students to self-finance ... Equality Forum Mourns Civil Rights Pioneer Mildred
Loving
Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK She is a civil rights pioneer and a historic American. Richard and Mildred Loving championed the right of each citizen to marry the life partner of their ... Female Physician's Compensation is Less than Male
Counterparts.
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA ... (bonus, equity participation, etc.) that increase their overall earnings. This part of the survey also showed some interesting gender differences. ... LGBT farmworkers fight
discrimination
PlanetOut - San Francisco,CA,USA ... the project was conceived after attorneys for CRLA noticed an increasing number of cases involving sexual orientation discrimination and harassment, ... Attack involving gay student addressed
Daily Aztec - San Diego,CA,USA Moreluck invited the council to think about this incident further and be aware that homophobia is rampant and affects all people. ... Lesbian footballer player murdered in homophobic
attack
PinkNews.co.uk - UK In February human rights groups and gay activists launched the 07-07-07 Campaign. On that day last year two lesbian women, 34 year old Sizakele Sigasa and ... |
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