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from Paul C. Gorski
December 18, 2006

<http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061218/OPINION01/612
180360/1008> Today's topic: Metro after desegregation
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
... The real inequality, according to some community leaders, is the poverty
rates in those neighborhoods, which affects the quality of the education the
kids ... 

  <http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=5830502&nav=0RZF> Civil rights
group challenging school's Confederate symbols
WAVE - Louisville,KY,USA
(PRESTONSBURG, Ky.) -- A Louisville-based civil rights group wants an
eastern Kentucky high school to stop using the Confederate emblem as its
school flag. ... 

  <http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/18/news/muslims.php> 'Islamophobia'
on the rise in Europe, report says
International Herald Tribune - France
... the rise across Europe, where many Muslims are menaced and misunderstood
â€” some on a daily basis â€” the European Monitoring Center on Racism and
Xenophobia .. 

  <http://www.alternet.org/sex/45649/> It Wasn't Feminism That Killed the
Neanderthals
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
... sapiens survive because they were a prehistoric version of "Leave It to
Beaver," while Neanderthals perished because they practiced an early brand
of feminism? ... 

  <http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=16815> Poverty Fuels
HIV In Poor Indian States
MedIndia - India
The residents of the poor states of India migrate to the industrialized
regions in India's west and south for better prospects and end up with AIDS.
... 

<http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=New
s&tBrand=edponline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED17%20Dec%202006%2018%3A12%3A48%
3A227> Alarming levels of child poverty
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norfolk,England,UK
... DOWNES 18 December 2006 07:15 The reality of life in deprived parts of
Norfolk was laid bare last night as new figures revealed alarming levels of
child poverty ... 

<http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-
12-18T110341Z_01_L18888758_RTRUKOC_0_UK-EUROPE-MUSLIMS-REPORT.xml> Europe's
Muslims face broad discrimination
Reuters.uk - UK
VIENNA (Reuters) - Europe's Muslims face deep-seated discrimination in
education, housing and jobs that can alienate them from the mainstream, but
say they ... 

<http://newsblaze.com/story/20061218111808tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Sto
ries.html> On Migrants Day, UN Calls on States to Ratify Treaty Protecting
...
NewsBlaze - Folsom,CA,USA
... General Kofi Annan said in a message. "Others suffer discrimination,
xenophobia or racism. In some instances migrants are demonized ... 

  <http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?articleid=172519> New chief
executive of AIDS organization intends to battle stigma
Boston Herald - United States
... But stigma persists, and eradicating it, along with discrimination, will
perhaps be Hillâ€™s biggest challenge, she said. Itâ€™s ... 

 <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-12/17/content_760772.htm> Gender
discrimination blamed for sex imbalance
China Daily - China
Discrimination against the female sex remains the primary cause of China's
growing newborn gender imbalance, with an average of 123 boys being born for
every ... 

<http://www.dailyindia.com/show/93991.php/Poverty-poor-facilities-persist-in
-rural-areas:-report> Poverty, poor facilities persist in rural areas:
report
DailyIndia.com - Jacksonville,FL,USA
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Despite several large rural development schemes,
the number of Indian villagers living in poverty has not declined much and
rural .. 

 <http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/12/17/18338220.php> Christians
Protest Halloween Then Push for Christmas
Bay Area Indymedia - San Francisco,CA,USA
... And when I hear Christians whining about oppression, when the people
they oppress, such as Native American Indian elders, or pagans, or Rabbis,
or women, fight .. 

 <http://www.bulatlat.com/news/6-45/6-45-war.htm> America's Wars for Profit
in East Asia and Oceania
Bulatlat - Quezon City,Philippines
... in the US who, in their paramount quest for markets and sources of raw
materials and to amass greater profits gave the impetus to US
imperialismâ€™s westward .. 

<http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2006/12/16/news/top_news/6afaecb5880
c91e88625724500832171.txt> 'Driving while black' still leads to stops, some
say
Munster Times - Munster,IN,USA
... "Many Americans would like to believe the myth that racism is receding,
but that's not true," he said. "The people who are on the .. 

  <http://sentinelandenterprise.com/ci_4853067> Homophobia declining, but
still a problem in schools
Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg,MA,USA
... There are different forms of homophobia, anything from name-calling and
teasing to such serious crimes as assult and murder of the individual. .. 

  <http://www.chicagopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/4308916> Fired Gay
Superintendent Files Discrimination Suit
ChicagoPride.com - IL, United States
CHICAGO, IL - Lambda Legal filed a discrimination complaint Wednesday
against a suburban Chicago school district and its board, saying they fired
the former ... 

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